GAS

John replied to the last post, referring to a great term, that I can assume stands for G uitar A quisition S yndrome, or G.A.S. We all don't count sheep going to bed... instead, our last thoughts as we go to sleep are of '56 Strats and '59 Tele's, or some other as-yet-not-acquired instrument, that once acquired, will enable us to continue on our stairway to heaven. If the path to hell is paved with good intentions, then the path to the lights going out in our house (due to past due lighting bills) must be paved with the acquisition of amazingly expensive instruments that we can all neither afford or find the space to house. It is said that Gorky the painter used to buy $300 tubes of paint, even though he had told his wife for weeks that they couldn't afford any food....to him, food didn't matter... only paint. Is it really that bad for us too? To end on a holiday note... if unaffordable instruments have been coming through our doors and windows all the past year (at times when family members are not home to tease us about an affliction they will never understand)... even if some of the guitars arriving were got through trading other guitars that departed (aha! Where were the family members when the other guitars left?)...what are the chances of convincing anyone around us that what we REALLY want for Christmas is musical?