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[thomquietwolf]

Does GAS extend to Ukuleles?

Seems I've acquired one
And
There's probably another on the way?
Is that just a Ghost?

Thom

 

[frets alot]

GAS in the guitar world, UAS in the uke world.

 

[man0a]

Ukulele Acquisition Syndrome is discussed in this forum from time to time. It seems to be more of a problem in some countries than others.

 

[bbkobabe]

GAS comes from eating too many beans... UAS comes from buying too few ukuleles.

They have nothing in common...

 

[kkimura]

GAS comes from eating too many beans... UAS comes from buying too few ukuleles.

They have nothing in common...

Aside from the vague unease one may feel after overindulging.

 

[Canada Jim]

There are many types of "_AS"
From Mandolin Café - https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-138547.html
From Banjo Hangout - https://www.banjohangout.org/archive/339333
From The Accordionists' Forum - https://www.accordionists.info/threads/accordion-addiction-it-is-a-thing.7714/

I'm sure you could find many others if you Google "bagpipe/dulcimer/autoharp... acquisition syndrome".

 

[Patty]

When I played the violin, I never experienced VAS. And my husband, a pianist, never had PAS. What is it about mandolins, guitars, and ukuleles?

Edit: Accordions too? That would be AAS. If you were addicted to selling accordions, that would be ASS.

 

[Wiggy]

Aside from the vague unease one may feel after overindulging.

Sometimes for those around you, also.

Financially, I mean

 

[Canada Jim]

I was imagining a banjo player, a bagpipes player, a balalaika player, a bandurria player, a bodhran player, a bouzouki player and a bass player sitting around arguing about what BAS meant.

 

[oldjazznut]

A large bowl of pinto beans with diced onion, hot sauce, and a few hard-boiled eggs on the side. Rinse it down with a big glass of milk...

 

[Yukio]

I think GAS is more generally known as gear acquisition syndrome. And ukulele players can be prone to that, too.

Jim P. (@uke4ia) doesn't have a case of UAS, but he likes getting new effects pedals to craft new sounds. He says that he gets a much greater variety of sounds from acquiring different pedals and not from acquiring different ukuleles.

 

[Yukio]

A large bowl of pinto beans with diced onion, hot sauce, and a few hard-boiled eggs on the side. Rinse it down with a big glass of milk...

Scary thought, that.

 

[oldjazznut]

Should be enough to empty a Walmart. ..

 

[DuckyI]

When I played the violin, I never experienced VAS. And my husband, a pianist, never had PAS. What is it about mandolins, guitars, and ukuleles?

Edit: Accordions too? That would be AAS. If you were addicted to selling accordions, that would be ASS.

As a fellow string player, I think there is just less temptation because it so much more expensive! I think for this reason, people take a long time to shop for an instrument or bow. I have thousands in my bass and bow - and with a bit of luck, it's all I need for the rest of a lifetime of playing. A major step up from what I have would be $20,000 or more, and more lessons would be a far better investment in the next years. Pianos, don't even start.... I hope to stick with the ex-school piano I have forever, getting it tuned is enough of a cost already.

I think ukes are too snack-sized in terms of budget, and that's what makes buying a new one so tempting.

 

[Wiggy]

...
I think ukes are too snack-sized in terms of budget, and that's what makes buying a new one so tempting.

Thus, my $200-350 range. For a hobby, "good enough" is satisfying and allows me to live with (compare) multiple sizes, feel, woods, tunings, etc.

 

[frets alot]

There are many types of "_AS"
From Mandolin Café - https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-138547.html
From Banjo Hangout - https://www.banjohangout.org/archive/339333
From The Accordionists' Forum - https://www.accordionists.info/threads/accordion-addiction-it-is-a-thing.7714/

I'm sure you could find many others if you Google "bagpipe/dulcimer/autoharp... acquisition syndrome".

In the dulcimer world it is DAD (dulcimer acquisition disease) (also the dulcimer tuning in Mixolydian mode). It is real, I suffered from it, but hopefully I'm cured (with 7 currently).

 

[bbkobabe]

I'm sure I could put 50 ukuleles into my house and you wouldn't even know they were there...

And my husband, a pianist, never had PAS

If I put even 2 pianos in here, it would be hard to cross the living room!

 

[Canada Jim]

In the dulcimer world it is DAD (dulcimer acquisition disease) (also the dulcimer tuning in Mixolydian mode). It is real, I suffered from it, but hopefully I'm cured (with 7 currently).

I don't have DAD yet. I have two Appalachian dulcimers and Maggie has a hammered dulcimer, but I use Ionian DAA tuning so I would have "Dulcimer Acquisition Affliction".

 

[Mike $]

Every group of musicians pretend to have some type of acquisition syndrome that doesn't exist. So many that there is now an acquisition syndrome syndrome, or as we refer to a person with these pretend syndromes - ASS.

 

[Keith5523]

I sorta lump them all together with the GAS moniker….Gear Acquisition Syndrome. Just ask any photographer.