Do you know about GAS? :-)

Detlev Rackow

Detlev Rackow

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Guitar players show this disease quite often. GAS = Guitar acquisition syndrome. It's like Bruce Cockburn using three guitars in one evening of about 90 minutes playing (though the man plays really great ;-)

I know that pool players often show a very, very similar disease, but there seems to be no name for it up to now.

How would you call it? CAS is a little too simple ;)

Regards,

Detlev

(still in the early stages with one production cue, one custom and a really cheap one for breaking)
 
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Cue-hol-ic comes to mind.

On the ocean a day or so ago, with the lead singer from an old band, I was making jokes
and songs about what he calls my addiction to pool.

It was a take on Magic Bus, but, "Every day I buy a cue..."

(Instead of "Everyday I get in the queue ...")
 
whitey2 said:
Cue-hol-ic comes to mind.

On the ocean a day or so ago, with the lead singer from an old band, I was making jokes
and songs about what he calls my addiction to pool.

It was a take on Magic Bus, but, "Every day I buy a cue..."

(Instead of "Everyday I get in the queue ...")
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Ha! I listened to "the kids are alright" on the ride in today. I miss The Ox.
 
I don't know what you would call it, but i've had this pool cue acquisition problem for years. I've owned a number of cues at one time or another and i've narrowed the number of cues I own down to 2, but I still have the urge to buy another one every time I see a cue that catches my eye. I don't need another cue since I own 2 now, but that urge to buy one is still there......

James
 
bigskyjake said:
I suffer from PAS-Gas too ( pool cues and guns)


also Restless leg syndrome (it's no laughing matter) :D :D
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But don't we all also suffer from PASS-GAS too?

Eating chili does it for me!

(-:
 
Detlev Rackow said:
Guitar players show this disease quite often. GAS = Guitar acquisition syndrome. It's like Bruce Cockburn using three guitars in one evening of about 90 minutes playing (though the man plays really great ;-)

I know that pool players often show a very, very similar disease, but there seems to be no name for it up to now.

How would you call it? CAS is a little too simple ;)

Regards,

Detlev

(still in the early stages with one production cue, one custom and a really cheap one for breaking)
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GAS is not the issue in your example. Stage performers swap guitars primarily to achieve different tone qualities and to play with a precisely tuned ax without having to re-tune on the fly.

Regards,
Jim
 
av84fun said:
GAS is not the issue in your example. Stage performers swap guitars primarily to achieve different tone qualities and to play with a precisely tuned ax without having to re-tune on the fly.

Regards,
Jim
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Ok, the part about Bruce Cockburn was a joke on the side and not really related to GAS ;-) Actually, the guitars he used in the concert were so different to fit the mood of the songs ;)

Regards,

Detlev
 
Detlev Rackow said:
Guitar players show this disease quite often. GAS = Guitar acquisition syndrome. It's like Bruce Cockburn using three guitars in one evening of about 90 minutes playing (though the man plays really great ;-)

I know that pool players often show a very, very similar disease, but there seems to be no name for it up to now.

How would you call it? CAS is a little too simple ;)

Regards,

Detlev

(still in the early stages with one production cue, one custom and a really cheap one for breaking)
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I've had it for years, found there was no cure and just learned to live with it. (It helps to have a good support group)
 
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