I feel lost

[hamfist]

It's a happy and a sad story really.

I seem to have come to the end of an intense three year journey of getting my whole guitar/amp rig sorted.

It's finally there !!   My two guitars are perfect for me. My pedalboard is pretty much perfect (OK, I might want to add a wah at some point). My amps (2 duplicates plus another spare set of transformers) are perfect. My two identical cabs are now also perfectly suited to the rest of the rig.

The bad point is that this has been my main hobby for those years (yes, more so than actually playing the guitar).  I have so enjoyed cruising the www, researching, buying, selling etc.   But it's all over now. I feel a bit lost.

OK, so I've got the best tone I've ever had, and I really enjoy it, but I do miss the tone quest.

If I was made of money, I would just add to my gear but, unfortunately finances have tightened up a lot for us recently, and it's a strictly "sell one to buy one" motto for gear now.

I am to be pitied  :(

[MrBump]

Give me all your gear and start again.

It's the only way...

[Dmoney]

i've actually been feeling the same way.
i dont have much, but ive been through a lot.

right now i have 2 guitars i really like and as much as i look at others, i just don't feel a need.
i have a few heads that do different sounds.
pedal wise i'm there, i don't use much, so it's down to tuner, wah, delay

i've never tried messing with cabs and speakers much, because a lot of the time i use cabs provided by promoters unless i tour myself. and then i end up in the position of lending it to others. but ive been generally happy with 1960A cabs, even in comparison to mesa cabs and some other things.

so yeah, while i COULD do some work still, i don't feel a dire need.
i could play with speakers in preparation for recording.
I'd probably wire a mixed pair into a 1960A.

amp wise i have a dual rec, a jcm 800 2205 and a soldano avenger.
dual rec and avenger i swap between mostly.
speaker suggestions welcome.

[ailean]

Don't worry Alan, it won't last, you'll still be cruising the net, and you'll find something that then needs to be factored into your rig. Or you'll get a new guitar that doesn't work with your current rig.

I'm not going to pity you just yet, I've got to know you too well :D

[Twinfan]

It'll change, it'll change!

[hunter]

What about a guitar teacher to refocus?

[Jonny]

Luckily I'm not where you are yet Alan

But I can understand why you would feel like this at the end.

[Sifu Ben]

As my first martial arts teacher told me "perfection is to be strived for, not achieved"

[38thBeatle]

There is a strange thing about tone, in my experience at least, in that what you think is the ultimate gradually becomes the familiar and then becomes the" its ok but it aint quite there" and then you get back on the tour bus to tone heaven. I guess what you are saying is that it is better to travel than to arrive.

[indysmith]

if you've got all the gear that you want, and you're happy with your tone, then it's time to start a new journey to making beautiful music!

[hamfist]

What about a guitar teacher to refocus?

It's a good idea, but guitar teachers cost money.  :(

[hamfist]

As my first martial arts teacher told me "perfection is to be strived for, not achieved"

Your martial arts teacher obviously doesn't have as great a guitar rig as I do now ! 

[MrBump]

What about a guitar teacher to refocus?

It's a good idea, but guitar teachers cost money.  :(

You could sell some stuff...  but that then means that you'll have to buy stuff...  which you could then sell... 

[hamfist]

You could sell some stuff...  but that then means that you'll have to buy stuff...  which you could then sell... 

The eternal problem !!

[Johnny Mac]

What about a guitar teacher to refocus?

It's a good idea, but guitar teachers cost money.  :(

Learn from the net, or set a goal, like a song you've always wanted to play.  :)