i get depressed when i'm not working although i'm getting paid for the holidays. it really sucks. add to this an extremely bad case of G.A.S. i pat myself on the back a bit for being a somewhat responsible human being and i'll explain after i fetch another cold one. ( fetching cold one).
i work 2 jobs when i'm lucky. 2nd job allows me to buy music stuff. i have a man crush on jim root and i've been eyeing his gear for months. FENDER (caps, nice touch) does not currently offer a sig model of the jag he is currently using. it is a dream guitar to me and i know it is a completely non-traditional FENDER but i'm not a traditional guy. i found an alternative from charvel. i currently own 2 charvels that are rock solid and have zero problem buying another. zero. my wish list.............

orange jim root signature #4 head with matching cab. maybe around $1200 US
charvel desolation skatecaster sk-1 st. maybe around $800 US

i've been lucky enough to hit about four weekend jobs over the last few months. my company gave me a bonus i didn't expect or deserve. the cash was available. instead i spent it on my truck which was $1750 US. gotta have my ride. the repairs were necessary and i'm glad i had the cash.

still............ i wonder if i would have pulled the trigger on the new gear. God knows i don't need it. i just want it.
no replies necessary. i'm whining. back to messing with this dorian mode thingy. and drinking cold ones.

I have 2 jobs now also. Iam a self employed contractor and I work nights at a machine shop that builds hydraulic cylinders, so saw dust in the day oil at night, I took the night job to help put my daughter through college,I only have 44 more months to go .so I dont even get to buy guitars with it, and I want an American standard crimson red Tele bad for some reason. do I need it? no
I have an american deluxe strat,Epiphone les paul,a Yamaha pacifica and an alverz 12 string. so I do feel your pain sort of.Who knows maybe next year things will ease up and there will be a way cooler guitar we want. Hang in there

I feel your need. I still work one full-time job, but I gig pretty heavily and it's gig money that fuels my unnecessary guitar purchases. When I say unnecessary, I mean I don't need any new guitars, but I still feel the WANT! I like all sorts of guitars and I have bought quite a few through 2012. I might even start a thread - The Guitars of 2012.

Luckily, I am at the age where I have managed to pay back all of the college loans, paid off the Silverado and have a good majority equity in the house. So now... I just let that gig money build up in the sock drawer until the G.A.S. gets too strong to control and then off I go to check out guitars.

Your day will come.

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Dennis in CR
Rockin' since 1963