I’m out of here. So long…
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more times than i can say…the lesson i’ve learned (for me) is that i’d rather own a few flagship pieces (Octa, Pro-3) than keep impulse-buying smaller things which inevitably lead to confusion, USB noise, and do nothing for my GAS.
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Just one more bit of gear…
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My interests are cyclical.
I bought a few synths when I first got into electronic music in the early '00s, and then sold most of them off when I quit my job.
Not quite a decade later, I got back into music again, bought some gear and then got into Euro. After a while, my interest waned, and I moved to a smaller condo. I sold off or gave away a lot of gear.
Another decade later, last year, I started buying gear again.
I think the most generally useful advice I can offer for people like me is
- Understand what you value in gear, and focus on getting that stuff.
- Hang on to rare stuff that you enjoy (MD & MnM) that will be hard to replace again in the future.
- Sell or give away things that don’t bring you joy.
- Take good care of your cables. Even the cheapest Guitar Center cables are still in good shape two decades later because I always carefully flake them.
- Keep a running budget and be honest with yourself and your partner about spend. It is easy to get in over your head, but it doesn’t take much effort to make a plan and play it safe
- Impatience is expensive: avoid the preorder!
- Patience is rewarded with rare gear at low prices
- Invest in protective cases or covers for your gear
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i get really freaked out by these posts that are like “my wife thinks my new Music Easel cost £200!!” - like, fellas, are your relationships ok??
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i just worry about people i guess
my wife got pissed off with me many years ago about what i was spending on eurorack. we sat down and had the briefest of conversations about it and figured out what was fair on both of us and the family and then just…moved on
edit: having said that, i am now divorced. but you should see my synthesisers
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Agree with that.
Usually when I talk through purchases I get the go ahead, and from there my inner voice that was already on the guilt fence wins out and I talk myself out of it. We also give ourselves an allowance for work lunches/coffees etc and whatever we individually save from that is a guilt free no permission required fund. In practice we still ask.
I was thinking just yesterday what I would have done differently 10 years ago when I started getting interested in synths and with foresight for what I’d eventually spend… I like to think I could have grabbed a few flagships and settled with that (and saved money in the long run)….