Well, I didn't deal with it at all; I just spend based on cravings, though eying mostly used or demo gear, thus keeping expenses at bay to some degree.
Had I done a more careful financial planning calendar, no doubt I would've bought less.
And seriously, two fewer guitars and a capo would've saved saved good money
As would 3-4 fewer processors..
Man, I should've had a girlfriend: Less gear and more BJ's!
Oh well.. that would likely have required even more expensive rings and stuff, so..
i made a few mistakes in the past buying useless shit.
when i first got into guitar. i bought a small JCM 900 DR combo. few days later i found a MKIII 2x12. i didn't know shit back then so i took the DR instead. took me another 2 years to find another MKIII. i thought it sounded ok. then i wanted a better guitar. so i bought a american tele. i got some decent tones.
wanted more gain, so i bought an eq pedal and then a mxr chorus.
at that point. i started to get hooked on buying gear. got a 4x10 marshall cab. sounded good for the first day but it was too dark sounding. bought myself a 2x12 mesa cab. got some great tones and i knew i had to get an attenuator.
realized my tone was too modern. so i googled " hair metal amps" and the MP1 and JCM 800 popped up.
typed in ADA MP1 on craigslist, and found one for 250 bucks. bought it and sounded like shit coz i had no idea how to set it up. 3 weeks later, bought a spare mp1 and a digitech dps 21 pro and a mosvalve. i thought i was in hair metal heaven for few days. and after plugging my jcm 900 dr again, my mp1 sounded weak, so i ditched the mp1 for a bit.
traded my 4x10 cab and added 175 for a jcm 2000. i thought it was a cool amp for a bit. turns out i hate it. picked up a vintage modern while i was on vacation for 650 bucks. sounded good for a few days and it sucked again. some dude offered me a mesa dual rec for my vintage modern straight trade. i said sure. ripped himself off big time. some how local store blowing out new 2x12 orange cabs half price so i bought one. great cab.
i had no use for a dual rec. so gas came in and i bought a mesa stiletto 2x12 for 900 bucks. realized how much i loved el 34's and hated everything else. it was cool for a while, but it was too icepicky and modern sounding still.
someone wanted my jcm2000 for his mkiii. f*ck yea and swapped the speakers from the mkiii to my orange cab. g12t75 rock
traded my jcm900 for a sick keyboard. i am keys player. 26 years of playing.
found a jcm 800 1 watt at a store. bought it. thought it was pretty sweet. 10 days later walked in again. some dude trading in a mint 84 jcm 800. i asked the store if i could return the 1 watter and take the jcm 800 100 watter. they said sure. i was low on cash so i got rid of my stiletto.
now i got the 800. and mp1. together this setup rocks. tried different boost pedals. bought a few to boost my jcm.
oh f*ck, no fx loop on jcm. lets go w.d.w
holy shit, its great. decide to all out and bought a pcm 81 just for reverbs.
now the terc
this is my life story.