The Price of GAS

GAS = Gear Aquisition Syndrome, a common ailment afflicting musicians, but also prevalent amoung the general population of middle aged men.

Item	Year	Cost
Aria Acoustic Guitar	1997	300
Shure SM57 Microphone	1998	100
Frankenstein Electric Guitar	1998	300
Tascam 4Track Analog Recording Hardware	1998	300
Boss Guitar Distortion Effect Pedal	1998	50
Dunlop Crybaby Wah Guitar Effect Pedal	1999	50
Roland XP-10 Midi Controller	2000	400
Cakewalk Home Studio Recording software	2001	100
M-Audio Delta 44 Audio Card	2002	200
Line6 POD XT Amp Modeler	2003	350
ImageLine FLStudio Recording Software	2003	200
M-Audio 1x1 MIDI Adapter	2004	50
Digidesign Mbox Audio Card	2005	200
Digidesign ProTools Recording Software	2005	300
Propellerhead Reason MIDI Instrument Library	2005	500
Epiphone Elitist Les Paul Electric Guitar	2005	1000
Squier Telecaster Electric Guitar	2005	200
RODE NT-1 Vocal Microphone	2005	200
Behringer Truth Near-Field Monitors	2006	350

And don't even get me started on what it costs to run my car...