gear addiction.

 We musicians all do it. We get the latest  issue of a music magazine in the mail such as "musicians friend" or "amercian musical supply" and we lust after everything we see in it. I am guilty of this as well as the next musician. Yeah it is great to have good reliable equipment but do you really need 50 guitar's? Do you really need to try out every new gadgit that they come up with . It seems like after the "new" wears off of our equipment we want to change it up and once again waste hundreds of our hard to make money on new stuff. This money we are wasting would be much better spent going toward other things that could enhance and maybe even ignite our career. How about spending some money on advertising and promoting your music? This would do much more for your musical career than that new guitar or that funky effect pedal.
     Take Jimi Hendrix for example , back in his day there was no whammy pedals,loopers, ebows, ect..... yet his audience did'nt care. That liked him for his playing, not his equipment. Sure fancy equipment that todays greats all have is nice but guess what ? They get it free through endorsments. Yeah i know it isn't fair that the only  ones that can afford it get it free. If you would trace their career's back to the early days you will see that most of them did'nt have all that . They focused on their songs. This is what gives you a career ,not your equipment. The equipment will come if your career takes off. I guess the point im trying to make here is to not waste so much of your time and money on gear addiction and spend more time learning about the music business and getting a career going.