Income/pedal expenditures/profession(%)

Income: 100% music based

Save for GAS via means of: tax write-offs, General upkeep and expansion. It's my job, after all...

GAS money: 20(ish)% of what I make

Percentage of real estate occupied by equipment: 1 bedroom, 2 closets and one car trunk

Wife: Music industry job

Back-up profession: None.



GAS meter level: Not so bad... not much time to shop.

Board: probably the 2nd crappiest on TGP...

 

Income: 95% Banker. 5% pedal deals

GAS money: Usually have $200 at the end of each week spare.

Percentage of real estate occupied by equipment: 1 room.

Wife: girlfriend just retired as a pastry chef. probably going to move into something part time

Son: 2 greyhounds

Back-up profession: Used to teach guitar. pulled me $120 a week, but i stopped.

GAS meter level: rather high. i have found my perfect amp and board. now i want a Nocaster, another strat or two, a P90 loaded Les Paul and a hollowbody...plus my acoustic is due in July

Board: Decent
Teese RMC2-Ulbrick Megalodon-Ulbrick 12axe-KOT-Keeley Comp-Red Witch Medusa Chorus-T-rex Replica-Korg DT10b

 

I'll go throw up now

 

Income: 100% Professional Auto Glass Technician(12+ years exp.)

GAS Money: Mostly found/spent in lumps at a time, for example; sold first house and made way more on we than expected so my wife and I treated ourselves to something we always wanted individually. I bought a then new '06 Les Paul R8, an '04 AV52RI Tele and a few pedals.

Percentage of real estate occupied by gear: One corner of game/guitar room.

Wife: The amazing center of my world for the last 12 years(nearly 10 married.) Cosmetologist

Kids: Your typical beautiful kids. My son is autistic, has been playing piano for 3 years, and will be 7 in March, My daughter is 4 and in her second year of dance.

Back up profession: Heh, joke right!? I'm in it for the long haul.

GAS meter level: not real high, if I see a pedal I want I'll sell something I don't use much. I'm set for now at guitar.

Board: see sig

 

These days I make little to no money from music but i've happily come to love a great but simple rig and I don't spend much at all on gear now. I run two average, but decent guitars, Teese Wah>SD-1>OCD>JCM 800. GAS level very low. I guess i'm an exception to the theory.

EDIT>>> Real estate used...... a 2 1/2 car garage thats been converted into a band room/studio and I didn't mention that I've spent thousands and thousands on soundproofing, recording gear and assorted live PA gear.

 

Income: 0% music based

Save for GAS via means of: Saving my pennies in a jar

GAS money: I never buy anything on credit. Cash is King.

Percentage of real estate occupied by equipment: 1 room and overflow is starting to make it to the bedroom

Wife: Doesn't care much for my GF

Son: Have a son and a daughter, both in elementary school

Back-up profession: Volunteer Firefighter

Other: I trade lots of pedals

GAS meter level: ain't even started/doing well till I hit TGP

Board: E, COT 50, Screwdriver, MJM Blues Devil, Teese Wizard, Analogman Delay. Other pedals come and go, but these are here to stay for now.

 

Income: 100% UAW Millwright Leader at Ford's Chicago Assembly Plant

GAS Money: I got about 6 to 8 grand tied up in gear that I buy and sell in order to try new stuff. What I like, I keep.

Percentage of real estate occupied by gear: One corner of game/guitar room.

Wife: Retired after working in a Grocery store for 25 years. I would kill myself if I lost her.

Kids: 4 pound Chihuahua named Blue Belle

Back up profession: Don't need one.

GAS meter level: High but it's coming down lately

Board: see sig

 

Income: 99% I/T Engineer...1% Gigs (most of which is reinvested into gear)

Save for GAS via means of: Gigs

GAS money: From gigs...too far and few between!

Percentage of real estate occupied by equipment: The amps, pedalboard (PT2 in an Anvil), cabinets, and gig "suitcase" live in the garage...guitars in the closet. Need a "room!"

Wife: Famous Housewife/Homeschool Teacher...married for 25+ years

Daughter: On her own in Dallas.

Son: Plays drums, guitar, Playstation, and X-Box

Back-up profession: I build amps and effects...but mostly for me!

GAS meter level: Low...no money plus I'm really happy with my tone

Board: Modest yet effective...the Mini Deja replaced the DV-2...so I have plenty of room to expand should GAS strike!

 

Income: 1-2% music based (1-2 gigs per month, original music = low bucks)

Save for GAS via means of: gig money plus tax deductions plus a touch more to top up at times

Percentage of real estate occupied by equipment: closet under the stairs

Wife: Part-time work

GAS meter level: Varies, usually high for something, but mostly pedals (one-in, one-out normally)

Board: Mid-range - 5 pedal + power supply, mix of "boutique" and mainstream, quite fond of Diamond pedals...and Boss pedals (some which I've modded)

 

Income: 100% Scientist
GAS money: about $100/month...much more around tax time

Percentage of real estate occupied by equipment: 1/4 of bedroom set up with amp/effects and I closet for storage of peripherals, 2nd amp, other guitars and unused pedals

Wife: Coordinator in a Research ethics office 1 building over...Love being able to commute together everyday!

Back-up profession: None

GAS meter level: High.... Really want a '59 thinskin strat (2 tsb), looking at outfitting the board with Evidence Lyric's, want to pick up a compressor, wah, delay, Katana, and a Pedaltrain board. Then, there's the recording end of things to look after.

Board: Pedals on the floor...
Strobostomp II, OCD, Burst E, Crunch Box, Fat Boost into a Fargen Blackbird 30 SE. I did just receive a tejas that will find time as well.

Pedals in the closet: Menatone Red Snapper, Lovekraft Mojo Drive, Boss BD-2 (unmodded), Boss Super Chorus

 

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Dude!!!!!!

 

Income: 100% Music Librarian

GAS money: I'm very Frugal. Maybe 150-200 bucks a month

Percentage of real estate occupied by equipment: 1 room.

Wife: don't have one.

Son: don't have them.

Back-up profession: used to give guitar lessons. Now I'm living off my wages, and don't care if I make a dime from playing music. I just do it for fun.

GAS meter level: reasonable. I'm to frugal for it to get high. I want things, but never chasing anything.

Board: Working on it: Moho Mods Rat II, Freakshow Brown Rabbit, Timmy, DLS Echo Tap, TU-2. Have a halophase on order. Trying a new delay and a new OD every month. That sort of thing.

 

really interesting thread. to your point, there was a tonefest (for amps) here in portland with a bunch of tgp folks. i couldn't make it, but i heard that VERY few of the people actually gigged ever. yet they had 10's of thousands $$$ in amps alone...plus all the PRS's etc. everyone wanted to hear the amps cranked. the handful of players who are full-time or close to it were the only ones asking, "so what does it sound like clean?" or "how does it respond at a volume that won't shear off every head in the front row?"

anyway...i'll go.

Income: 85% corporate job. 15% from gigs / sessions (all of which goes into a GAS account)

Save for GAS via means of: gigging 2-3 times per week, sessions, and lessons

GAS money: working for the man has helped. my live guitar rig is maybe $10k. i'm a pedal ho', and am severely lacking in the amp dept. (swart sst is on the radar)

Percentage of real estate occupied by equipment: 1 room in the basement that is somewhat soundproofed. about the size of a decent sized bedroom.

Wife: we both work for the same company. she make $2 less than i do each month.

Son: weimaraner name bocce...

Back-up profession: ummm...i can solve a rubik's cube in under 30 seconds. figure out a way to make that pay, and i'll give you 1/2 the earnings.


GAS meter level: since arriving at this cursed tgp, i've gone from stock ts-9's to acquiring a zen, tim, timmy, seymour shape shift during the past 72 hrs. that's misleading...waited 8 months for tim's (worth it)...but i have good pedals now and my tone is amazing IMHO.

Board: within the portland area, i think i win...or come close. nycpedalboard's bigshot with 13-16 pedals.

fortunately, my fiance is supportive and loves music. it's interesting to hear her start saying things like, "the burst eternity sounds a bit more "earthy" than the roadhouse". or (better yet) "you shouldn't sell the crunchbox because it's red and you don't have any other red pedals"...she's a keeper. last night she said, "when you get the swart sst, i think you should get a 1x12 speaker thingy with the 2x12...you know for the smaller gigs with a tiny stage." i don't care if she's right or wrong...at least she's interested.

 

Feel the same way about my gal. Gotta love her!!

 

Income: 99% medical practice, 1% decent trades

Save for GAS via means of: Don't spend nearly as much as I used to. Impulse buyer mostly, so no real savings.

GAS money: Varies from nothing, to taking a loan.

Percentage of real estate occupied by equipment: OUch! 2 bedrooms, 1/2 of the game room, and another room in the basement.

Wife: Volunteer school lunch lady, quilter.

Sons: both computer programmers, one did hardcore and alt country for 5 years, then gave it up completely, the other is still an aspiring punk rocker (www.zombienewton.com).

Daughters: One student at university and one music therapist; the only kid that went into any vaguely medical field. Why did the others gravitate to my hobbies (music, computers) not my job?

Back-up profession: None right now, but could sell used guitars... Or work at Smart Studios.

Other: Loaning a little gear to up and coming bands.

GAS meter level: Pretty high, always something new and cool on the horizon, but I was doing this for 10 years before I discovered TGP. In fact, Ebay has severely hurt my GASing because everybody knows what stuff is worth now, no bargains out there...

Board: who has room to put it on a board?