Completion?

So, I've just ordered a couple of cases - one, a very heavy duty gig bag for my Steinberger GM (the original one is in tatters after 15 years or so) and a fitted hardshell case for my Alesis Ion (even for just local gigs, that thing has way too many knobs sticking offa it to just toss in the back seat).

And as I look around the studio/music room, I realize...... that's it. Those are the last items on either my "need" OR "want" lists. I have a collection of guitars and stringed instruments that each have their purpose, ditto for the keyboards I own. I have acoustic & electric percussion, simple and complex sampling available. Various guitar amps and simulation systems, a variety of speakers, processors literally gathering dust in the closet. I have a selection of decent mics, from excellent to fair - and virtually unlimited 24 bit tracking thru a decent interface. Got a quality 2 track editor and CD burning software (SF9/CDA) and so many plug-ins that my old version of Sound Forge couldn't even list them all.

Some years back I put together the above mentioned 'Need" and "Want" lists - the names should be self-explanatory - and suddenly I realize that I have checked off every single item on both lists. Literally, I'm sitting in the middle of my dreams, not a single thing missing. It's not that I'm done purchasing stuff - there will always be "targets of opportunity" and that "yard sale miracle" out there waiting to be found. But I have acquired every last tool that I've wanted to have at my fingertips, it's all within arms reach. From here on out, barring those random opportunities, it's all maintainance, upkeep, maybe the occasional upgrade.

So I'm wondering - where do you all see yourselves in the process?? Do you have a "list" you work from, and if so where are you on it? Are you just truckin' along with no particular plan, grabbing stuff as it suits your whims (and budget)? Are you afflicted with terminal G.A.S. or do you see yourself, like me, as having "enough" at some point?

Discuss.....

WOW, I'll never get there.

I'm an addict, pure and simple.

Lotto anyone?!

You're never done, but it's pretty cyclical with me - I buy myself silly for a while, and then take a LONG time in getting to use all that without really adding anything, just deepening your understanding of what you have. That's usually a pretty creative phase, BTW. Buying is also part boredom with what you can do already, I think - and you want more options. At least, that's how it works for me - I'm pretty glad I'm not perpetually enslaved to buying, just in sprees.

Completion?

You had me at "Hello"

Ric,

I feel as though I'm pretty much there too.

I'm not a pro and never plan to be but I do want options and versatility both for myself or any projects I happen to take on for friends.

My machine is very good but I'll probably move to an i7 when prices drop and all my plugs are 64 bit, then I'll move to W7.

I've got oddles and oodles of Drums (Addictive, all EZD EXPs, Super Drummer 2.0 and the new SDX, Session Drummer, Jamstix2 full package and Jamcussion, Studio Instruments), All IK's soft synths (Sample Tank with a ton of packs, SampleMoog, SampleTron, SonicSynth2, Miroslav), All the IK Amp sims (includeing the new Fender) and all but the latest 3 plug-in from UAD (I'll get those by the end of the year).

I would like to have a set of v-drums and maybe some "great" acoustic guitar mics.

OK, OK, maybe I'm not quite done yet but by the end of this year I expect to be "there" completely.