Ian, my G70 doesn't provide me with inspiration and creativity. I consider it MY job to provide that for myself.
Those 3am sessions come because I have a musical idea I want to try out, not that my arranger has a style or sound I want to jam on. You can only do that until familiarity tires you of the novelty. And, by reading much on this forum, that's usually no more than a year...
Of course it's YOUR job.
That's why you are a musician.
The novelty factor varies greatly...for some it's a year, for others it's two...and then there are those who are forced to keep their current arranger because they really can't afford a new one, even though they'd love to be using the latest and greatest, and some might say, the best sounding instruments.
Why is it so important
to you how long
someone else keeps an arranger, or how much money
they spend?
Isn't that an
individual preference based on
many factors, only one of which is cost?
Certainly, one hopes they need not justify buying an arranger out of sync with what time cycle
you think it should be?
For
most people, an arranger is not a work tool...
it is a hobby.
Let's say, after the initial cost of his first arranger, Joe Blow buys a new arranger
every year, and it costs him $1000 (probably less) in the difference...that's $83 and change a month, and about $20 per week.
Not bad for being able to enjoy a great hobby, and to also have the latest instrument to play.
I'd say golf would be more costly...heck, even fishing could be more money.
Ian
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