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Location: ranson,wva | she said 2 ovations are enough!!! she doesnt know about know about the adamasII i am seceratly sceeming to aquire!! |
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Location: Hiram, Georgia | your secret is safe with us. hehhehhehheh!!! |
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Location: ranson,wva | al has a adamas at the shop that i want..just waiting on a reply from him..jason |
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Location: Warren,Pa. | So if 2 is the limit, sell one. You may not get enough from the sale of one to pay for the other but she didn't throw THAT stipulation into the conversation (did she?) John <>{ |
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Location: Madison, Wisconsin | My wife's rule is no more new toys without selling some of the old. |
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Location: Thailand | Johnnycash83,
She doesn't like ovations! Please buy other guitars if possible. My wife said nothing because We are insane!
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Location: New Hampsha | I have one hidden in the basement to escape the periodic inventory. And I just bought one but recorded in the checkbook that I was buying a "submarine" and SWMBO didn't catch on....
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Location: Utah | Ah, seen this before with gun nuts, too. There are a couple of strategies you can employ.
First, find out what her cost threshold is. For example, if it's $300, then every guitar from now on costs... $300!
Second, buy guitars with the same basic color scheme. Yes, this probably works a lot better with guns where one black pistol looks just like every other black pistol, but you might still be able to apply it.
Barring that, just tell her what a great investment your guitars are! |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | Fly - that's not gonna work with the 47RI (the cost threshold)- I used the third excuse to get that one... but that is most definitely a one time deal! |
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Location: South of most, North of few | "Second, buy guitars with the same basic color scheme"
Yup, that worked for me.....once.......now I hide them around the house and keep the one I'm using at the time on the stand. Then switch them out every few days. Ha, now she's really confused!! Now, where did I put the 1115.... :confused: |
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Location: Los Angeles | So I have two methods. First is keep one at the office so I can practice after work. Boss likes those emails at 7:30pm anyway.
Second is buying one for my buddy...it floats a while and if it goes away he picked it up. I have to try the same color scheme - very creative...
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Location: Tucson, AZ | ...when my wife comments about having 4 guitars, I just reply: "...how many pairs of SHOES you got?" |
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Location: East Tennessee | Originally posted by jpcannon:
Now, where did I put the 1115.... :confused: jp,
It's the one with the slotted headstock and 12 strings. :D |
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Location: ranson,wva | ive weeded out the black ssb and the cherryburst ssb and aquired 2 deep bolws in natural color...how to explain a blue adamas or a red one?? jason |
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Location: East Tennessee | Buy a can of blue or red spray paint and tell your wife you painted them. :D |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Originally posted by Gospel Guitar Guy:
Buy a can of blue or red spray paint and tell your wife you painted them. :D I think you need a legal disclaimer to go with that so he doesn't really paint them...
"THESE ARE PROFESSIONALS. DON'T DO THIS AT HOME" :D |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | The better method is to just tell her your buying it before you buy it, but what the fuck, we're only human, and a man's gotta do what a man's gotta to do. This same thing happened to me once before I wised up, so this is what you gotta do ...
I kept the guitar at my office for a couple of months, then brought it home. The wife didn't notice for a few weeks, it just sat there with the other guitars, then one night she said something like: hey that looks different, and you say oh this, my friend (fill in the name of a reliable friend who'll lie for you)sold it to me for (say a ridiculously low price that she won't quibble with).
Works great, except she'll say, why so cheap, and you say; ah, you know, he just wanted to pay me back for all the help I've given him over the years, he's a pal. That should end it.
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Location: Hicksville, NY | Originally posted by willard:
My wife's rule is no more new toys without selling some of the old. Same here ... |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | I had 11 at one time, and the wife started freaking out a bit. I then came up with a plan ... I told her I was going to sell some of them and upgrade models. I also sold off a number of other items like effects pedals and other stuff, until I got everything I wanted (aside from an Elite Bass and an Adamas I). After thinking about it for a while, and looking at the finances, I decided I could live with what I have now. I've found that the best method that works with my wife is the "Buy it and don't give any reasons or excuses" routine. We may argue about it for a while, but once it's here - it's here. She gets over it. Obviously, if you think she's gonna get very serious over it, it's not worth jeopardizing a marriage over. |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | I guess what I'm really trying to say is ... My wife doesn't lay out rules for me. If I'm gonna buy something, that's it. |
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Location: ranson,wva | im on a shitty fixed income so most of the guitars i have ive gotten from selling and trading or telling her you should go in on half with me "its a good investment" line. jason. btw fixed income is from a bad head injury a few years back. bad head aches and fainting at times...not to safe to be working.. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Just tell her one of your Ovation brothers sold it to you, and gave you a really good deal, you can say you think he's a drug addict or alckie (some of the best deals ever come from druggies) ... it's plausible. |
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Location: ranson,wva | thats a idea..i have got a few good deals that way in the past..jason |
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Location: Hiram, Georgia | not only that, but an adamas is a plastic guitar, they're real cheep. But don't let her touch it! |
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Location: ranson,wva | dave and clif and kim blew that onr at the gathering last weekend when they were talking about #47!!! we talked tonight....i buy her new tires for her truck i can get a new guitar...not a bad compramise considering my uncle has a tire shop and i can get them at cost..just dont tell her that!! jason |
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Location: ranson,wva | i showed her the adamas on al's site that i like and here was her answer.. and i quote "that looks just like your ugly little red and black small uke thingy" un quote.....women..what you gonna do? jason |
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Location: Omaha, NE | My solution was to buy my wife the $10k flute she wanted. That was six years ago now, and that one purchase has been leveraged into two motorcycles and two guitars.
Two simple rules work for me. First, make sure she has her toys first: Drop $300 at Eddie Bauer on her and I guarantee you will get at least $1000 headroom for your guitar purchases. Second, your car is ALWAYS the POS. Her's is nice. |
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Location: Vermont USA | I have always found it is important to pick your fight somethings just arent worth the trouble. I would never trade my wife for any thing.
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Location: Warren,Pa. | Back in '99 I ordered a "2nd" Custom Elite...had a crack in the top and little stress cracks around the bottom. I knew this before I got it, but I only paid $800. I hadn't told my wife. I was gonna figure something out.
Then we found out Maryanne had cancer. The day before her sergury I had to go and pick up the guitar that I had purchased behind her back.I took it to a friend and said I didn't want to see it.
2 weeks later, I'm taking her to the airport where she'll fly to a friend's in England for a month of down time. I told her on the way to the plane what I'd done. She looked at me with a kindness I'll never understand and said "well..you got a good deal, right?"
That guitar burned up along with everything else we owned 4 years ago when our house burned to the ground. I still have Maryanne. I'll not do anything so foolish ever again in my life.
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Location: ranson,wva | i made a pretty fair trade off with her on the current sitituation,i can get the guitar i want but...here it comes..my biggest fear..flying..i have to fly out to vegas for a week with her on vacation....and i have to sell the 2 guitars that are hanging in the den collecting dust..jason |
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Location: Tidal Mudflats of Virginia | Mine simply said:
"I have no problem with how many guitar's you get, as long as it is finacially feasable (meaning it is not stressing the family financies) and you play each in turn and don't get rid of any without MY permission, I consider each to be a child in the family. We can only add, not take away"
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Location: Rauenberg, Germany | Well, folks, I know my wife is a keeper. I bought my first Ovation on MY WIFE's BIRTHDAY. And we are still married. She doesn't understand why I have five guitars and I use the investment excuse. I have to calm my GAS urges...I don't think I will pull that one again on her next birthday. Or I may be singing solo... |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | My wife keeps telling people I have 13 Ovations when I only have 11, so I figure I have 2 more coming. She buys stuff for the house and figures I'll reciprocate with a guitar. I've tried all the tricks, but she knows what's going on. Some guys buy cars and golf clubs, women buy clothes. Make sure she isn't wanting any then get the best deal you can. That's part of being married.
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Location: ranson,wva | things worked out just fine..christmas is coming ill get her something real nice and hope for the best. or wait till taxes come in..jason |
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Location: Rego Park, NY, | Originally posted by johnnycash83:
ive weeded out the black ssb and the cherryburst ssb and aquired 2 deep bolws in natural color...how to explain a blue adamas or a red one?? jason Just let her see the picture I took of you playing one :) |
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Location: ranson,wva | now that you mention it phil,i used that on as my background and screensaver on the pc..subtle hints..i love the looks and sound of the #47 but its way out of my price range..i think in gonna save for a bit and buy one of al's export flay adamas |
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Location: Kingston Ontario | The first question I have is......Do you need a new stove, dishwasher etc. How about a new car.
My wife says the same thing about guitars in general.
I have about 12 electrics, 2 Ovations, Mandolins autoharp, dulcimer steel guitars......
You have to compromise. Find out what she wants and make your want seem so insignificant. Of course she may want a new husband and......won't go there.
Bottom line: You are not alone. I have been married almost 30 years. If you are a fan of Red Green, call him for advice. You'll have your new guitar faster than he can say "Keep Your Stick On The Ice".
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Location: south east Michigan | Of course I'd love to have a #47. But I've reached a level of satisfaction with the 5 Ovations I have (that's counting the uke). They offer enough different flavors to keep the GAS at bay....for now.
I told my wife I was thinking about selling the Breadwinner to help finance UTE. She said, "No way...don't sell the Breadwinner!". |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | Before purchasing the #47, I went around and around in my head on how to approach my wife about it. I probably came up with the 101 best excuses for spending a small fortune on what amounts to a luxury item... in the end I decided to do what's best for my health and tell the truth upfront... that it's a GUARANTEED investment... much better than the stock market... of course this only works when stocks aren't doing that well... anyway, I lived to talk about it. |
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Location: ranson,wva | she wants a uke..so im gonna offer up a deal..you can have my applause uke(same color as #47 i may add) and ill buy another guitar..it might work..jason |
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Location: ranson,wva | thats what i told her, i bought my 1114-4 for $300,(plays beautiful) with a hard shell case, i paid $75 for my applause uke and $90 for mt matrix and 2 cases!! i could sell my items for a bit more than i paid for them...she just cant grasp the concept..but i agreed to give her the uke and get her lessons in trade for another guitar...jason |
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Location: NW NJ | Originally posted by Slipkid:
I told my wife I was thinking about selling the Breadwinner to help finance UTE. She said, "No way...don't sell the Breadwinner!". She's a keeper Brad!
I told mine that I might sell my 6778LX-NEB to help finance a 2080. She wouldn't let me because it was "too pretty". Well, she's a keeper too ... and I have to agree with her. ;) |
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Location: ranson,wva | i just aquired a 3rd ovation with out a word from the warden...i hope i win the academy..she told me to bid on it!!! jason |
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Location: Vermont USA | It always amazes me how a 9mm gets its own way.
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Location: SoCal | I haven't posted on this whole thread, but as I read the title, my main thought is, if you have a wife that only allows you to have 2 guitars, perhaps it's time to be thinking of a new wife..... |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Where's the challenge in that? Mine used to say she didn't think I needed more than one guitar. Shows how much she knows. |
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Location: USA | I have to agree with your wife...
2 guitars is enough...
2 guitars in the living room
2 guitars in the bedroom
2 guitars in the office
2 guitars in the studio
yeah...2 sounds good to me... ;) |
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Location: SoCal | at least not more than two guitar cases on her side of the closet... |
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Location: Thailand | Much more guitars much more I love my wife!
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Location: CT | Tell her you have a friend who doesn't use it a lot, and is letting you borrow it for a while. In a couple of months she'll forget all about it and it'll be part of the family. |
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Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma | I don't have a problem here. My sweety likes my music room to have plenty of instruments in it. But I'm to the point where I only usually play four of them on a regular basis. I've told her I'm getting rid of two of my three travel guitars and she says "so, are you going to get something that looks better than those two?" She doesn't care how many I have as long as she doesn't have to listen to me practice. She hates hearing only part of a song.
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Location: Round Rock, TX | I posted this on some other thread a while back, but it fits here, too. I just point out to my wife (of 27 years) that all the guitars (and studio gear, etc. etc.) added together cost less than an exotic Italian sports car and waaaaayyy less than a girlfriend. It's a hobby that I can do at home and at church, with the kids and it's legal in all 50 states. You just gotta get things in perspective. |
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Location: SoCal | I think it is all about sharing, realistic expectations, and patience. How about one guitar for each year of marriage?
Lady Noah and I started out as best friends with benefits in college about 30 years ago. Sunday marks 28 years of marriage. Each of us have our passions. Some have become shared, others are respected and supported because they mean something to one of us.
Even though she does not play, Lady Noah accepted my passion for guitars. She has given me many as gifts and all the expensive ones are discussed up front. Lack of spousal acceptance can lead to the squid pro quo trap of competitive spending. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | When the kids got into guitars, I was in hog heaven. They each have an Ovation I bought them. Now if they'd get decent jobs so they could buy me Ovations, I'd be back in hog heaven again. It helps when they guy sitting next to you and your wife just bought a $90,000 car. My wife wasn't even in the same league when she complained about me having 13 guitars (even though I only have 11). |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Originally posted by The Wabbit Formerly Known As Waskel:
You forgot the 2 in boxes out in the garage attic. Apparently she found them. I haven't been up in that garage attic in a long time. I better check it out. Thanks for reminding me. |
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Location: Avondale, AZ | Be men. Stand up and buy what you want. If your wives complain, send them back into the kitchens. Just quit whining about how much your wives are the bosses of your sad lives. |
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Location: Hicksville, NY | Originally posted by The Wabbit Formerly Known As Waskel:
You forgot the 2 in boxes out in the garage attic. Apparently she found them. I was reading an article about Cassandra Wilson in the pages of Acoustic Guitar magazine. On the "What She Plays" section in page 54, it reads that she has an old Alvarez that she rediscovered under the bed of her house in Mississippi. She claims that her father "used to hide instruments around the house so her mother wouldn't know how many he had."
I guess that a bad case of GAS then, is still the same as the bad case of GAS that most of us go through today ... :rolleyes: :D |
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Location: Michigan | Great advice from OldLiverJones......
Now that I stood up to her and let her know that this is the way it is going to be ...
The new music room I always wanted is now my new bedroom , kitchen, bathroom , and living room .......
!!!!!!!! IT IS CALLED A GARAGE !!!!!!
It is starting to get cold in Michigan again as winter sets in so I think that I will go clean HER house and do some laundry and ironing and have a nice dinner made for her when she gets home from the spa tonight.
I want my other life back.....
Great advice but be carefull when using it...
Anybody have an electric blanket that I can use until next June ???? GWB |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Originally posted by OldLiverJones:
Be men. Stand up and buy what you want. If your wives complain, send them back into the kitchens. Just quit whining about how much your wives are the bosses of your sad lives. Yeah, I wear the pants in my family!....(but my wife picks them out for me) |
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Location: closely held secret | The Man Song
I don't take no crap from anybody! ... else but you.
I wear the pants around here!...when I'm finished with your laundry.
'Cause I'm a guy you don't want to fight! ... when I say "jump" you say "yeah, right".
I'm the man of this house! ... until you get home.
What I say goes around here! ... right out the window.
And I don't want to hear a lot of whining! ... so I'll shut up.
The sooner you learn who's boss around here! ... the sooner you can give me my orders, dear.
'Cause I am the head honcho! ... but it's all in my head.
And I can have sex anytime! ... that you want.
'Cause I'm a man who has needs! ... but they're not that important.
And don't expect any flowers from me! ... because if I'm not mistaken you prefer jewelry.
I'm the king of my castle! ... when you're not around.
And I'll drink and watch sports whenever I want! ... to get into trouble.
And I'll come home when I'm good and ready! ... to sleep on the couch.
Because a man's got to do what a man's got to do! ... and I'm going to do what you tell me to.
Because I'm top dog around here! ... but I've been neutered!
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Location: Upper Left USA | Early on in my journey through GAS and Compulsive Ovation Collection Disorder my Wife caught me surfing questionable places on the Internet!
Yup, she caught me perusing StandingOvation's and Samova's picture-palace-of-playable-porn.
She conveyed her needs for financial security (pay your damn bills!) taking priority over any idolistic need to accumulate guitars.
I attempted rationalizations over other options such as fishing boats, fast cars, etc.
It comes down to priorities and what is important. I have seven guitar hangers in my "play room". When they are full and I want another I need to decide what comes down and leaves the roost. Taking parts and learning how to work them, play them and pass them to others has been a great way to experience a lot of great guitars!
Admitting I have a problem is the first step. I do not seek a cure, just treatment and this board provides regular meetings!
Hi, my name is MWoody and I have some really cool Ovations! |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by MWoody:
I have seven guitar hangers in my "play room". When they are full and I want another I need to decide what comes down and leaves the roost. We gotta get you some more hangers for Christmas. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Mine has given up. She is careful not to say things like, "why don't you try another brand?" or "you don't have any blue ones like Dave's" because she knows I translate that into permission to buy an Adamas. (I'm expecting some comments about Dave's blue ones, here, guys.)
Anyway, now she suggests that I need more guitar hangers or asks if I need more. When I comment on a good deal on ebay, she holds perfectly still, knowing that the slightest twitch will signal approval. She thinks I need a new Porsche, though. |
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Location: south east Michigan | "she holds perfectly still, knowing that the slightest twitch will signal approval."
Now that's funny! :D |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | If I ever learn to play an electric guitar, then maybe I'll pull out all the stops. I can't even get the Ultra GS in tune since I changed the strings. Every time I start drooling over a Viper or something like it, I start thinking, "What would I ever do with it?"
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Location: Hicksville, NY | Originally posted by an4340:
I kept the guitar at my office for a couple of months, then brought it home. The wife didn't notice for a few weeks, it just sat there with the other guitars, then one night she said something like: hey that looks different, and you say oh this, my friend (fill in the name of a reliable friend who'll lie for you)sold it to me for (say a ridiculously low price that she won't quibble with).
Works great, except she'll say, why so cheap, and you say; ah, you know, he just wanted to pay me back for all the help I've given him over the years, he's a pal. That should end it.
I had two similar experiences. The only difference was that the alibi was real, and my wife initially mistook them for a fabricated story.
#1: I acquired a used Martin DX1 for $150 cash, including gig bag at a music store in Queens. It has its fair share of nicks, but it's in very good condition overall. Perhaps, the shop owner had no idea what the heck he was selling. Nevertheless, when my wife finally noticed, I told her how much I paid for it. I even showed the receipt to prove it, but she initially claimed that it was fake. She was finally convinced when she called the number on the receipt, and verified the sale with the merchant, while I was at work.
#2: She got mad at me when I arrived home with the free Jasmine from GC, after purchasing ten sets of D'addario EXP strings. This time, she was finally convinced when I showed her the receipt, accompanied with the sale catalog that I took from the store. To alleviate the situation, I told her that she could use the guitar for a prize raffle at the baby shower that she was hosting at that time, to which she did.
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Location: ranson,wva | gotta get 2 more hangers!!! got 2 on the way and possiable 3!!!!! 1111 balladeer(broken neck),legend,and hopefully a academy!!!! i told her i got a ridiculously cheap price from some friends in the northeast!! kinda worried tho because she asked no questions..pics to come when i get my digicam/pos pc fixed....jason |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | I've been married to my second wife for 16 years now. We actually met on stage, but that's another story. The one thing that makes our marriage work is that we keep our finances separate. She uses her money (plus some of mine that I give her every month) to buy whatever she wants, no questions asked. I pay for everything else, including the mortgage, utilities, groceries, all household expenses, etc. We don't pry into each other's spending habits. She has no clue what I buy and how much I pay. She'll walk into the music room, look around, and then make some comment like "there sure is a lot more stuff down here," to which I respond by pointing out and acknowledging a book or something, but completely overlooking the three new guitars, two new neon signs, and a new amp. I even expanded from two to six motorcycles on the sly. As Povation suggested earlier, I'm pretty much insane and I have a very tolerant wife. |
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Location: Chehalis, Washington | My wonderful sweety has been very supportive of my GAS trouble...up to a point. When I went from 1 guitar to 9 in the course of six months, she finally forbade me from logging on to ebay for a while...
Actually, she at one point was encouraging me to get a #47 - SHE actually argued the investment side of things. I opted not to - only to pick up a custom 12-string, country artist and hollowbody Ibanez instead (for combined less money :D ).
The funny thing is that when I bring a new guitar in, she either gives me instant approval or not - my Adamas II, deep-bowl Elite, and Viper have all been referred to in the "you can't ever get rid of that one" category.
And all this after 3 years of marriage! Advice to the boys: BE HONEST AND COMMUNICATE! It is sometimes easier to ask forgiveness than permission, BUT YOU HAVE TO ASK!!! |
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my wife says 2 guitars is enough!!!!