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Location: Evansville,IN | I found a Deacon that I have been thinking about buying for $800. It is in excellent condition for it's age, and comes with the original hardshell case. :confused:
Is this too much, or about right? Haven't found too many of them this nice. :) |
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Location: Upper Left USA | IMHO:
It is difficult to find one under $600 and if the condition is right - $800 is in the zone. They have seen some appreciation in the last few months. |
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Location: Scotland | I just sold a Breadwinner for $1200, so looks like they may be on the up. |
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Location: Evansville,IN | I called the man with the Deacon, and I have purchased it. Probably have fun explaining to the wife why I bought. :D |
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Location: Midland, MI | I would like to suggest, GrilledCheese, that a garage can be made into a rather comfortable domicile. Once one removes the automobiles, that is. The garden shed is what the local realtors would say 'has doll house charm, cute as a button, cozy.'
Just sayin' is all...
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Location: Evansville,IN | Originally posted by cruster:
I would like to suggest, GrilledCheese, that a garage can be made into a rather comfortable domicile. Once one removes the automobiles, that is. The garden shed is what the local realtors would say 'has doll house charm, cute as a button, cozy.'
Just sayin' is all...
;) I have few vices, but guitars is one of them. :D If I move to the garage, which is doubtful, because I will probably be dead, I have a lot of stuff to move. :D Maybe she will just cut off part of my lower anatomy. :D |
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Location: East Tennessee | Don't Try Alpep's Garage. |
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Location: Evansville,IN | Thanks GGG, I'll keep that in mind while I look for an excuse for buying the Deacon. :D "It's a parts guitar, got it real cheap, needs a little TLC, but I can do it". Sounds good to me. :D |
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Location: East Tennessee | Alas too often what sounds good to us, does not sound that good to our spouses. :confused: |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Allow me to repeat something posted not too long ago.
Get some of those magazines on fishing boats and make sure you read them in front of her. Stage Two is to start circling certain high dollar models and leave the rag open to that page.
When she ask you "So you're buying a Fishing Boat" you need to be ready to expound on how cool they are and that it only takes a second mortgage, blah-blah- blah!
"Unless you just want me to focus on my guitar playing"?
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Location: NJ | ". . Get some of those magazines on fishing boats . ."
If y'REALLY wanna "Gaslight" her . . . go out and get a Scott Peterson haircut . . . . |
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Location: Midland, MI | Originally posted by cliff:
If y'REALLY wanna "Gaslight" her . . . go out and get a Scott Peterson haircut . . . . Gaslight? Is that like the movie(s) about the guy that marries a woman so he can steal her jewels, but has to convince her she's crazy first? |
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Location: NJ | yup.
Charles Boyer and (I believe it was) Greer Garson. |
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Location: Midland, MI | Ingrid Bergman, James Cotton as the detective, IIRC. Man I love old movies. They just don't make 'em like they used to (although they seem to keep trying). ;) |
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Location: NJ | . . not Joseph Cotten?? |
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Location: San Bernardino, California | http://movies.channel.aol.com/movie/main.adp?&mid=6103&uid=5532 |
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Location: Midland, MI | Cotten, Cotton...potato, potato...tomato, tomato. ;) |
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Location: closely held secret | Funny, I never met anyone else who used that expression. I used to kid with my wife that I was just gaslighting her by talking about things that didn't happen. It was easier to watch the movie with her than try to explain it. |
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| Joseph Cotten it was. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Having your friend tell her he just bought a $2400 Taylor didn't work for me. I do have an 1100 square foot garage with its own bathroom, so being banished there isn't much of a threat.
I could send you some Porsche magazines. Even the parts make Ovations look cheap.
Or try talking about how your friend just ran off with some much younger bimbo. That was good for one guitar for me. |
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Location: Evansville,IN | I've given up smoking, and drinking beer for the most part. I'll be darned if I'm giving up my guitars. :D
Sometimes the truth just sounds the best, telling her it cost a little less doesn't hurt. :rolleyes: |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Dear Grilled,
By quitting smoking and drinking you are easily saving $2000 a year and increasing your life expectancy. You not only deserve the reward but it helps you to channel your cravings and focus your energy in a mature positive manner. It is not just a new guitar - it is your medical need here!
Or something like that! |
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Location: Evansville,IN | Originally posted by MWoody:
Dear Grilled,
By quitting smoking and drinking you are easily saving $2000 a year and increasing your life expectancy. You not only deserve the reward but it helps you to channel your cravings and focus your energy in a mature positive manner. It is not just a new guitar - it is your medical need here!
Or something like that! Thanks MWoody. I do deserve it don't I? Only problem is I quit smoking 14 years ago, so that card has been played many times, for several different things. :D Ah well, you only live once. :D |
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Is this too much for a Deacon?
