How "DO" you get your wife to buy you a new gutar?...

[#1guitarman]

Well, first, ya have to have "Kidney Stones", and feel like CRAP.
Then ya have to go 42 miles to the hospital. For tests and a surgical evaluation.
Then, as if you're not miserable enough, since you're "Off The Rock" and "On The Mainland", you have to go to "Toys Are Us", so Grandma can score for the G-babies...
And of course, "Musicians Discount Center" is right next door.
Here's the good part...
Let her come into the store, and catch you playing the song you wrote for your daughter the day she was born...On a really sweet Ovation Celeb. 12 string acoustic/electric, and runnin' it thru the same acoustic amp ya have at home...
BINGO!!!!WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!
She walks in, and I'm playing this song (12 string fingerpickin' chords) with a friend of mine (pickin' single note melody, 'lead' if you will) at the store, and she walks up to the counter and puts the guitar on layaway...Comes back and hands me the reciept. She sez I can't have it till Christmas...And she'll get it outta layaway...I'm cool with that!....
I really do have a good wife...

Now, if I could get rid of these stones (guys, this really sucks!), I'd be a happy man...

C'mon Santa!!!

 

[Boleskinehouse]

Well, usually she says, "Do you want it?" I'm like, "Yeah."

 

[TOMMYTHUNDERS]

or just remind her how much the thing on her finger cost you.

beats the hell out of getting kidney stones.

 

[G Man]

Beats my wife. She asked me what I wanted for my birthday present this year and I started off with a bunch of guitar related stuff, pickups, wiring kits, tuners, case, amps and so on. I can always find musical stuff that interests me. Anyway, she replies, "Oh, that's your hobbie, I think I'll let you take care of that." WTF?!?!?! As I see it, you can get no better present for someone than something related to whatever their "hobby" might be. Am I wrong here?

Sorry for the hijack. Nice wife you got there. And to be honest, my wife did buy me my first Martin about 10 years ago before all of our disposable income went to our kids.

 

[Mattyboy]

Try this line and see where it gets you:

"Honey, I'll let you buy me a guitar if you give me a bjer."

 

[GibsonByBirth]

Illness works wonders.

 

[Hamtone]

My wife always seems to be broke, so I would end up buying it myself anyway. So I just buy it anyway

 

[#1guitarman]

My wife always seems to be broke, so I would end up buying it myself anyway. So I just buy it anyway

See, that's the neat part of all of this...I wouldn't have bought that guitar for myself...even tho I currently don't own a 12 string, I still would not have bought it. Face it, How many songs do you need a 12 string for?
But she did. (her money-my money-our money-it all goes in the same bank).
That's the cool part.
Plus, it's one sweeeet sounding Ovation. deep and resonant on the low end and high and airy on the high end..just sounds good.

 

[Hamtone]

See, that's the neat part of all of this...I wouldn't have bought that guitar for myself...even tho I currently don't own a 12 string, I still would not have bought it. Face it, How many songs do you need a 12 string for?
But she did. (her money-my money-our money-it all goes in the same bank).
That's the cool part.
Plus, it's one sweeeet sounding Ovation. deep and resonant on the low end and high and airy on the high end..just sounds good.

I had a balladeer with a cutaway that I loved a lot, sounded great

 

[KSG_Standard]

If you keep the kidney stones inside you long enough, do they turn into diamonds or some other precious stone? What do they look like as jewelry?

 

[#1guitarman]

If you keep the kidney stones inside you long enough, do they turn into diamonds or some other precious stone? What do they look like as jewelry?

As far as I know, they turn into a major pain....that's all they've turned into so far...

Hamtone, I have a '78 Ovation Matrix 6 string...Oh how I love that guitar...she bought that one too, in 1981, for my birthday.
Jims Pawn Shop, Fayetteville N.C., $175.00 W/HSC. Reciept and B-day card still in the case.

 

[brianugly]

Well, usually she says, "Do you want it?" I'm like, "Yeah."

Mines like. I don't know which one you want for christmas. Which one?

 

[teefus]

great story, hope you are feeling better.
i opened my own sep. checking account about 10 years ago. both of our paychecks go into the joint account. all buying/selling gig money/freelance money go into my checking account. every now and then a new guitar case shows up in the music room. no one is the wiser and no one cares. peace, harmony all is well with the world.

 

[#1guitarman]

Mines like. I don't know which one you want for christmas. Which one?

"Uh, the 1957 gold top, mint cond, with the original 1957 amp....yea, that should do it...Can ya cover that?

 

[lp_junkie]

I just show up with new guitars/amp/gear and say "look what you got me for (insert occasion)", it works much much better than "I'm the one with the job, I'll spend some money on whatever I damned well please..........." or "remember all the gear I sold so I could get you that diamond and this house?"

 

[Fracture]

Divorce worked perfect.

 

[LPV]

I put mine thru 2 bachelor's degrees. If she decides to go for her masters, R9 here I come

 

[#1guitarman]

I put mine thru 2 bachelor's degrees. If she decides to go for her masters, R9 here I come

Yea, we trade too, she walked out and got in the car this morning with a "Coach" purse (google that) I haven't seen before....I didn't say anything, and I was NOT gonna buy a guitar today...But I guess the guilt got to her... I'd really like to think she liked the way the guitar sounded.
Really tho, she's good like that...she's a keeper

 

[kip0909]

Beats my wife. Snip/

 

[BMS]

I used to tell my wife all about the Les Pauls I used to have. She used to always say, "I wish you had one of those(Cherry Sunburst LP's) I like those." She also goes on to say that she thought it wasn't fair that girls get expensive beautiful rings and all the guys get is a simple band. So she(the one on the left);

Buys me this. A 1981 mint Standard!