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    Had an RCA PI tube go bad today. The wife loves to give me **** about buying tubes.

    I said "see this is why i buy so many tubes" ... not sure if she's buying my story tho.

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    My wife gives me grief about buying tubes ...

    Tell her they are just like lipstick and run out every month or so. She'll get it.

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      Re: My wife gives me grief about buying tubes ...

      I was just reading on a luthier's forum that a guy's wife turned to him at a club and said "I won't bother you anymore more about buying guitars (he had 15). Nancy told me her husband (in the band) has 49 trumpets!".
      aka Chris Pile, formerly of Six String Fever

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        I've got 60 guitars...but 49 trumpets is just...INSANITY! WTF!



        Bill
        When you've had budget guitars for a number of years, you may find that your old instrument is holding you back. A quality guitar can inspire you to write great songs, improve your understanding of the Gdim chord while in the Lydian Mode, cure the heartbreak of cystic acne--and help you find true love in the process.

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          Once when I was on a pretty run of purchases, the wife exasperated "another one, how much was that?"

          I asked her if she could tell the difference between a $25 guitar and a $25,000 guitar. She paused, said "good point" and walked away.

          -Chris

          Originally posted by John Suhr
          “Practice cures most tone issues”

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            Re: My wife gives me grief about buying tubes ...

            You can always find a good wife, but you can't always find good tubes.
            "Anyone who understands Jazz knows that you can't understand it. It's too complicated. That's what's so simple about it." - Yogi Berra

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              Re: My wife gives me grief about buying tubes ...

              There is a website that will, for a fee, duplicate a receipt to reflect any purchase price that you want it to. $5K Les Paul? No problem, change it to $350 and tell the wife it's a Chibson.
              The only problem is that it's my wife who told me about it ...

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                Re: My wife gives me grief about buying tubes ...

                Originally posted by Darg1911 View Post
                There is a website that will, for a fee, duplicate a receipt to reflect any purchase price that you want it to.
                The only problem is that it's my wife who told me about it ...
                Uh oh. You better check your bank account.

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                  Re: My wife gives me grief about buying tubes ...



                  I swapped a couple Amperex Holland that test as new & broke out my OCD pedal, haven't used it in a while, what a great pedal.

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                    Re: My wife gives me grief about buying tubes ...

                    Just ask the wife how many pairs of shoes she owns?

                    Sent from my SM-J320W8 using Tapatalk

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                      ho, ho, ho ...

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                        Re: My wife gives me grief about buying tubes ...

                        Nice tubes.....I love NOS stuff. I have 5-6 great NOS 12AX7's and my latest purchase was a set of Siemens EL34's from KCA NOS Tubes. Unfortunately they are too hot for my DSL 40c and they won't bias up. I'm not spending any $$ modding this amp. I may sell them or just wait till I get a better amp.
                        My Sound Clips

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                          Re: My wife gives me grief about buying tubes ...

                          Originally posted by MetalManiac View Post
                          Good wives and good tubes can both be hard to find.

                          FIFY
                          I am so close to retirement that I could play in a band full time. All I have to do is figure out what to use instead of money, improve my playing, learn some songs, and find some other musicians more talented than me who will do exactly as they're told. .

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                            On the planet where I come from 49 trumpets is considered a waste of brass. They're not even suitable for reloading.
                            I am so close to retirement that I could play in a band full time. All I have to do is figure out what to use instead of money, improve my playing, learn some songs, and find some other musicians more talented than me who will do exactly as they're told. .

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                              Re: My wife gives me grief about buying tubes ...

                              Originally posted by Lazarus1140 View Post
                              On the planet where I come from 49 trumpets is considered a waste of brass. They're not even suitable for reloading.
                              Top notch my lad
                              "My biggest fear is that when I die my wife will sell my guitars for what I told her they cost" -Anonymous

                              Main Gear:
                              Orange Rockerverb MKIII 50w
                              Orange ppc212 open back cabinet
                              Jackson dx10d
                              DOD preamp 250 Overdrive
                              MXR Carbon Copy
                              MXR Phase 90 (EVH Version)

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