New guitar question
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VinceT
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Re: New guitar question
Dude... you’ve been gifted a guitar by someone who loves you enough to do so... it plays better than your existing guitars...
This is a no brained - keep the EV Strat, sell something else (or two) and keep that woman just as happy and loved as she deserves to be.
Two other thoughts:
From me - yes, gear less, play more.
From my missus - beware the woman who says “that’s fine...” (as in “she’ll be fine with me trading”) - it’s the first sign that it most definitely is NOT fine.
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Dude... you’ve been gifted a guitar by someone who loves you enough to do so... it plays better than your existing guitars...
This is a no brained - keep the EV Strat, sell something else (or two) and keep that woman just as happy and loved as she deserves to be.
Two other thoughts:
From me - yes, gear less, play more.
From my missus - beware the woman who says “that’s fine...” (as in “she’ll be fine with me trading”) - it’s the first sign that it most definitely is NOT fine.
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Outa_Tune
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Re: New guitar question
I played it a lot last night and think I'm not going to be able to let it go, it plays and sounds too good. Needs a setup though, GC literally handed her a new guitar that was never opened.
My wife came in and saw me playing it and smiled, so I know she's happy. Happy wife = happy life. (Secret to a long marriage)
I'll sell some stuff or whatever and get a Tele down the road. Right now I have too many guitars and have to walk around them. Think I'm going to turn a few into wall art.
I played it a lot last night and think I'm not going to be able to let it go, it plays and sounds too good. Needs a setup though, GC literally handed her a new guitar that was never opened.
My wife came in and saw me playing it and smiled, so I know she's happy. Happy wife = happy life. (Secret to a long marriage)
I'll sell some stuff or whatever and get a Tele down the road. Right now I have too many guitars and have to walk around them. Think I'm going to turn a few into wall art.
regan
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Re: New guitar question
Correct decision, & now down to brass tacks, were gonna need pics........preferably in a bikini or swimsuit obviously HD & once we've seen the wife some strat pics would be nice too
Correct decision, & now down to brass tacks, were gonna need pics........preferably in a bikini or swimsuit obviously HD & once we've seen the wife some strat pics would be nice too
GuitarStv
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Re: New guitar question
Let's meet halfway and get some nice contrasting colour bikini pics of the strat!
Let's meet halfway and get some nice contrasting colour bikini pics of the strat!
Aceman
I am your doctor of love!
Re: New guitar question
"And so she said....." And as we ALL know, when a woman says something, she literally means exactly what she says! :lmao:
Keep the Strat period. If she wanted you to have the guitar YOU want instead of the gift she chose she would have bought a GC gift card and took you shopping. She didn't do that, did she?
"And so she said....." And as we ALL know, when a woman says something, she literally means exactly what she says! :lmao:
Keep the Strat period. If she wanted you to have the guitar YOU want instead of the gift she chose she would have bought a GC gift card and took you shopping. She didn't do that, did she?
Artie
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Re: New guitar question
Here's another thought. I scored the EC Roadhouse Strat from a forum bro quite awhile back. He removed the active tone control circuit. (I would have too.) But that left a Strat with a built-in battery box. Enter the Duncan LiveWire II Classic Strat set. A match made in heaven. It's one of my favorite guitars. Killer Stratocaster tone, and all noiseless.
My 2-cents worth.
Artie
Here's another thought. I scored the EC Roadhouse Strat from a forum bro quite awhile back. He removed the active tone control circuit. (I would have too.) But that left a Strat with a built-in battery box. Enter the Duncan LiveWire II Classic Strat set. A match made in heaven. It's one of my favorite guitars. Killer Stratocaster tone, and all noiseless.
My 2-cents worth.
Artie
Outa_Tune
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Re: New guitar question
83 Squire
Epi SG
Agile 3000
Les Paul standard semi hollow
Toes were done by me.
83 Squire
Epi SG
Agile 3000
Les Paul standard semi hollow
Toes were done by me.
Jack_TriPpEr
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Re: New guitar question
If the new Strat clearly bests your old Strat in terms of feel, comfort and playability - like it sounds like you are saying - then you should keep the new strat and bring in the old one (plus other guitars from your existing collection that you're not hot about) as trade-ins towards the Tele you want. In the long run, comfort and playability are the most important characteristics, in my opinion. You'd also be making your wife "right" in the process by keeping the new Strat - that goes a long way, too.
If the new Strat clearly bests your old Strat in terms of feel, comfort and playability - like it sounds like you are saying - then you should keep the new strat and bring in the old one (plus other guitars from your existing collection that you're not hot about) as trade-ins towards the Tele you want. In the long run, comfort and playability are the most important characteristics, in my opinion. You'd also be making your wife "right" in the process by keeping the new Strat - that goes a long way, too.
Outa_Tune
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Re: New guitar question
Either you haven't been married very long, or you don't understand women, or both.
Men think literally. Women think emotionally. A woman will say that to please her man. But if you take her up on it, it will break her heart. She felt very special giving that gift to someone who she feels very special about. Don't ruin your relationship by selling/trading that guitar for anything else and justifying your actions by..."she said I could".
Either you haven't been married very long, or you don't understand women, or both.
Men think literally. Women think emotionally. A woman will say that to please her man. But if you take her up on it, it will break her heart. She felt very special giving that gift to someone who she feels very special about. Don't ruin your relationship by selling/trading that guitar for anything else and justifying your actions by..."she said I could".
Outa_Tune
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Re: New guitar question
Just for the record I'm keeping the new Strat. I've been playing it a lot and it just plays soooooo good, and has a great range of different sounds. We've bonded.
Thing that sucks is I now realize how "average" my other guitars play, and on a few I don't like the tone. I actually just finished swapping pup's on my old strat to the everything axe setup, and now I don't like it that much, sounds bland. Think it's gonna get a new neck, conversion to HH and make it my Priest, Ozzy and Sabbath guitar.
Just for the record I'm keeping the new Strat. I've been playing it a lot and it just plays soooooo good, and has a great range of different sounds. We've bonded.
Thing that sucks is I now realize how "average" my other guitars play, and on a few I don't like the tone. I actually just finished swapping pup's on my old strat to the everything axe setup, and now I don't like it that much, sounds bland. Think it's gonna get a new neck, conversion to HH and make it my Priest, Ozzy and Sabbath guitar.
Outa_Tune
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Re: New guitar question
Come on dude.....nobody understands women. (BTW, Married for 31 years)
Come on dude.....nobody understands women. (BTW, Married for 31 years)
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