Dammit, I made an expensive mistake

[adouglas]

I have two basses, da Bongo and a fretless non-EBMM bass (which brand does not matter).

The other night at band practice we did one of the tunes on which I play the fretless (Solsbury Hill). It was in its case and I was too lazy to go pull it out, so I just used da Bongo and kicked in some chorus to give it a pseudo-fretless feel.

Oh, hell. I had to go and do that, didn't I? The results were predictable. It killed.

You know what this means.

I wonder what the 2006 LE color will be?

 

[arrowheadguitar]

my expensive mistakes usually involve recklessly firing up ebay

P.

 

[bovinehost]

Oh hell, by the title, I thought you'd hooked up with my ex-wife.

 

[shamus63]

Oh hell, by the title, I thought you'd hooked up with my ex-wife.

And/or mine.

 

[AnthonyD]

Different circumstance, but same result...

Got three guys playing guitar looking for me to go get a fretted Bongo!

Personally, I'm trying real hard to wait on a 2007 LE myself, but who knows...

 

[adouglas]

Different circumstance, but same result...

Got three guys playing guitar looking for me to go get a fretted Bongo!

Personally, I'm trying real hard to wait on a 2007 LE myself, but who knows...

You know you won't be able to resist that long. The Bongo's mind control circuit has already subverted your guitarist friends. Your current immunity, the result of the recent purchase of your fretless, will wear off soon.

 

[AnthonyD]

Believe you me...

I live in fear of what you speak...

 

[maddog]

it's not an expensive mistake, it is an expensive discovery.

 

[adouglas]

Believe you me...

I live in fear of what you speak...

Here's what you do:

1) Take one of those pre-approved credit card applications we all get. Call them up and apply over the phone. Once they approve you, immediately change the address on the card to your place of employment. This way your wife won't see the bill. Pay it off with your allowance (she does let you have an allowance, doesn't she?).

2) Have your new Bongo shipped to your place of employment.

3) Keep it at one of your guitarist friend's houses.

4) Don't talk about it in front of your wife.

Or...

Find a toy that you don't use any more. Doesn't matter what it is...to her it's clutter. Declare that you're going to sell it in order to finance the Bongo, something that you will use and enjoy. This will impress her mightily and she will think that you have a good, level head on your shoulders after all, especially if you don't divulge the actual cost of the bass.

 

[phatduckk]

especially if you don't divulge the actual cost of the bass.

all women who have given me a hard time re: my bass purchasing habbits are under the impression that no bass costs more than $300

 

[Disquieter]

Find a toy that you don't use any more. Doesn't matter what it is...to her it's clutter. Declare that you're going to sell it in order to finance the Bongo, something that you will use and enjoy. This will impress her mightily and she will think that you have a good, level head on your shoulders after all, especially if you don't divulge the actual cost of the bass.

HAHAH!!!

that's excactly what I do.

that's why I only have 2 basses right now, I can't stand to get rid of any.

the only thing i'd trade this bongo for is if i found it's doppleganger, and then I'd make them throw in some cash.

 

[shamus63]

You know you won't be able to resist that long. The Bongo's mind control circuit has already subverted your guitarist friends. Your current immunity, the result of the recent purchase of your fretless, will wear off soon.

Yes! The 18v 4-band system is a force to be reckoned with!

 

[Oldtoe]

Find a toy that you don't use any more. Doesn't matter what it is...to her it's clutter. Declare that you're going to sell it in order to finance the Bongo, something that you will use and enjoy. This will impress her mightily and she will think that you have a good, level head on your shoulders after all, especially if you don't divulge the actual cost of the bass.

Hmmm. I have this Reebok BodyTrec elliptical machine that doesn't see much use. Pricey, too. Hmmmmmm.

 

[adouglas]

Hmmm. I have this Reebok BodyTrec elliptical machine that doesn't see much use. Pricey, too. Hmmmmmm.

I have a personal rule (more of a guideline, really) when it comes to material posessions: If I haven't picked it up and used it, or thought about it, in a year, then it's time to sell it. Doesn't matter how precious it once was to me...even if I haven't consciously abandonded it, I'm obviously done with the thing.

Might as well pass it along to someone who will get some enjoyment out of it.

I know that a bunch of the collectors around here would strongly disagree with me, but in my book what's important are the memories, not the objects that helped generate them. When you get right down to it, it's all just "stuff" anyway and you can't take it with you.

 

[Bill]

Find a toy that you don't use any more. Doesn't matter what it is...to her it's clutter. Declare that you're going to sell it in order to finance the Bongo, something that you will use and enjoy. This will impress her mightily and she will think that you have a good, level head on your shoulders after all, especially if you don't divulge the actual cost of the bass.

That's what I did for my last 2 basses, too.

 

[Dr. Nick]

all women who have given me a hard time re: my bass purchasing habbits are under the impression that no bass costs more than $300

So true!!!

My wife is very understanding, and she is really patient as she follows my long-winded explanations of why I need this vs that, but it was not always that way. I have spent a lot of time over the years trying to explain the philosophy behind my purchases, and after about 10 years, it's beginning to pay off.

When we first got married, my wife's basic philosophy concerning music equipment was: "I don't care what you have now, but I don't want to ever see it in the house, and you'd sure as hell better not be spending any money on more!" (Things were pretty tight right then, and we were expecting, so I can understand her concerns about money.)

So, a couple of years ago, I took up six-string g@itar. At first, she was not not too clear as to what the differences were and why I need a whole new amp, etc., but I explained to her as much as I could, for example that I was being offered a great price on a used Str@tocaster, that this was one of the all-time classic guitar designs, that it had been used by countless musicians on many hit records, that I had dreamed of owning a real one since I was a little boy, that it was the only electric guitar a man could ever need, etc., etc., Well, I buy that Strat, and, sure enough, after a couple of months of me gazing at it lovingly and prattling on about what a great quack it has and how Leo was a genius, my lovely wife becomes something of an authority on Str@ocasters! She's pointing them out on TV and asking me "is that one nicer than yours?" etc., etc., (Did I mention that my wife is soooo f@ckin' cool?)

So a few months later, I spy this nice Les Paul copy in the local guitar shop. Nice look, good build, so-so pick-ups, GREAT price.

So I go home to the wife and say: "I know I told you the Strat was all I would ever need, but this one gives me the "other" classic sound: dual humbuckers. With this and the Strat, I would have both of the "Classic" guitar sounds."

She's just looking at me, and I'm thinking, "Oh, crap, here it comes"... And then she says: "I was wondering how long it would be before you wanted one of those Les Pauls."

My wife. I think I will keep her.

 

[Bill]

She's just looking at me, and I'm thinking, "Oh, crap, here it comes"... And then she says: "I was wondering how long it would be before you wanted one of those Les Pauls."

My wife. I think I will keep her.

I thought you were gonna say that she told you, "Oh, go ahead & buy a real Les Paul & not a copy."

 

[bovinehost]

Yesterday, I said, "Oh yeah, my blue Bongo is ready!"

Erika said, "That's nice, dear."

I don't think she even noticed the white Stingray.

She bought me a 62 Jazz RI a few years back (this was based on the recommendation of a friend, who knew I'd had a real non-RI 62 Jazz way back when pterodactyls dotted the sky....I wouldn't have asked for one but now I have to keep it, am I right?), and she still occasionally says, "Now which one did I get you?"

God bless her. She's a woman, and so often deserves to be killed, but that's illegal so I just go ahead and love her.

 

[Dr. Nick]

I thought you were gonna say that she told you, "Oh, go ahead & buy a real Les Paul & not a copy."

Now that would be too much!!! As great as she is, she is just a woman!