Guitars or Girlfriends?

[brentrocks]

Well, my wife knows that my guitars mean a lot to me, and for the most part she doesn't say much.

She will get a little bitchy sometimes when that big brown box is sitting on the doorstep, and it will be like, "what color did you buy this time!"

Then i get to hear about all the $$$ i'm wasting, blah, blah, blah...she gets over it in about 2 hours!

She will probably rip me an new A** H**E next week, when the next big brown box arrives!!

She will get over it with time!

 

[tiffles]

you know how many fish there are in the sea....more than guitars on the planet....

true but some of those fish, well you wouldnt want to kiss them.

that narrows down the ratio.

 

[fogman]

true but some of those fish, well you wouldnt want to kiss them.

that narrows down the ratio.

Sometimes guys like that have the good looking women though!?
Go figure!!

 

[robelinda2]

8 years happily married, no children.

Probably has something to do with the "happily" part.

Now, if I were fabulously wealthy and could afford the "help" I'd need to manage a family (as we both work full-time, demanding jobs), it would be different possibly.

6 years happily married, 8 EBMM guitars happily paid for in that time!! no kids .....YET! getting all the balls i can get while i can......

 

[Lucidology]

Wow... what a response....5 pages already!!

Maybe, in all fairness, I should have called this thread....

"Guitars, Girlfriends or Wives?...

 

[Warg Master]

6 years happily married, 8 EBMM guitars happily paid for in that time!! no kids .....YET! getting all the balls i can get while i can......

Workin on my 6th ball and we just had a baby... EBMM days ARE NOT numbered post child!!!!

 

[robelinda2]

Workin on my 6th ball and we just had a baby... EBMM days ARE NOT numbered post child!!!!

that warms my heart Warg, good to know my ball buying life isnt finished once there's little future ernie ball players running round the house!!! My wife keeps telling me i'll never stop buying guitars, even if we have 50 kids. i dunno, how many balls can you have??

 

[DrKev]

They can cook.

I cook better than any GF I've ever had (well, OK, except for one). And I keep my kitchen cleaner than they ever kept theirs.

I also sing better than any of them did. Most of them were terrible singers but try getting them to stop trying! Just because I'm a musician doesn't mean I'll appreciate their strangled off-key warbling, it doesn't give them license to keep trying, and asking them to stop was worse than asking them to leave my toilet seat up or admit to farting in bed!

Now, what was this thread about again? Oh, I remember...

that a musician's life is not the greatest situation for raising kids or even keeping a wife for that matter

Amen to that. It's not easy at all. Then again this whole guitars vs girlfriends thing applies to professional musicians the same way than boats vs girlfriends applies to fishermen. I look at it this way - my professional tools are not something my GFs have any say in, unless they are buying me a new guitar, and even then I'll still have the last decision on colour.

 

[phatduckk]

“You know there's a million fine looking women in the world, dude, but they don't all bring you lasagna at work. Most of them just cheat on you."

- Clerks

way too damn true

 

[jeffrey]

I've only got the two JP7's.

I'm the worst kind of collector (I'm not one).

 

[Lucidology]

The way it often goes...

A woman meets up with you at bunch of your gigs... consequently, you end up getting together and emerge as a couple (seriously)...

At first, she totally supports & understands your musical life & what a dedicated
commitment it takes.... Then, all of sudden, she's no longer interested in coming to the gigs...

As time goes by, you both realize you're living two separate lives... one at the night, the other during the day (she's become the "normal person," you become the
"oddball"...)

And then, if you're sharing funds & co-existing... your guitars, which she once admired, are not very pretty to her anymore..

In fact, she might start to become become annoyed with your constant attraction to them ... (Your axes may even be symbolic of what is wrong with the relationship...)

Here's a comment I once heard...

"Why would you want to buy a guitar that looks like a piece of furniture...?"

 

[robelinda2]

Here's a comment I once heard...

"Why would you want to buy a guitar that looks like a piece of furniture...?"

thats harsh, ditch the b*tch!

 

[Lucidology]

Rob... what does your wife think about your EB's?

 

[flukather]

Girlfriends. No question.

I know gear and **** is cool, but true love is way better than a piece of wood ever will be.

 

[Bud]

About 6 months since I sold my les paul to hopfully find and purchase a used lefty sillouette (my first). One appeared on ebay but at the time work was thin so I felt a bit guilty bidding on it eventhough that's why I sold my Les Paul .Anyway Whilst I was out at work the Sillouette bidding was due to end so my wife promptly made an exectuive family decision and put in a bid on the guitar for me. Cool wife!
PS........
Didn't win that particular one but it wasn't long before I managed to get another one .Since then work's (pro muso) picked up so the sillouette's helping to pay the bills and everyones happy.

 

[Bud]

About 6 months since I sold my les paul with the sole intension of purchasing a used lefty Sillouette. As luck should have it one appreaed on ebay but at the time work was a bit thin so I felt uncomfortable about bidding on it. Anyway whilst I was out at work the bidding was due to end on the sillouette so my wife made an executive decision and placed a bid on the guitar for me......cool wife!
PS
Didn't win that particular guitar but it wasn't long before I managed to get one.Since then work's picked up (pro muso) so now the sillouettes helping to pay the bills and everyone (especially me) is happy.