I told my wife I special-ordered a new EBMM guitar.

[doubleR]

Well....I didn't exactly tell her. She overheard me on the phone ordering my Silhouette Special. She asked "Who were you talking to?" I told her I was ordering a guitar to be specially built for me. She asked "And how much does this guitar cost?" I said "oh.....um....uh...around eleven hundred dollars."

She looked like she just bit into a lemon.

 

[Larry]

some people just dont understand

 

[Katana6506]

She may get over it-of course, who am I to say, as I'm not married.

Not like the guy who ordered a $31,000 bass from Alembic and "forgot" to tell his wife-THAT did not go over well.

 

[Larry]

31K wow thats a ton of money for a guitar or anything

 

[PeteDuBaldo]

She looked like she just bit into a lemon.

Uh-oh! You'd better get her something real nice, real soon!

 

[Colin]

Get your wife to post on the "words that make you cringe thread" http://www.ernieball.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11366

Colin

 

[beej]

She looked like she just bit into a lemon.

Wow, I can just picture that scene. "Honey ... let go of my testicles ... please ... for the love of god ..."

 

[Mick]

Big Poppa you should think about putting something for the wives in the guitar cases to smoothen the heavy weather a bit, this should be an option like piezo or matching head.
I think this would be great and funny

 

[mcvinyl]

Colin and I had this discussion just the other day.

Our wives don't realise how fortunate they are, we could be dropping $35,000 AUD on a Gibson Clapton 335 limited edition but no, we choose to be budget conscious and only spend a couple of grand on our guitars.

Look how much I saved - I've heard that from her mouth before

 

[Monster]

ya make sure you get her something real nice..... and put it in a mini guitar case......

 

[Spudmurphy]

I told my wife - but only quoted a fifth of the actual price!!
Well they are sooooooooooo expensive here in the UK !!

 

[SteveB]

Well....I didn't exactly tell her. She overheard me on the phone ordering my Silhouette Special. She asked "Who were you talking to?" I told her I was ordering a guitar to be specially built for me. She asked "And how much does this guitar cost?" I said "oh.....um....uh...around eleven hundred dollars."

She looked like she just bit into a lemon.

So, when's the divorce?

 

[fogman]

So, when's the divorce?

Give her the house and you get to keep the guitar!!!!

 

[shreder75]

heheh...my wife's eyes bugged out when she saw my phase two splawn bill..which had the second half of the amp/cab bill AND the rio grande pickup set I got...lol....

 

[kbaim]

As Jongitarz says, "It's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission."

Congrats!

 

[fogman]

As Jongitarz says, "It's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission."

Congrats!

Is that why I'm always apologizing!!!!?????

 

[doubleR]

Here's one way I justified it:

Say you drop a grand on a new, state-of-the-art computer. How long is it going to last? Five years (if you're lucky) before it's too slow and not enough memory?

A high-quality musical instrument is not a consumable commodity. It doesn't get obsolete. My Silhouette Special will last for the rest of my life, and after I'm gone my son will enjoy it as much as I will.

So there.

 

[Big Poppa]

Give her the house and you get to keep the guitar!!!!

foggie youd be homeless and guitarless

 

[Jonny Dubai]

Mate. I did not know that you were so fond of hospital food!!!!

 

[fogman]

foggie youd be homeless and guitarless

On the bright side, here in Canada unless there's an extreme circumstance, then everything is split 50:50

On the not so bright side, she'd take that literally and cut the guitar in half, give me half and beat me with the other half!!!!




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