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April 23rd, 2008
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New addition to the "family"
OK, so I told the story in another thread. To make a long story short, I had been fighting the GAS for this big orange Gretsch 5120 for a while. The other day my wife and I went into GC while out shopping and she came up to me holding the Gretsch and said "I want you to buy this one!". I hadn't pointed it out to her, hadn't even mentioned it to her - she just came across it while walking around the store. She was completely in love with it and insisted that I buy it! Hey, I love my wife dearly and I'm all about making her happy - so if that means buying a guitar that she really likes (that I just happened to have been GAS'ing for), well, what kind of husband would I be if I said no??? 
She named it "Katie" - this is not only the first guitar of mine that she's ever named, it's the first guitar she's ever insisted upon me buying (rather than rolling her eyes like usual) - so there's a big serving of mojo poured all over it right from the start!
Mac
"I wish I could play that fast - then I would have the option of not doing that."
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April 23rd, 2008
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Holy Moly. Your a lucky man. Congrats on the guitar and the wife.
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April 23rd, 2008
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Playing guitar for what seems like forever.
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Ta Hell with the guitar (which is absolutely gorgeous!) Your a lucky man to have such a great wife!
Bob
My friends are gone and my hair is gray
I ache in the places where I used to play
Leonard Cohen
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April 23rd, 2008
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Congrats! Cool guitar!
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April 23rd, 2008
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Congrats on the new guitar, Katie is a beaut. Could you please share the receipt for the Magic Potion that you have been using on your wife. I would really like to replicate those results. 
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Congrats. on the guitar Stratrat, you are indeed a very lucky man 
You don't stop laughing when you grow old; you grow old when you stop laughing.
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April 23rd, 2008
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Ah! Nice treasure Strat, Congrats! On both counts.
Nothin sweeter than the sound of music comin out of a 6 string box - EZ me Music / ASCAP
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April 23rd, 2008
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Wow, nice one Stratrat. Beautiful guitar. I'm sure it sounds as nice as it looks.
Now, if I could just get my husband to do that, all would be good. What are the odds, first of all that your wife would do that. And secondly, pick the exact guitar guitar that you wanted. Some kind of osmosis happening!
Good for you!
Nutty
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April 23rd, 2008
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nutty
...What are the odds, first of all that your wife would do that. And secondly, pick the exact guitar guitar that you wanted. Some kind of osmosis happening!
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Yep, definitely some extraordinary circumstances for all of that to line up so perfectly. I hadn't even discussed that guitar with her before, and didn't "lead" her to it in the store - she wandered off while I was looking at electronic drum kits in a whole 'nother section of the store and found it all on her own. I was pretty surprised when she walked up to me with that guitar, cradling it like it was a baby, with "that look" in her eyes.
Believe it or not, I didn't even take it home that day - I let it "cool off" overnight, wondering if she'd change her mind the next day. We got up and had breakfast, and she asked me "So are we going to go back and get Katie today?". That was it - of *course* we were! 
If only it were this easy every time! She's very understanding of my hobbies (and my GAS) - really never gives me a hard time when I order/bring home new gear - but I usually at least get a roll of the eyes or a "you don't need that!". We even have a standing joke about "need" - every time she says that, I always reply "Need is such a *strong* word!".
Mac
"I wish I could play that fast - then I would have the option of not doing that."
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Beautiful guitar Strat , your a lucky lucky man.
And when you trust your television
What you get is what you got
Cause when they own the information, oh
They can bend it all they want
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you just cant beat that feeling of getting a new instrament, good choice!!!
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April 23rd, 2008
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 lucky you
when you write a song, you must feel there is a home for them in your heart
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April 24th, 2008
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The gods are certainly looking down on you!
Nice axe!
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April 28th, 2008
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Yum yum 
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May 3rd, 2008
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You lucky jazzer...(if you play jazz that is)
Bands Ive seen: All that Remains, Dragonforce(2x), Chimaira (2x), Killswitch Engage, Terror, Divine+Heresy, Katakylsm, Three, Between the Burried and me, Opeth, Dream Theater, High on fire, Job for a cowboy, Children of Bodom, In Flames, Megadeth
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