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Now on the #Warmoth Blog: The Married Man's Guide to Buying a New Guitar - Without Lying. Read it here: https://goo.gl/e6MLCw
Meanwhile, at Warmoth...Married Man's Guide to Buying a New Guitar
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Or win a body in a Warmoth giveaway and tell her, "Now I have to build a new guitar along with the strat I was already planning on building this year. I didn't plan on getting two guitars this year, but what can I do? It is my burden to bear."
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Is this a checklist? Do we get retroactive points?
4. Give your new guitar to her as a gift.
I nailed the 'give it to her as a gift' (purple tribute, the silver falcon in my profile pic). Note this works better if it's in a color she likes. I'm a little worried about if we ever divorce, because my wife can count really well.
7. Fill your house with so many guitars that she won’t even notice a new one.
umm... this doesn't work, my wife can count. The limit is about 10 or 11, anytime I get up there we end up selling one.
6. Buy a new guitar. Promise to sell one of your old ones to pay for it, if the new one turns out to be “a keeper”. Take 10 years to evaluate it.
I picked up a clapton signature + silverface princeton reverb for a steal and have been talking about selling the clapton strat for 11 years now. I'm still not sure about it
5. Ask her to pick the color of your new guitar, so that it can remind you of her of you every time you play it
To be clear, this works on sports cars too.
3. Make all the guitars you own exactly identical.
This doesn't actually work with my wife, she can count and has asked me why I have more than one les paul. She is open to having multiple colors.
1. Replace the neck on a guitar you already own. Save the old one.
I figured this out about 2 weeks ago, new neck will be ordered soon.
You also forgot the part about having kids, they need guitars too you know, they also might need a bass and a drumset and a synth or two. Plus a room to rehearse in since now it's a family thing. Taking down tracks helps build family memories as well...
4. Give your new guitar to her as a gift.
I nailed the 'give it to her as a gift' (purple tribute, the silver falcon in my profile pic). Note this works better if it's in a color she likes. I'm a little worried about if we ever divorce, because my wife can count really well.
7. Fill your house with so many guitars that she won’t even notice a new one.
umm... this doesn't work, my wife can count. The limit is about 10 or 11, anytime I get up there we end up selling one.
6. Buy a new guitar. Promise to sell one of your old ones to pay for it, if the new one turns out to be “a keeper”. Take 10 years to evaluate it.
I picked up a clapton signature + silverface princeton reverb for a steal and have been talking about selling the clapton strat for 11 years now. I'm still not sure about it
5. Ask her to pick the color of your new guitar, so that it can remind you of her of you every time you play it
To be clear, this works on sports cars too.
3. Make all the guitars you own exactly identical.
This doesn't actually work with my wife, she can count and has asked me why I have more than one les paul. She is open to having multiple colors.
1. Replace the neck on a guitar you already own. Save the old one.
I figured this out about 2 weeks ago, new neck will be ordered soon.
You also forgot the part about having kids, they need guitars too you know, they also might need a bass and a drumset and a synth or two. Plus a room to rehearse in since now it's a family thing. Taking down tracks helps build family memories as well...
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My wrinkle in the kids guitar thing is my son is lefty.
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swarfrat said:
As a lefty, I think your son should learn to play right handed.
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Yeah. That's been discussed to death. I concurr, but he simply won't hold a guitar right handed.
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Well... apparently this fun little article has made me the most hated man on the internet.
I didn't realize it, but I've been made aware that I'm a misogynist who is propagating a patriarchal agenda, and the stereotype that woman are dumb and can't play guitar. I also found out I need to go back to the 50's. Not to mention, I'm a homophobe who doesn't realize that women can be married to women, and men can be married to men. Oh...and I'm also "dumb, dumb, dumb."
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I didn't realize it, but I've been made aware that I'm a misogynist who is propagating a patriarchal agenda, and the stereotype that woman are dumb and can't play guitar. I also found out I need to go back to the 50's. Not to mention, I'm a homophobe who doesn't realize that women can be married to women, and men can be married to men. Oh...and I'm also "dumb, dumb, dumb."
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If you're not regularly ticking off the 5% at either end you're not trying hard enough.
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For me #7 is a no go. My son will walk into the room, look around the myriad of whatever lying around on my desk, point to the one new thingy that my wife hasn't noticed for the whole week it has been lying there, and go 'hey, you've bought a new <whatever>, have you?'. But only if she's within earshot, of course.
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double A said:
I've developed this technique where, as soon as I hear any of those buzz words, I immediately stop caring about what the person delivering them is saying. It's made life pretty great. For my part, i enjoyed the article thoroughly. And frankly, a little SJW furor is just icing on the cake.
ccasion14:We've got a pretty good system in our house. When new shoes/clothes/whathaveyous show up for her, I comment politely and (this part is important) don't ask how much they cost. She returns the courtesy when Warmoth boxes show up. Neither of us abuse it. It's a good system.
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My best gambit? Buy her new shoes. Or buy her a new bag. What's that, a custom neck? Roasted swamp ash body? Okay, new shoes AND a new bag. Oh and here's a little thing I picked up for a facial, massage, manicure and pedicure. Have fun, see you in a few hours. (I can only speak from experience as a man married to a woman. Haters gonna hate.) Anyway, yes, Verne's got the right idea, but you need to be a bit proactive and involved.
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Well, here's my view, and worth every penny you paid for it:
The piece is funnyish, but based on a rather antiquated stereotype of women (and men for that matter). I'm not all bent out of shape about it, it's just not my cup of tea. It seems kind of an easy take on the relationship. Some dudes really do conceal their guitar purchases, and some women really are jealous of the attention musicians give their instruments, so it rings true on that level. But that's the whole joke. Okay. No need to rain down fire on poor Aaron for what could at worst be called a lesser piece of work, and who does an excellent job overall of marketing Warmoth products and being a very open, responsive, and civil online presence. The only reason I'm expressing an opinion at all is to contrast it with the extremists. I would otherwise have kept my opinion to myself and gotten on with my day - which I recommend to anyone who can't discern between a joke and genuine sexism.
Carry on,
Bagman
The piece is funnyish, but based on a rather antiquated stereotype of women (and men for that matter). I'm not all bent out of shape about it, it's just not my cup of tea. It seems kind of an easy take on the relationship. Some dudes really do conceal their guitar purchases, and some women really are jealous of the attention musicians give their instruments, so it rings true on that level. But that's the whole joke. Okay. No need to rain down fire on poor Aaron for what could at worst be called a lesser piece of work, and who does an excellent job overall of marketing Warmoth products and being a very open, responsive, and civil online presence. The only reason I'm expressing an opinion at all is to contrast it with the extremists. I would otherwise have kept my opinion to myself and gotten on with my day - which I recommend to anyone who can't discern between a joke and genuine sexism.
Carry on,
Bagman
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I just took it from the source. Arron is obviously a good guy, and based on that fact I interpreted the whole thing as a joke. Buuuuut like any joke there's an element of truth there that makes it feel just a bit close to home
I shared the article with my wife and my (female) band mates. Reactions went from laughter to "that would sooooo never work <smirk>". All in good fun in my little part of the world :headbang:
I shared the article with my wife and my (female) band mates. Reactions went from laughter to "that would sooooo never work <smirk>". All in good fun in my little part of the world :headbang:
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All fair points. Except "funnyish". That one really hurt. :icon_biggrin: ccasion14:
Humor is usually either 1) at someone’s expense, or 2) an absurd exaggeration. I guess this silly blog post is both. Every family-centric sitcom from the last two decades has been at my expense. They all depict the husband as the dumb one, and the wife as the smart one. I guess this is my way of fighting back. It's not supposed to be profound social commentary. Just light-hearted fooling around, from a single POV/life-experience: mine. I have a powerful marriage. I don't brag about much, but I brag about that all the time. There is no truth about me that you could tell my wife that she doesn't already know, and no lie about me that she would believe. The blog article is just humor.
I will say that in the two days since I published it, it has become the most widely-read post on our blog....by a huge margin. In that regard, mission accomplished...I guess. (Oh crap...was that bragging?)
ccasion14: Humor is usually either 1) at someone’s expense, or 2) an absurd exaggeration. I guess this silly blog post is both. Every family-centric sitcom from the last two decades has been at my expense. They all depict the husband as the dumb one, and the wife as the smart one. I guess this is my way of fighting back. It's not supposed to be profound social commentary. Just light-hearted fooling around, from a single POV/life-experience: mine. I have a powerful marriage. I don't brag about much, but I brag about that all the time. There is no truth about me that you could tell my wife that she doesn't already know, and no lie about me that she would believe. The blog article is just humor.
I will say that in the two days since I published it, it has become the most widely-read post on our blog....by a huge margin. In that regard, mission accomplished...I guess. (Oh crap...was that bragging?)
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