Recent content by XrisThaBassman

IT IS I, THE THREAD NECROMANCER, BRINGING THIS THREAD BACK TO LIFE! Marc is a friend of mine (as is @BigDaddyB), and he was a first-call session guy back in the 80s. He also played with Oscar Peterson. Funny enough, Marc, BigDaddyB, and I are all IT guys now, Marc and I in Seattle, and as...

We are in the final stages of moving. Since I posted this she has fallen deep into painting, so once the dust settles with the move I'm going to discuss it with her again. Will let you all know how it goes.

That EHX chorus is one of the best out there. I'd buy it but I already have one. :)

No, because that's not how marriage (at least my marriage) works. I wouldn't expect her to take "NO" from me, nor would I take it from her. We're more collaborative than that.

You're assuming I haven't done that already. If it was that simple a situation then I wouldn't have posted here.

+1 on both of these suggestions. I have a custom Regenerator 5 bass that is my primary player, and I love it. However I know the guys there really well and I'm not certain that they're up and running again. My next custom bass will be from Marco, I know his local guy and I've tried a few and...

I'm not currently gigging out, but you make a great point for the future when I'm in my next project.

Something else that I didn't add is that I'm able to work from home most-to-all of the time, so we do get a lot of quality time together. My commute is less that 30 seconds - I walk out of my office, and I take breaks to look after her if she's having a bad day and take meals together, and we...

They're manageable now. When she was really sick I put the music away for a few years. I'm wanting to pick it up again.

Actually, she used to be a professional sound engineer (to the point of doing sound for a couple of A list acts that came through the town she used to live in), and I think that makes it worse. I've tried to get her to do sound but she prefers to only do it on a sub basis. I'm definitely going...

All - thanks for the conversation. There have been some great comments, some funny comments, and some that are... well, we'll chalk it up to being on TB. :) A couple of follow-up comments. First, the "managing" remark was meant in humor. Our relationship is a partnership, and I'm a pretty...

Sure, I could tell her "no", but that's not the way our marriage works. In fact, I'm pretty sure that's not the way most marriages work. I certainly wouldn't accept that answer from her if the roles were reversed.

It's a discussion I've already had, which is why I was asking the question.

Not really. But I think I have some options now (thanks to this thread) that I didn't before.

I love my wife, but I agree with you. There is a very narrow criteria where this would work, but I don't know if it is likely to be found.