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[Johnny Crab]

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[DanAleks]

It's those little things that can make life wonderful.
And congrats on the new bass.

 

[Passinwind]

Ordered yet another bass last week, short scale and light weight due to sciatic issues in my right hip/leg/ankle. It arrived yesterday, daughter got it from the FedEx folks and brought it into my music room....wifey was not home. Gig last night, got home and everyone is asleep.

Sitting at work today dealing with the normal nonsense and getting an increasing level of frustration going on. Phone rings and my wife(who was not informed of the bass delivery yesterday) says:

"Where is your new bass? I've been watching for FedEx all day because it looks like it might rain and I don't want it left out in the rain"

She's a keeper(for over 30 years) and I'm very thankful.
Made my day and put a smile on my face.

Nice. My wife used to be a FedEx courier and one time she intercepted my new bass as soon as it came off the hub delivery truck. It was addressed to my workplace and the regular driver for that route would've handled it with kid gloves, but she wasn't taking any chances. So that was one time I actually didn't mind a delivery taking another half a day.

 

[TolerancEJ]

Nice. My wife used to be a FedEx courier and one time she intercepted my new bass as soon as it came off the hub delivery truck. It was addressed to my workplace and the regular driver for that route would've handled it with kid gloves, but she wasn't taking any chances. So that was one time I actually didn't mind a delivery taking another half a day.

That is awesome!

 

[TolerancEJ]

Last Friday, I took the day off while awaiting a new Spector. Thus making a 4-day weekend. WooHoo! My wife didn't take the day off with me, but she sent messages occasionally asking if it arrived yet. That was nice.

 

[Passinwind]

That is awesome!

Better yet, she paid for the down payment on the bass as a birthday gift, after egging me on into buying it in the first place. And then my boss came up with an unexpected bonus that covered the balance, just as it came due at completion of the build. I don't use that bass all that much these days, but I'd feel like a real putz selling it.

 

[TolerancEJ]

Better yet, she paid for the down payment on the bass as a birthday gift, after egging me on into buying it in the first place. And then my boss came up with an unexpected bonus that covered the balance, just as it came due at completion of the build. I don't use that bass all that much these days, but I'd feel like a real putz selling it.

I wouldn't have returned to playing again, without my wife accompanying me to a local music store in 2010. When I found a bass I loved, a Warwick Thumb BO 6, she haggled the price with the salesman and put it on her credit card. (I paid her back.)

At the moment, I have a Carl Thompson Semi-Frills Fretless 6 on order. A CT, even semi-frills will be a "holy grail" bass to me. I've requested my wife's name engraved in the back of the headstock. Potentially to be done March/April 2020 having followed another TalkBass member documenting their experience. Whenever it is finished and shipped, I will ask my wife to open it first and pick it up so she can see it.

At the very least, it should minimize her reaction to another bass entering my house. lol

 

[Passinwind]

I wouldn't have returned to playing again, without my wife accompanying me to a local music store in 2010. When I found a bass I loved, a Warwick Thumb BO 6, she haggled the price with the salesman and put it on her credit card. (I paid her back.)

At the moment, I have a Carl Thompson Semi-Frills Fretless 6 on order. A CT, even semi-frills will be a "holy grail" bass to me. I've requested my wife's name engraved in the back of the headstock. Potentially to be done March/April 2020 having followed another TalkBass member documenting their experience. Whenever it is finished and shipped, I will ask my wife to open it first and pick it up so she can see it.

At the very least, it should minimize her reaction to another bass entering my house. lol

Cool. In my case my wife tagged along to the Philly Phall vintage guitar show and at an after show jam a friend's friend brought in some sweet basses he'd built. When we got back home my wife asked me when I was going to order one, and I wouldn't want to diss She Who Must Be Obeyed. Now if I could just get her to go to NAMM with me...

 

[pappabass]

Haa!! I get the "how many guitars do you have? speech !

 

[MustangWally]

She's a keeper(for over 30 years) and I'm very thankful.

A good woman is hard to find! (Or the female version of that: "A hard man is good to find"...)
Treat her well, you are a lucky man on both counts!

My story: I hadn't played in years and my basses are back in Aus. Last Christmas wifey went to Fullers Home with a musical friend (who haggled a great deal) and Santa bought me a Mustang PJ and a Rumble 500. She is a keeper for sure!

 

[Ostie]

My wife bought me my J back in 2001. She also bought me a Fostex portal studio back in the eighties. She still goes to all my gigs, and tells me I’m the best player in the band.

 

[rodak]

Always glad to hear "good wife" stories. Mine (of 37 years) recently made a 6-hour round trip (through Atlanta rush-hour traffic) with me to pick up an eBay acquisition (Vox Continental organ). She's my best friend.

 

[JACink]

Haa!! I get the "how many guitars do you have? speech !

I get the same speech and the answer is "currently 15 of which you bought me 7 "

No complaints at my end

 

[pappabass]

I get the same speech and the answer is "currently 15 of which you bought me 7 "

No complaints at my end

Haaa! My wife would say 8 too many!!

 

[Stewie]

When I told my wife that the barely entry level upright I had (she insisted that I try a cheapie first) wasn't cutting the mustard anymore, she told me to find a better one. She hasn't once mentioned that two uprights and three Fenders is a bit much, but I'm starting to feel like I oughtta get rid of 3 of them.

 

[Susqmike]

Ordered yet another bass last week, short scale and light weight due to sciatic issues in my right hip/leg/ankle. It arrived yesterday, daughter got it from the FedEx folks and brought it into my music room....wifey was not home. Gig last night, got home and everyone is asleep.

Sitting at work today dealing with the normal nonsense and getting an increasing level of frustration going on. Phone rings and my wife(who was not informed of the bass delivery yesterday) says:

"Where is your new bass? I've been watching for FedEx all day because it looks like it might rain and I don't want it left out in the rain"

She's a keeper(for over 30 years) and I'm very thankful.
Made my day and put a smile on my face.

That's beautiful!! My wife said lately "i think you should order another custom bass."
Who can argue with that?

 

[Londo Molari]

Pictures, pictures, pictures.

 

[seansbrew]

Nice!
My wife works from home when I am having a bass delivered; which is about once a year.

 

[five7]

Wife told me to buy an amp yesterday when I told her how nice it was, floored me as I had bought another one an hour earlier. So, 2 amps yesterday.

 

[klejst]

You sir have a keeper there!