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i ordered my husband a bass

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pcake said:
he never checks this section, but i am very appreciated in person :) there's lots of reasons that we've been together for just over 21 years, and they're not all that he does all my lutherie work and it's handy to have a good guitar player without an ego handy :D

besides, he's finishing up my travel acoustic guitar (see below), and that's a custom carved neck and headstock, he made every part except the tuners. that's in between changing my pickups and doing my setups and making custom pickguards for me - and sometimes for him. what's better - a "thanks, honey" on a forum or a travel guitar made to my exact specs? i know which i prefer :D

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Just having fun. I'm sure he's swell. Especially if you got him something nice. Cool travel guitar too. Very impressive.
 
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Wow! You are amazing!
I’m usually more of a p bass fan myself, and I am pretty much in love with the Classic Vibe 70s p bass (which seems to have disappear recently for some reason). But the 5-string version of the CV 70s Jazz is beautiful.
If only any of my local stores had one in stock that I could try out.

I love the black/black/maple/black!

ps-my birthday is next month, any chance you can have a chat with my wife..?

pcake said:
tl;dr version: my husband fell in love with the squier classic vibe '70s jazz bass, so after some weirdness from samash, i ordered it and it's on its way for his birthday next month.

my husband is a guitar player, but he plays some bass, too. he used to have an affinity 5-string, but as he developed hand issues, he sold it.

i was showing him some kinga glyk videos, and he ended up tuning down my GSR100EX MO and was having a great time with it with no pain, and he asked me if there was an affinity jazz 4 string. i couldn't find a current one, but showed him a squier classic vibe '70s jazz bass in black. turns out he loves a maple fingerboard with block inlays, and he really liked it.

well, yesterday i went to order it. i ran into issues with our samash card (this happened before), and a rep had to manually place the order after lots of weirdness; he said the order went through, read me the financing legal stuff, and that - i thought - was that. i had to rush out the door afterward, and when i started this thread, i discovered that the bass had never been ordered. it was still in my cart and my cart was locked so i couldn't actually go to it or add anything to it.

just got off the phone with sam ash - yesterday's rep had forgotten to finalize the order. today's rep took care of it, and after 24 hours in limbo, my husband's birthday present is ordered :D

i don't think in 25 years i've ordered something from sam ash online or in any of our three local stores without weirdness or extreme slowness rearing it's ugly head. so i guess this was par for the course.

btw, it's one of these
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heaviest squier jazz ever - this baby weighs in at 10.4 pounds! he loves it! the neck is so smooth and comfortable, it's got great tone, nice finish, too. we'll grab a pic tomorrow, but i gotta say this is WAY beyond an affinity, although i have a bronco i love, but when it comes to build quality, hardware and tone, it can't compete with the squier classic vibe that just arrived.
 
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