Steel Guitar Excuses

Rick Garrett · Post by **Rick Garrett** » 4 May 2005 10:41 am

I'm about to buy a brand new Steel and it got me thinking about what excuse I was going to come up with to keep my bride from leaving me.

My number one excuse is going to be "But baby, I've never owned a brand new guitar". If that doesn't work (odds are it won't) I'll have to buy her off.

Whats your best excuse for buying a new one?

Rick

Bobby Lee · Post by **Bobby Lee** » 4 May 2005 10:48 am

Buy her off. Furniture usually works for me. Some gals prefer jewelry.

I sense that this is gonna get moved to the Humor section before too long...

Adrienne Clasky · Post by **Adrienne Clasky** » 4 May 2005 10:51 am

Ricky, this advice comes straight from my husband:

"Buy her off FIRST! If you wait until after you've bought the new steel, you are in HUGE trouble. Trust me on this."

Ricky, he's right. He's an expert. He has a custom made floor tom and bass drum, both purchased by me with his using that very method.

Good luck!!!

Rick Garrett · Post by **Rick Garrett** » 4 May 2005 10:59 am

You know thats not a bad idea and I might get off a little cheaper like that.

If I don't come up with something my steel's going to cost me double.

Rick

Ray Minich · Post by **Ray Minich** » 4 May 2005 11:01 am

It's gonna cost you double to triple of whatever your highest estimate is... And there is no carryover. Whatever you do this time, expect no benefit to be derived or carried over to any future venture. It's a one time deal. And no gift certificates to Victoria Secrets either (learned that one from Donna).[This message was edited by Ray Minich on 04 May 2005 at 12:04 PM.]

Marco Schouten · Post by **Marco Schouten** » 4 May 2005 11:09 am

Pretend you're very frustrated with your old guitat (bad mechanics, bad tone, have to repair this and that), she'll come up with the idea that you should buy a new one.
The best way, let them think it's their idea

If you are strong enough, here's another one: Everyday when you go to bed, tell her you have a headache (because you are not happy, sad frustrated about that old guitar.

However the best way is: I'm thinking about buying a new guitar, what do you think?

Anyhow, good luck!

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Bob Blair · Post by **Bob Blair** » 4 May 2005 11:11 am

I find that bringing the subject up at 6:00 AM when she is only half awake has worked well. Which is about the time I discovered Jim Cohens' black Fessy D-10 for sale a few years back. By the time Leanne was out of the shower, having groggily agreed that it might be an ok thing to do, the deal was done.

New amps tend not to even get noticed.

richard burton · Post by **richard burton** » 4 May 2005 11:15 am

Use reverse psychology: make her aware how much that steel means to you, but that you would never buy it, as "it wouldn't be fair to her".

She'll buy it for you.

Bob Carlucci · Post by **Bob Carlucci** » 4 May 2005 12:44 pm

Rick.. Marco has the best idea,but you have to take it slow.. Keep talking about the new steel, why you NEED it, how it will last a lifetime,, you'll never need another,all that crap... You have to work your way into her head and heart like the coniving weasel you are..
[I know you are one, because you are asking forum FULL of coniving weasels how to get a new steel!!

This is one of the best places to find underhanded sneaky techniques to obtain the steel of your dreams!! You certainly didn't think it could be obtained through noble and honorable methods did you??.. Thats not natural!!

b0b's idea of the "buy off" is ok, but Marco's is much sneakier, and has less class.. only a person of questionable moral standards would even consider it.. It sure worked for me!!!! bob

Steve Hitsman · Post by **Steve Hitsman** » 4 May 2005 12:46 pm

Since my wife doesn't know one guitar from another, I find it useful to buy everything in the same color.

Kevin Hatton · Post by **Kevin Hatton** » 4 May 2005 12:47 pm

If you are going to be any kind of accomplished steel player keep a marriage counsler and a divorce lawyer handy.

J Hill · Post by **J Hill** » 4 May 2005 12:49 pm

Rick,

Just work toward buying something for each other. Then everybody's happy!

Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 4 May 2005 1:10 pm

I'm about to buy a brand new Steel and it got me thinking about what excuse I was going to come up with to keep my bride from leaving me.

So....what's the down-side?

Whose money is it, anyway?

Okay, seriously. Tell her that having a new steel, one you don't have to keep fixing and tuning all the time, will give you a lot more time for household chores!

Damien Odell · Post by **Damien Odell** » 4 May 2005 1:14 pm

What a great post....I'm looking to upgrade from S10 to U12 over the next little while, and have been thinking about my strategy re the wife....some great ideas here

I like the one about buying her off first and the one about going to bed with a headache from having to constantly work on the old BMI. My strategy is taking shape.
anyone got a S12U for sale......

Damien

Larry Robbins · Post by **Larry Robbins** » 4 May 2005 1:35 pm

Just remember.....its the man who pays.....and pays.....

Dan Beller-McKenna · Post by **Dan Beller-McKenna** » 4 May 2005 1:45 pm

When you get a little older (like me) you can tell her you think you're having a mid-life crisis and are considering buying a $50,000 Porsche. Wait a week, then tell her you're also thinking of buying a $5,000 steel. She'll think that sounds like a great idea.

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p.s.-please let me know if this works, ASAP!

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Smiley Roberts · Post by **Smiley Roberts** » 4 May 2005 2:01 pm

I don't have to worry,'cause I don't have that "problem"

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Rick Garrett · Post by **Rick Garrett** » 4 May 2005 2:03 pm

Man you guys are cracking me up here! I broke the ice this afternoon by sending her a picture of the blue one on the Rains site versus that gorgeous black one that Bob Tuttle owns. She called me and said she wants a divorce. HAHAHAHAHA

Now I have this delima weighing my 28 year marriage against one of the finest steel guitars a man could hope to own. Now let me see......

Rick

David Cobb · Post by **David Cobb** » 4 May 2005 3:38 pm

Here's another approach, a little out there maybe..

"Honey, you know my old steel has become such a rare collectible, I'm afraid someone may come into the house one night and murder us in our beds just to get their hands on it."

"(Gasp) Really? I had no idea!"

"Yes, really, but with these new guitars, anybody can get one, made to their specs too, there's no need for any bloodshed."

"That does it, you place that order tomorrow, and get that other one out of this house, pronto!

George Redmon · Post by **George Redmon** » 4 May 2005 5:44 pm

no no..you have to work in the "Mother Inlaw" bit somehow. And with Mothers Day coming up, it's now or never..it always worked for my second...no lets see my third...umm...one of the wifes i had anyways.If it doesn't work, then threaten to trade her for a good pack mule...
man i hope snoogums doesn't read this!!

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Larry Strawn · Post by **Larry Strawn** » 4 May 2005 6:24 pm

Rick,
I'm workin on buyin a new steel, just bought my wife a new Gibson Bass, new power top, and rebuilt her cabnit, and loaded in new speakers!!

So far, I haven't done enough yet!!! Don't know how much more it's gonna cost me, but I'm workin on it!!! LOL..

Larry

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David Cobb · Post by **David Cobb** » 4 May 2005 7:49 pm

Larry, that was your wife over on the Gibson Bass Forum not long ago?
Sounds like her plan is working out A-OK.

Jody Sanders · Post by **Jody Sanders** » 4 May 2005 8:15 pm

Hi Rick,Tell that beautiful Nina that I said you need a need a new guitar. Jody.

Henry Nagle · Post by **Henry Nagle** » 4 May 2005 9:10 pm

I bought an amp without telling my wife once. I didn't mean to decieve her but I found that when I got home I was afraid to tell her. Several weeks went by, and we paid the mortgage somehow. Finally she came to a gig. My amp sounded so good that it gave me the courage to tell her. She smiled and said it was ok. Then right as we were climbing onstage for a set she grabbed my shoulder. In front of my band and everyone in the bar, she dumped a full beer right over my head. Everything was fine after that.
The moral of the story is: You don't have to tell your wife right away. Just be sure to have a change of clothes on hand when you do.

Marco Schouten · Post by **Marco Schouten** » 4 May 2005 10:35 pm

Disadvantage of buying her off:

she'll get spoiled and you won't have any money left for buying that nice new amp and Hilton pedal

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