I have a problem, Problem solved, NGD!

robgilmo

A while back I sold my old Epi Lp Standard, 95 Korean, lovely thing. Now since then I have been gassing for another one, the gas has built up and Im now feeling the pressure!
One has come up for sale locally and apart from a small chip to the body it looks really lovely, its a burst but a lovely burst, its dripping with loveliness and I am sure I can smell the mojo from the photos in the add. Its going to make me a far far better guitarist than I am at the moment, not to mention the sheer happiness it will bring into my otherwise dull , monotonous life cycle of work , sleep , gas , work , sleep , gas, 
Now, the only obstacle between me and guitar nirvana is my other half, she may get upset. A while back I had four guitars and I whittled it all down to one and became a one guitar man, but its a Tele, and I need an Lp, and a Tele, so good folk of the fretboard, how can I justify this to my other half who understands nothing about guitars, GAS, or the longing to hear humbuckers played once again through a slightly overdriven amp?   
Please God, somebody help me!

ICBM

Easy - buy the Les Paul, and put the Tele up for sale.









For three times what it's actually worth.

robgilmo

Ooooh, you rascal, that's a top idea. I did toy with selling my wee Vox amp to compensate but Id miss it too much.

dazzajl

Is buying this guitar going to put real financial pressure on your household? 

robgilmo

Nope, but I did say I wouldn't buy another guitar, I know its not a 3K Gibson but in her eyes its just another unnecessary thing that's only going to be in the way. 

Stavros

Now, the only obstacle between me and guitar nirvana is my other half, she may get upset.

Only “may” get upset. That sounds like it’s worth the risk.

robgilmo

So, is it better to seek forgiveness or permission?

dazzajl

robgilmo said:

Nope, but I did say I wouldn't buy another guitar, I know its not a 3K Gibson but in her eyes its just another unnecessary thing that's only going to be in the way. 

If it’s not going to cause any financial hardship, then it should be up for discussion. I’d like to think in any healthy relationship, you want to support each other’s passions in life 

TINMAN82

Pretty much mirrors the ongoing saga in my household. After buying a fire sale ES335 3 weeks ago I might just have ordered a fire sale LG2 American Eagle....I’ll tell the missus if it’s a keeper...

Stavros

robgilmo said:

So, is it better to seek forgiveness or permission?

Either way you’d be in the brown stuff, so I’d go for forgiveness, at least you’d have your lp to cuddle

midlifecrisis

you have to explain to her the difference between the clean twang of a bridge pickup in the tele and the warmth of the humbuckers on a LP, the scale length difference of a fender and a gibson and the different attributes of a set neck against a bolt on neck.  Im 100% sure once you have done this she will agree that you need both and will be very calm about it.

Hattigol

I see the dilemma with the Tele.

Best thing is to take out a For Sale ad. Make sure you highlight all the good points and bad ones. Set a fair price you'd be happy with. 

Then once you've sold her off, you, the Tele and the Les Paul can get along just fine.

Funkfingers

If you are gigging, explain the need for a back-up instrument.

Alternatively, if your Telecaster is an MIM Fender, take a look under its scratchplate. You may find a generously proportioned neck position pickup cavity, capable of accommodating a humbucker.

Of course, if the critical factors in your GAS are the looks and/or the scale length, only an LP will do.

thermionic

https://youtu.be/WMTOMxSfP78

dindude

Just show her one of the “family shot” type threads and tell how very lucky she is.

Philly_Q

robgilmo said:

Nope, but I did say I wouldn't buy another guitar, I know its not a 3K Gibson but in her eyes its just another unnecessary thing that's only going to be in the way. 

Isn't there anything she likes to buy, or do, in the way of unnecessary luxury for herself?  You could make a comparison with that, say it's just your bit of harmless self-indulgence.

... won't work if she lives like a Spartan, of course.

dindude

I also remind my wife that if buying guitars weren’t my hobby, I’d spend it on Golf or Football like the “other” men, which would take me out the house a lot more. Or maybe class A drugs and prostitutes.  

robgilmo

Ok guys, I have decided to man up and discuss it with her first, I think she will be cool about it, the last acquisition was a Peavey Deuce, she kind of sarcastically kind of said ''well that's big, isn't it'' but she grew to love it, every other night, I mean who in their right mind can deny the sweet sound of someone practicing scales wafting through the house or the drunken attempts of a wannabe rock stars midnight soloing soaring through the heavens at 11 o'clock on a Saturday night? I mean really?     

uncledick

Does your wife wear a little black dress and high heels for a walk on the moors?  Does she prefer Rab trousers and hiking boots for a night out with her girly mates?  Just explain that certain songs call for certain guitars.  Mine has now got to the point where she'll say "You'd need a Tele for that." etc.  We met when I was playing a gig in 1977 so she's pretty used to having a selection of guitars around the place.

Nikc

Man up - one life just live it

ICBM

robgilmo said:

So, is it better to seek forgiveness or permission?

Permission. Anyone who says the opposite probably hasn’t been married a long time... or isn’t going to be .

I was joking before . I’ve always said that you actually only *need* one guitar, but two isn’t ridiculous if they’re either different enough to be useful soundwise, or similar enough to be backups for each other, or (difficult, but a Tele and a Les Paul just about do it) both.