OT: Why do wives always respond this way?

Rock on...

It is probably nothing more than repressed anger; brought back to the surface by the appearance of the guitar. You mentioned that you played the saxophone. Eeeewwwwww. In high school...didn't guys like me constantly remind you that the *cool* guys played trumpet or trombone??

:o)

saxophones are better than obo's, an ill woodwind that no one blows well.

And my wife doesn't understand why I won't sell my '72 Les Paul LN12 (190W,

-- Chuck Ryan snipped-for-privacy@REMOVEatt.net Springfield OH

I still actually pick up my '78 Les Paul Custom from time to time. It's the '79 Explorer that has a tendancy to sit...that, my bass, and the rest of my recording gear...

...but they ain't goin' nowhere.

So true....I *never* knew a male "oboe-ist" who would *not* fit right in with the zit-faced, pocket-protector-equipped, Dungeons and Dragons crowd...lol.

Neither is my Tele once owned by Danny Gatton :) (and heavily modified by him)

I play the Les Paul (a The Paul model) the most, the Explorer, and Tele, just hang out :)

Allan

Enjoy it Craig,

An ex of mine had same confused look on her face when I went out and bought my 12 String 15 Years ago...she was soon pacified though when she realised I could actually play guitar (she didn't know that until I had bought it and was quite chuffed then !!!)

Mark.

Been trying to talk myself into a Tele...hmmnnn...birthday in November...

Play (and sing) one smarmy love song just to her and she will fight anyone to the death who tries to touch that guitar...provided you are any good....and for a woman you don't have to be that good.

must be a sociological treatise in there somewhere.

my old martin d18 sits in the back of the closet with the cordoroy cap and harmonica neck stand.

-just blowin' in the wind.

Now that's one I'd have to pick up and bang some Neil Young out on from time to time...

My Les Paul is the one in the closet, my Martin is sitting in the living room next to the Stratocaster...

How long are you and the guitar planning to sleep together? ;)

Bill Banaszak, MFE

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You must have a Heart of Gold :-)

Zit-faced is a new phrase to me, but it sounds somewhat derogative, and I have no idea what a pocket protector is. However, I do know the local D&D crowd (something like 18 years of playing the game will do that to you), and given the context, I'd say we have somehow offended you. Care to provide details?

Rob

Not offended at all.

The "pocket protector", popular in the 1970's and 1980's....was a plastic device, worn in the shirt pocket, to prevent the ink from pens, from staining the shirt. It was pretty much a "symbol" of being a "nerd". (And is still part of the cultural lexicon, as such)

The "D&D" crowd, at least here, in that era...was pretty much totally made up of those in the "nerd" group...who *were* zit-faced, and were the types who would plan for *months* for their costumed journey to the next Star Trek convention...lol. They were always the target of practical jokes, as they seemed to *welcome* such. ("Here Pondexter. Someone left this box for you." "Thanks! I guess I will OPEN it!")

And I never encountered male double-reed player...who would ever be mistaken for a *non* nerd...lol.

Never knew you were a Jimmi Hendrix type, Craig!

Cheers from the southland!

John W. Alger IPMS #10906 Charlotte Scale Modelers