Not Really A Dilemma

[SatelliteOrders]

I went to Gearfest. Had a great time. Saw Greg Koch and played a theremin and got free shirts from the guys in the Fender tent and met the Sweetwater twitter guy face-to-face. And I bought a vintage-style Fender strap, because I saw a pic of Johnny Depp slinging a blackguard with one that was just cool.



They didn't have that one, but they had a similar Planet Waves one that they gave me instead, just so I wouldn't go home empty-handed. The warehouse guy was going to give me a padded Levi strap, but I had my heart set on the vintage thin style. If I had a B-bender, I'd love the padded, but nope.

And today I got a shipping notice from Sweetwater. The website link says there's a Fender vintage strap on a FedEx truck as we speak.

One of the first things I did was tell my wife, because we're on the skinny part of the paycheck, and the second-to-last thing I need is my wife thinking we're going to have an explosion of bounced utility checks because I got myself a new strap. And, as soon as it arrives and I'm sure it isn't a shipping phantom or something, I'll contact Sweetwater and figure out if they want it back. Which, of course, I have to do.

I was happy. Now I'm worried.

[Tele Joe]

Only mistake I can see is you telling your wife about the strap. Something I learned quickly is that if you throw your new gear in with the old she'll never notice. You can even sneak new guitars in there every couple years.

[SatelliteOrders]

She gets the mail. I do not want to come home and hear "WHAT DID YOU GET?" yelled by a woman who thinks I gave our credit rating another blow by spending money we don't have on gear.

I hadn't really told her about the Planet Waves strap on the "all gear looks alike" theory.