I took Paul's advice (and still ended up with a new tele!)

jazztele · July 18th, 2008, 12:25 AM

Well, for anyone who remembers, I posted a while back about my upcoming wedding, and the fact that my then fiancee, now wife, had suggested that I use some of the money we'd saved to buy a new guitar. A lot of folks chimed in with advice, but Paul's rang truest--it was not the time to buy a guitar...I told her thanks, but I was happy as is.

Well, today we were at Chicago Music Exchange, looking for my birthday present (i was thinking MXR carbon copy delay) I decided to audition the pedal thru a blues junior and i happened to grab a blonde 50's classic off the wall to use as the audition guitar...

well, I'm playing for quite a few, and while I wasn't that impressed with the pedal (no better than the ibanez AD-9 i already had, i thought) I was really digging the guitar. Obviously she could tell, because when I unplugged and went to return the axe, there my wife was, plunking down cash on the counter...sneaky girl had planned on buying me a guitar all along. "happy birthday," she said.

i was dumbfounded...she wouldn't take no for an answer (however, I finally, after some pouting, talked her into going halfsies on it with me)

sorry to gloat, but it looks like i got me a great gal and a neat new guitar too now...life's good. thanks for letting me share my little story...

oh, as for the guitar, it's the heaviest tele I own, ( an easy 8.5-9 lbs)but the neck is excellent and it sounds great...i put some brass saddles I had laying around and restrung it and it was good to go.

garytelecastor · July 18th, 2008, 12:55 AM

So does she have any sisters, and if so do they feel like meeting a musician, or has their experience with you soured them on the subject?

Just kidding, congratulations on the wedding and the wife.
OH, and the tele too.

You're still my hero, jazztele.

Buckocaster51 · July 18th, 2008, 01:00 AM

Neat.

Gary beat me to all of my jokes.

But I will add my congratulatioins

and

Happy Birthday

kp8 · July 18th, 2008, 01:01 AM

Sweet! Good score (on both counts hehe)... Congrats! New guitar day is always a rare a nice day.

TDPRI · July 18th, 2008, 01:06 AM

Way to go! It wont be the first time you hear this or the last time neither... "Happy wife, happy life."

Happy Birthday to you.

boris bubbanov · July 18th, 2008, 01:07 AM

You guys are off to a great start, congratulations!

Oh, and congratulations on your wedding as well.

Southern ILL · July 18th, 2008, 01:18 AM

Great gal....and a classic looking tele!

toadman · July 18th, 2008, 01:28 AM

AWSOME!! just AWSOME!!

hondo76 · July 18th, 2008, 01:28 AM

you hit the jackpot!!!!

robt57 · July 18th, 2008, 01:39 AM

You are as lucky as me it would appear. My sweetie got me a Valve Junior for my B-day this year. And she is just the sweetest gal you can imagine. 25+ years later I can still say it, let's hope your luck extends like ours has. ;)

Dean Gray · July 18th, 2008, 04:17 AM

Congratulations mate!

leonard d rock · July 18th, 2008, 04:38 AM

congrats man! what a guitar and a wife to have and a great birthday gift!

ldr

holndav · July 18th, 2008, 09:27 AM

Nice!

It's heavy? Really?

My 50s RI Esquire is a feather...

David

Tele Fan · July 18th, 2008, 09:31 AM

Groovy!

collinsman · July 18th, 2008, 09:43 AM

Way to go Jeff - also checked out your site - nice playing.

jwl325 · July 18th, 2008, 09:50 AM

Congrats on two great scores!!!

Bill

e-merlin · July 18th, 2008, 09:55 AM

Nice score! The wife, I mean! The guitar's not bad either.

allen st. john · July 18th, 2008, 10:10 AM

Good start and a smart move by passing on the tele before the wedding.

A couple more pieces of advice.
a) There's no halvsies when you're married.
b) Be very careful about when and how you use words like "girl" and "gal"
c) Don't pout.
c) Don't expect a guitar every birthday. That's why they call it a honeymoon.

best
Allen

mistermullens · July 18th, 2008, 10:13 AM

Congrats all around! What a great story and that's one sneaky gal you got there. The Tele looks great!

Quote:

Originally Posted by holndav

Nice!

It's heavy? Really?

My 50s RI Esquire is a feather...

David

Same here. When I got mine it practically jumped off the wall. Compared a 50s Classic Tele in the same color and it was a lot heavier than the Esquire.

xjazzy · July 18th, 2008, 10:14 AM

Where do you guys find these girls?!?!
Congrats.

straightface · July 18th, 2008, 10:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TDPRI

Way to go! It wont be the first time you hear this or the last time neither... "Happy wife, happy life."

Happy Birthday to you.

Ain't it the truth! Happy Birthday, nice score!

BAW4742 · July 18th, 2008, 11:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by allen st. john

c) Don't expect a guitar every birthday. That's why they call it a honeymoon.

best
Allen

I didn't get a guitar from my wife until I turned 50 and we'd been married 25 years.

Congratulations man. Cool wife. Cool Tele.

ajgus · July 18th, 2008, 11:43 AM

jazztele, how is the Music Exchange? I've never been there.

robt57 · July 18th, 2008, 11:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xjazzy

Where do you guys find these girls?!?!
Congrats.

Mine found me.

But I offered very little resistance...

Jeru · July 18th, 2008, 11:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ajgus

jazztele, how is the Music Exchange? I've never been there.

Expensive. Great place to play your deam guitars.

July 18th, 2008, 12:25 AM	#1 (permalink)
jazztele Friend of Leo's Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: chicago Age: 29 Posts: 2,109	I took Paul's advice (and still ended up with a new tele!) Well, for anyone who remembers, I posted a while back about my upcoming wedding, and the fact that my then fiancee, now wife, had suggested that I use some of the money we'd saved to buy a new guitar. A lot of folks chimed in with advice, but Paul's rang truest--it was not the time to buy a guitar...I told her thanks, but I was happy as is. Well, today we were at Chicago Music Exchange, looking for my birthday present (i was thinking MXR carbon copy delay) I decided to audition the pedal thru a blues junior and i happened to grab a blonde 50's classic off the wall to use as the audition guitar... well, I'm playing for quite a few, and while I wasn't that impressed with the pedal (no better than the ibanez AD-9 i already had, i thought) I was really digging the guitar. Obviously she could tell, because when I unplugged and went to return the axe, there my wife was, plunking down cash on the counter...sneaky girl had planned on buying me a guitar all along. "happy birthday," she said. i was dumbfounded...she wouldn't take no for an answer (however, I finally, after some pouting, talked her into going halfsies on it with me) sorry to gloat, but it looks like i got me a great gal and a neat new guitar too now...life's good. thanks for letting me share my little story... oh, as for the guitar, it's the heaviest tele I own, ( an easy 8.5-9 lbs)but the neck is excellent and it sounds great...i put some brass saddles I had laying around and restrung it and it was good to go. __________________ “For the guitar is the most unpredictable and least reliable musical instrument in existence...and also the sweetest, the warmest, the most delicate, whose melancholic voice awakes in our soul exquisite reveries.” Andres Segovia

July 18th, 2008, 12:55 AM	#2 (permalink)
garytelecastor Friend of Leo's Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,575 18 Photos	So does she have any sisters, and if so do they feel like meeting a musician, or has their experience with you soured them on the subject? Just kidding, congratulations on the wedding and the wife. OH, and the tele too. You're still my hero, jazztele. __________________ éí 'aaníígÓÓ 'áhoot'é Would you mind holding this bag while we go through the custom shop????? Redd Volkaert is a Jedi Knight at one with the Force!!!

July 18th, 2008, 01:00 AM	#3 (permalink)
Buckocaster51 Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Iowa USA Age: 56 Posts: 5,535 1 Photos	Neat. Gary beat me to all of my jokes. But I will add my congratulatioins and Happy Birthday __________________ "If you can't say something nice... don't say nothing at all." - Thumper the Rabbit "An awfully lot of time can be wasted waiting for the right time." - Gunsmoke's Doc Adams

July 18th, 2008, 01:07 AM	#6 (permalink)
boris bubbanov Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: New Orleans, LA + in the past Posts: 8,430	You guys are off to a great start, congratulations! Oh, and congratulations on your wedding as well. __________________ Bubban0v

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toadman Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: andoverandoverandover,ct Age: 45 Posts: 1,020	AWSOME!! just AWSOME!! __________________ toadman the plank spanker www.slugnickel.com www.zydecohogs.com "The ultimate result of protecting man from folly is to fill the world with fools" Herbert Spencer

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kp8 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Charlottesville, VA Posts: 2,792	Sweet! Good score (on both counts hehe)... Congrats! New guitar day is always a rare a nice day.

July 18th, 2008, 01:06 AM	#5 (permalink)
TDPRI Administrator Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: TDPRILAND Posts: 5,562 36 Photos	Way to go! It wont be the first time you hear this or the last time neither... "Happy wife, happy life." Happy Birthday to you.

July 18th, 2008, 01:18 AM	#7 (permalink)
Southern ILL Banned Tele-Holic Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Illinois Age: 38 Posts: 982	Great gal....and a classic looking tele!

July 18th, 2008, 01:28 AM	#9 (permalink)
hondo76 Tele-Holic Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: aubrey tx Age: 20 Posts: 637	you hit the jackpot!!!! __________________ http://www.myspace.com/adambellar06 It aint easy being me - Chris Knight rule #1 NEVER mess with anyone's old lady, gear, food, family, or religion.

July 18th, 2008, 01:39 AM	#10 (permalink)
robt57 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Lost Yankee in Nashville Age: 51 Posts: 3,546 21 Photos	You are as lucky as me it would appear. My sweetie got me a Valve Junior for my B-day this year. And she is just the sweetest gal you can imagine. 25+ years later I can still say it, let's hope your luck extends like ours has. ;) __________________ Leo's Great, Leo's Good, let us thank him for our... Twang!

July 18th, 2008, 04:17 AM	#11 (permalink)
Dean Gray Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 201	Congratulations mate! __________________ imagination is more important than knowledge...

July 18th, 2008, 04:38 AM	#12 (permalink)
leonard d rock Tele-Meister Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Malaybalay,Bukidnon, Philippines Posts: 120	congrats man! what a guitar and a wife to have and a great birthday gift! ldr

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holndav Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Tampa FL Posts: 1,300 44 Photos	Nice! It's heavy? Really? My 50s RI Esquire is a feather... David __________________ "If we can't be free at least we can be cheap". FZ

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Tele Fan Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Louisville, Ky Age: 29 Posts: 1,650	Groovy! __________________ Life is better when you just make it up as you go along.

July 18th, 2008, 09:43 AM	#15 (permalink)
collinsman Tele-Afflicted Join Date: May 2006 Location: " Land Of Ten Thousand Taxes" Posts: 1,119	Way to go Jeff - also checked out your site - nice playing. __________________ The Tele, my favorite axe and I love the Players - Albert Collins, Roy Buchanon, Robben Ford, Danny Gatton, Jerry Donohue, & many others.

July 18th, 2008, 09:50 AM	#16 (permalink)
jwl325 TDPRI Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Gulf Coast Posts: 53	Congrats on two great scores!!! Bill

July 18th, 2008, 10:10 AM	#18 (permalink)
allen st. john Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 720	Good start and a smart move by passing on the tele before the wedding. A couple more pieces of advice. a) There's no halvsies when you're married. b) Be very careful about when and how you use words like "girl" and "gal" c) Don't pout. c) Don't expect a guitar every birthday. That's why they call it a honeymoon. best Allen

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xjazzy Tele-Holic Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Portugal Posts: 935 6 Photos	Where do you guys find these girls?!?! Congrats. __________________ Still got the Twang! myspace.com/jotacaster

July 18th, 2008, 11:43 AM	#23 (permalink)
ajgus Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: chicago Posts: 2,264	jazztele, how is the Music Exchange? I've never been there. __________________ "I'm still married to my first wife...and that's my first guitar...she don't talk back to me, she talks for me..." -Stevie ray Vaughan