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!
A Deuce , a Tele and a cup of tea.
Comments
For three times what it's actually worth.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
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.
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.
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.
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.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein