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10-4 good buddy, over and out!

I'd go AVHR and amp if it were me

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Blues with a feeling.

GUILD GUITARS: MADE TO BE PLAYED!

this made me laugh haha

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Fender Highway 1 Strat, Fender Lonestar Stratocaster 25th Anniversary, Orange Rockerverb 50 w/ PPC212, Crate Vintage Club 30 Tube Amp, Digitech GNX3, Line6 pedals, Ibanez Tube Screamer (my fav), Crybaby Wah

You could always pull the old "here is a gift for you...a NOS Gilmour strat" and see how that goes.

Once a wise man here at the lounge told me a value knowlege: "If you must have another stratocaster, buy shoes first for the wife."

Hi guys: these "my wife gives me a hard time over gear" threads always leave me scratching my head in confusion. Are you all married to the wrong women, or are you all somehow getting something wrong in your marriages?

The only sweat my wife gives me over gear is she thinks I should buy more stuff and more expensive models. I had my hands on a sizeable chunk of money once and insisted on spending it on the mortgage. My wife was saying; "Go on, treat yourself. Get that Pete Townshend Sig "Number 1" wine red Les Paul you've been talking about. And the Custom Shop Strat. And the ES335. And..."

I was saying; "Nope, gotta be responsible." (Just then the recession came along. Thank goodness someone was being responsible...)

My wife certainly buys tons of shoes and lots of other stuff too. I never complain about it - it's great! (Well, perhaps when it's multiples of the same thing, but...)

Hmmm: maybe that's the secret...?

Good luck, y'all - C

Love the Golmour NOS, but for the money the AVRI and amp would win out. As far as the wives are concerned, mine teases me with the GC coupons we get in email.... "$50 off purchass of $299 or more....not going to let that get away are you???" nice!

Have you played the Gilmour? It sounds like you already have a 57 AVRI, does it have a soft V? If so, do you care about the different necks? If you don't care about the different types of necks, I'd go with the Gilmour. I'd also suggest a 57 Hot Rod as something to consider.

You're asking a bunch of guitar players what you should do about your GAS? That's like a crack head asking a dealer what he should do about his habit. Dude, you gotta buy both.

As for the few people that think their wives don't know.....they do.
MULLY
not allowed to buy another guitar until my 000-28EC is paid off

I wish I could use her $@! for a pillow>

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"Damn Right I Got the Blues"

Listen to Vinny Pop invest in your wife take her out maybe a holiday some fine dinners flowers and then tell her that you chose to smother her in love. She will be putty in your hands dont be selfish spend it on her

Nah, gear can last a lifetime, most marriages end in divorce... I say go with the sure thing!

I traded my wife in on a beautiful 2001 double fat Strat. She just didn't have the tone I was looking for.

Get the Gilmour.

Making up is always fun anyway....
-T

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"You can't spend what you ain't got, you can't lose what you ain't never had" ~ McKinley Morganfield

You have paid the bills,bought the Christmas gifts and salted away money for a rainy day,what could she get mad about?When you work hard for your money you deserve to indulge yourself the odd time but indulge the missus too with a weekend getaway or dinner at a fancy restaurant,that'll soften the blow of getting a new guitar.BTW I'd go for the Gilmour.

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'65 Strat,65 Mustang,65 Jaguar,4 more Strats,3 vintage Vox guitars,5 Vox amps,'69 Bassman with a '68 2-15 Bassman cab,36 guitars total-15asst'd amps total,2 vintage '60s Hammond organs & a myriad of effects-with a few rare vintage ones.