Q: How do I justify buying the .... to my partner?

[hunter]

LOL

Was just reading the manual of the GigRig
http://www.thegigrig.com/acatalog/TheGigRig_Pro-14_Manual.pdf

On page 14 it says:
Q. How do I justify buying TheGigRig to my partner?
This is a very important question; every guitarist with a partner will know
what I’m talking about.

The tonal advantages that TheGigRig gives you must be heard to be
believed and the amount of control it offers you is staggering. However,
here is why I truly believe that TheGigRig makes good sense.
Inevitably, as musicians grow in experience and ability, their taste and
tonal preferences also change.

TheGigRig makes sense because it changes with you!
If you want a different overdrive sound, You simply plug in the effects
pedal that gives you the sound that you like. You don’t need to change your entire rig; you can pick and choose the sounds that inspire you and
letTheGigRig manage the lot.

There are so many great effects pedals and similar devices on the market,
you are sure to find the sounds that inspire you, from the subtle to the
ridiculous and everything in between.

Not only have effects pedals been inspiring musicians for over half a
century, but they generally hold their value a lot better than their digital
technology based counterparts.

[38thBeatle]

Why bother justifying it, just do it-thats my motto. Never explain (at this point Mrs 38th re-enters room and I quickly finish the post before she reads it).

[ilÿti]

We are all whipped, let's face it.

[MDV]

Its much easier to ask forgivness than permision.

Go in peace my child

[Twinfan]

Its much easier to ask forgivness than permision.

Go in peace my child

Spot on - my philosphy exactly!  :lol:

[808]

Its much easier to ask forgivness than permision.

Go in peace my child

Speak to me O' wise one...for your knowledge I seek.

[Jonesy76]

It's easy for me..........I just say "What do you think of this" and show the wife an utterly gorgeous guitar body, and she tells me to go and buy it!   :D

The agreement in our house is that if it looks pretty it can come into the house and stay.  If it's ugly (like my Jackson) it has to live in the cupboard under the stairs.  That usually means it's the first thing to go when a GAS attack occurs.  She also defends my good looking guitars and stops me selling them if I really want something else.  Thankfully she's musical (my ex was as musical as a fart in a storm drain, and never understood the guitarists afflicitions) and appreciates the different sounds that different guitars can give me, hence the new Strat project........she knows that I can't get that sound out of a humbucker equipped guitar.

[sgmypod]

£699..ahhhh

[hunter]

That is a wise thing the one with the forgiveness vs. permission, I have to remember that for business as well  8)

[Dreichlift]

my ex was as musical as a fart in a storm drain.

Man that's got to be used as a concept album title.

On topic though, buy it, don't justify it. Just pretend it's always been there...and hide the bank statements  :lol:

[prozacbear]

The key to marital bliss is separate bank acounts. Me and Ailean have one joint one for bills that we both pay a set amount into. Whats left in our separate acounts is for us to buy ourselves toys, oh, er sorry esential pieces of equpment  :D

[silentrage]

or just get a partner who loves it when you play guitar? and gets turned on and pounces on you like a wild jungle tiger cub?
:D

[WezV]

or just get a partner who loves it when you play guitar? and gets turned on and pounces on you like a wild jungle tiger cub?
:D

or, as in prozacbears case.... share a damb fine hobby with your partner so you can both get excited by the purchases.  ( the seperate bank accounts makes a lot of sense.  Most of my purchases get rounded down quite a bit by the time they reach my girlfriends ears - what she doesnt know aint a problem!!!)


i must admit my girlfriend is probably a bit tired of guitar talk after 10 years but it is one of the things we first spoke about and i think i may have even invited her round to play on my new trans green epiphone LP and old vox amp when i was 17, what a charmer!!  She had just had a new strat at the time but couldnt remeber what they were called, she knows so much more now... and i am a much worse guitar player than i was at 17!!!!

[Henk]

Before i bought my JV a week ago i had allready crossed the GAS consideration limit since i had allready bought 3 guitars since october :oops:

Anyway, after she made it clear to me no other guitar would enter this house without me selling a considerable amount first i just told her to trust me on this one, bought it and hooked it up to my well kept secret chorus and my BB. That did the convincing bit fair enough, she just fell in love with the strat sound instantly. Ill guess another week of doing some emo songs and im OK to rock it again 8)

[ailean]

or just get a partner who loves it when you play guitar? and gets turned on and pounces on you like a wild jungle tiger cub?
:D

Nice idea, one minor point, this might severly limit your actual playing time.