I'm trying so hard....

[Afghan Dave]

If she's really special get her a ring "fit for a princess"  :roll: above in fantastic "Diamonique"  :? for only $54...

http://www.qvc.com/qic/qvcapp.aspx/app.nav/params.class.6662/walk.yah.1001

[fr33man1]

I'm torn between this too. There is an old sg std by my place for 600 € (neck break repaired but who cares smoking guitar anyways) and even an old jackson usa but for our 4 years she seems to want a ring aswell...

Well she paid my secondhand esp eclipse (almost) and wants to offer me a bkp neck pickup for my les paul so I guess I'll go for the ring.

ps : reading this topic made me think about how many of us talk in secret maneer of 'sex' using guitar technical words... :lol:

[Ratrod]

Only 29 million.

[JDC]

that's minging!

speaking of cheap rings, I heard common folk can't tell the difference between diamond and cut glass, I also heard they can't tell the difference between silver and aluminium

[Dmoney]

they can't tell the difference between gold and onion.

[hunter]

Go to Tiffany, buy a ring. The Tiffany box and sparkling diamond is a view she won't forget for the rest of her life.

That PRS stinks, I can smell it from here. Get an SE and put in a BKP, costs much less and sounds better.

Make your girl happy, much better for your life.

[Transcend]

Go to Tiffany, buy a ring. The Tiffany box and sparkling diamond is a view she won't forget for the rest of her life.

That PRS stinks, I can smell it from here. Get an SE and put in a BKP, costs much less and sounds better.

Make your girl happy, much better for your life.

best advice so far

[ToneMonkey]

Only 29 million.

I hope that's for all three  :lol:

I proposed over the phone without a ring and said we could go shopping for one which was a really good day out.

However you choose to do it, the best advice I could give is to get yourself to the jewelery quater in Birmingham as there's about 300 jewelers in a mile radius.  We got my wifes wedding ring made there and it was much much cheaper than buying it elsewhere.  She wanted it custom made so it was exactly the same width and matched her engagement ring.  We had it valued at a jewelers we really trust and the value was a lot more than what we paid..... should have sold it and bought another.

I can find out the name of the shop that we used for the wifes ring if you want.  Think they only do platinum though (which is enough to keep most women happy).  If you have a size and grade diamond in mind and know what sort of band, it may be worth giving them a bell for a quote.

Good luck whatever you do.

[MrBump]

Go to Tiffany, buy a ring. The Tiffany box and sparkling diamond is a view she won't forget for the rest of her life.

That PRS stinks, I can smell it from here. Get an SE and put in a BKP, costs much less and sounds better.

Make your girl happy, much better for your life.

best advice so far

+ 1.

[JJretroTONEGOD]

get the ring for the girl I think, seeing as you are lucky enough to be in a successfull relationship in the first place hold onto it whilst it lasts, guitars are good but it's literally a piece of wood, what's better human or wood? me thinks human...

[Afghan Dave]

...what's better human or wood? me thinks human...

I've got wood....

[MrBump]

on a slightly more serious note, I don't really believe in spending an arm on a leg on an engagement ring.

When I proposed to my wife, I was earning less than minimum wage (which didn't actually exist at the time), and I spent very little on the ring.  Didn't mean that I loved my wife any less, and I've more than made up for it over the last 12 years or so.

Buy her a ring that you can afford, and by all means sacrifice a guitar to do it.  But if the marriage is worth anything, she won't be doing it for a ring.

Mark.

[Stevepage]

Some good advice guys. I'm getting her a cheaper ring for now as work is starting to slow down, so by December I won't have any work till the new year. I've got to service, MOT and tax my car by the end of the year too so I'm taking her out early next year to buy a much nicer ring.

I think I'm gonna look into getting a PRS SE One and fit it with a Pig90 or Aftermath, so we'll see what christmas brings  :P

[hunter]

Don't be stingy.

Tiffany Setting is a classic and the way to go.



They have them in all price classes. I got a 0.4ct one with highest clarity and colour, cost me as much as an SLO100 (and I still want an SLO100  :? ) They're all Platinum and surely blood diamond free.

You buy it in standard ring size (unless you're 100% sure about the size), normally it should fit or be too big when she gets it. Then she can go to Tiffany afterwards and have it made to fit. Also it's part of the experience and she will feel special when she goes there, too!

[Philly Q]

Blimey, expensive business this engagement lark!  :lol:

I'm off to the PRS website.