I'm not sure having "balls" is the way I'd describe it gwEm! :lol:
I'm a live-in-the-now kind of person, and right now that guitar is my idea of perfection. You can forget your '59 LPs, '56 Strats or '51 Teles, to me this is numero uno, top dog and the guitar above all others I'd like to own, play and enjoy. I may never get the chance to buy it again, so I have to sacrifice a bunch of stuff to get it. I don't have money like that lying around, and I'm juggling a bunch of things to get access to that amount of cash. My credit card will be looking very, VERY bloated afterwards believe me. :o
Our house is in need of interior cosmetic attention, and the plan to do that has now been put back to allow me to get this guitar. Mrs Twinfan is an absoulte legend, with the patience of a saint, and she understands that I love my hobby and that this is a dream purchase above all others. She was even there when I asked Paul Smith directly (when he was in Manchester earlier this year) if he would be producing a guitar of this spec, and he said not even his employees know what's in the pipeline so he couldn't tell me. I did say to him that if he built one I'd buy it, and she remembers the conversation.
Once I've got it, I have promised to clear the debt and then sort the house out. That will mean the end of guitar related purchases for a long time with the exception maintenance things - strings, valves, cables etc. I've said to myself I won't buy anything before and failed miserably, but in this instance I've promised Mrs Twinfan. I will have access to some spectacular instruments to pas the time with though, so it's not all bad ;)
Basically, I think it's time for me to get off the rollercoaster.
