artisan Posted October 11, 2012 Posted October 11, 2012 (edited) [url="http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/MTD_KZ5_TB_RW.html"]http://www.bassdirec..._KZ5_TB_RW.html[/url] just couldn't help myself,my life is forfeit,my balls will be removed forcibly with a blunt spoon, oh woe is me, good bye cruel world, BUT AT LEAST I'LL HAVE A NEW BASS will be here tomorrow,my first 5 string i just hope i like it & get on with it. i've been gasing for something modern & this is just so pretty i won't sleep tonight now. Edited October 11, 2012 by artisan Quote
Huge Hands Posted October 11, 2012 Posted October 11, 2012 Of course she'll kill you, it's not a Fender.... Quote
Dr Chocolate Posted October 11, 2012 Posted October 11, 2012 Just tell her you found it at a bus stop... Your dead... Quote
fender73 Posted October 11, 2012 Posted October 11, 2012 You need a more understanding wife. :-) Quote
Cyrene Posted October 11, 2012 Posted October 11, 2012 That feeling tho... the rush when you tell her. All the planning of the backstory. Nothing like it. Quote
ezbass Posted October 11, 2012 Posted October 11, 2012 Tell you what, in an effort to save your genitalia, I'll look after it for you and send pictures occasionally. It'll be like adopting a tiger or something. You can bask in the glow of ownership, be sent heartwarming stories and photos and Mrs Artisan is none the wiser. Sounds like a plan, waddya say? Quote
artisan Posted October 11, 2012 Author Posted October 11, 2012 [quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1349970124' post='1832929'] Tell you what, in an effort to save your genitalia, I'll look after it for you and send pictures occasionally. It'll be like adopting a tiger or something. You can bask in the glow of ownership, be sent heartwarming stories and photos and Mrs Artisan is none the wiser. Sounds like a plan, waddya say? [/quote] damn that's a tempting offer,err let me think on it a while lol Quote
Huge Hands Posted October 11, 2012 Posted October 11, 2012 [quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1349970124' post='1832929'] Tell you what, in an effort to save your genitalia, I'll look after it for you and send pictures occasionally. It'll be like adopting a tiger or something. You can bask in the glow of ownership, be sent heartwarming stories and photos and Mrs Artisan is none the wiser. Sounds like a plan, waddya say? [/quote] Surely you'll have to send him a cute an cuddly toy version of the bass too? Quote
Big_Stu Posted October 11, 2012 Posted October 11, 2012 Tell her it was a bargain ........... and then start quoting Shakespeare; works every time! [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZOdVqlvys0[/media] Quote
artisan Posted October 11, 2012 Author Posted October 11, 2012 (edited) [quote name='Huge Hands' timestamp='1349970899' post='1832942'] Surely you'll have to send him a cute an cuddly toy version of the bass too? [/quote] i'm lucky you're here i almost forgot that lol just gotta love this place,cheers guys Edited October 11, 2012 by artisan Quote
iiipopes Posted October 11, 2012 Posted October 11, 2012 Yes, you'll have to take the heat, and probably promise to do something for her, etc. But it is usually easier to obtain forgiveness after the fact than permission before the fact. Quote
Ghost_Bass Posted October 11, 2012 Posted October 11, 2012 [quote name='artisan' timestamp='1349966793' post='1832852'] [url="http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/MTD_KZ5_TB_RW.html"]http://www.bassdirec..._KZ5_TB_RW.html[/url] just couldn't help myself,my life is forfeit,my balls will be removed forcibly with a blunt spoon, oh woe is me, good bye cruel world, BUT AT LEAST I'LL HAVE A NEW BASS will be here tomorrow,my first 5 string i just hope i like it & get on with it. i've been gasing for something modern & this is just so pretty i won't sleep tonight now. [/quote] I can really relate to you on this subject. I've been doing that odd comment with my GF for some months about buying a new bass and being getting the same kind of reply regarding the numerous basses i own. On the beginning of September i went ahead and ordered this as a birthday present for myself: [attachment=120680:IMG_1126.JPG] I was quoted a 8 week waiting period for the build by Sandberg but their dealer called me this week saying that he already had the bass in the store (3 weeks before schedule) so i'm recieving it early next week and i haven't even thought about the way i'm going to break the news to her without causing the rise of the antichrist and thus the end of all mankind... yep, it's gonna be on 2012 all right! Quote
MarkG3 Posted October 11, 2012 Posted October 11, 2012 [quote name='artisan' timestamp='1349966793' post='1832852'] [url="http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/MTD_KZ5_TB_RW.html"]http://www.bassdirec..._KZ5_TB_RW.html[/url] just couldn't help myself,my life is forfeit,my balls will be removed forcibly with a blunt spoon, oh woe is me, good bye cruel world, BUT AT LEAST I'LL HAVE A NEW BASS will be here tomorrow,my first 5 string i just hope i like it & get on with it. i've been gasing for something modern & this is just so pretty i won't sleep tonight now. [/quote] Haha that did make me laugh Quote
RandomBass Posted October 12, 2012 Posted October 12, 2012 I got away with 'look what I won in a competition, hun'. I was astonished I'd got away with it - until she found the receipt about a month later. Miss Bloody Marple. Quote
Si600 Posted October 12, 2012 Posted October 12, 2012 Nice bass though Have you another that looks sort of similar that you could hide in the wardrobe for a while so she doesn't notice? Of course, your wife could be perfectly au-fai with basses and spot it immediately. Mine wouldn't be able to tell them apart if I got a new one as long as it was blue Quote
artisan Posted October 12, 2012 Author Posted October 12, 2012 lol i'm glad you guys have a similar problem to me actually in all honesty she is really very good indeed,when i broke the news to her last night she just laughed with the comment "what a suprise" as if i've had loads of basses in the 23 years we've been together. oh no sir not me i've only had 30 to 40 or so Quote
throwoff Posted October 12, 2012 Posted October 12, 2012 My wife does not like all the instruments but I have the excuse 'it's for work'! Which is flawless! Quote
SoVeryTired Posted October 12, 2012 Posted October 12, 2012 Nice bass! The neck on them is fantastic. My wife think's she's keeping tabs on how many instruments I've got but she slipped up when she said "That's it, six is the absolute limit" - with an acoustic guitar, an electric and two basses, even counting my daughter's pink 3/4-size classical toy, I've still got space for another. Quote
The Dark Lord Posted October 12, 2012 Posted October 12, 2012 [quote name='Huge Hands' timestamp='1349967946' post='1832882'] Of course she'll kill you, it's not a Fender.... [/quote] Yep. Even for a Fender Jazz you should lose one "love-potato". But anything else, the lot has got to go. Quote
charic Posted October 12, 2012 Posted October 12, 2012 Next time you're about get me this one will you [url="http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Esh_Poseidon_5_Black.html"]http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Esh_Poseidon_5_Black.html[/url] Quote
DarkHeart Posted October 12, 2012 Posted October 12, 2012 just tell her that when you saw it its beauty reminded you of her and she will either go awwwwww and go all gushy or hit you over the head with something for saying she looks like a piece of wood! Quote
SoVeryTired Posted October 12, 2012 Posted October 12, 2012 [quote name='charic' timestamp='1350049695' post='1834032'] Next time you're about get me this one will you [url="http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Esh_Poseidon_5_Black.html"]http://www.bassdirec...on_5_Black.html[/url] [/quote] That bass scares me. It seems like the sort of thing a wife would kill you with. Quote
charic Posted October 12, 2012 Posted October 12, 2012 [quote name='SoVeryTired' timestamp='1350052379' post='1834085'] That bass scares me. It seems like the sort of thing a wife would kill you with. [/quote] Naaah... that's what my first choice is for Quote
SoVeryTired Posted October 12, 2012 Posted October 12, 2012 [quote name='charic' timestamp='1350052775' post='1834092'] Naaah... that's what my first choice is for [/quote] The latest model from Sauron's Custom Basses, that well-known workshop on the slopes of Mount Doom? Quote
lonestar Posted October 12, 2012 Posted October 12, 2012 I hope that you managed to placate your wife or if not the ice packs are helping and you'll be able to walk again soon. Anyhow whats the bass like. Was is worth the pain and turmoil ? Quote
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