Best way to tell the wife..... ' I've just bought a new bass !'

[lowdowner]

[quote name='Cameronj279' timestamp='1379130123' post='2209011']
I wouldn't be able to shut up about a new bass.

I think everybody is in agreement that we don't or certainly shouldn't hide things like this from our other halves. The way I see it as long as you have enough money to live at the end of it spend as much as you see fit
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this is just like me - 'look, new bass, new bass!!' <jumping around like an excited puppy> 'LOOK - NEW BASS!'...

only to be deflated by a 'and how, precisely, is that any better than the ones you already have?'

[Dingus]

[quote name='Westie9' timestamp='1379067296' post='2208259']


[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]It's our wedding anniversary on Sunday. I'm sure she asked for an MXR Compressor and a Lava Patch Cable Kit ? [/font][/color]
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I was looking at those Lava Patch Cable Kits in the Anne Summers catalogue just the other day !

[MiltyG565]

"Guess who swapped the car for a bass?"

That's bound to be the best way... no?

[BassTractor]

"Hon! I managed to sell your mink! Fantastic, eh? No more guilt! And the new bass is [b]totally[/b] environment-friendly! British too! Warwick! Yeah, Bass Direct."

[MiltyG565]

"Good news! I've managed to remortgage the house and get myself a new bass rig! Great, eh?"

[Baxter]

I'm about to go and put a deposit down on a Coronado reissue. It wont be here for a few weeks - so that'll give me enough time to think up a good story/sell some gear/rob a petrol station/etc.....

[yepmop]

[quote name='Baxter' timestamp='1379758665' post='2216460']
I'm about to go and put a deposit down on a Coronado reissue. It wont be here for a few weeks - so that'll give me enough time to think up a good story/sell some gear/rob a petrol station/etc.....
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Setup a fake bass site which happens to be running a competition to win a Coronado bass! The closing date is the day yours arrives

Low and behold you win it - wow !!!!!

[BassTractor]

Hahahaha! That brings it to a whole new level.
I'll make a site. Send me two quid, the specifics of the bass, and your name, eg. "Steve from Exeter".
Hm. Make that three quid.

[DarkHeart]

I got a text the other day from the wife saying `im not going to ask why youve bought a 32" tv` it was a bass in bits in the box haha

[Dingus]

[quote name='DarkHeart' timestamp='1379775342' post='2216667']
I got a text the other day from the wife saying `im not going to ask why youve bought a 32" tv` it was a bass in bits in the box haha
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She must have been gutted when she sat down to watch Eastenders .

[DarkHeart]

haha she prefers `women who kill` on sky haha

[Dingus]

[quote name='DarkHeart' timestamp='1379779657' post='2216709']
haha she prefers `women who kill` on sky haha
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Slightly disturbing...

[SpaceChick]

[quote name='DarkHeart' timestamp='1379779657' post='2216709']
haha she prefers `women who kill` on sky haha
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That is a brilliant series!!! Haven't watched it in ages!

Hubby got very disturbed when I was watching it! LOL!

[DarkHeart]

i hide anything sharp from 9pm

[DarkHeart]

oh dear, just bought another project, i can tell her the Westone is a cricket bat

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"Best way to tell the wife I've bought a new bass?"
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[Dave_the_bass]

[quote name='MB1' timestamp='1379872740' post='2217651']
MB1.
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Nah, definitely morse code; that way she doesn't have to be able to see you and can't take aim properly!

[discreet]

[quote name='Dave_the_bass' timestamp='1379882555' post='2217852']
Nah, definitely morse code; that way she doesn't have to be able to see you and can't take aim properly!
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Slide a note under the bathroom door when she's having a dump, then run away.

[SaxyBassist]

Buy her one too? [size=4] [/size]

[MiltyG565]

"You know all that money that we didn't have? Well good news! I found a use for it!".

[discreet]

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1379883018' post='2217881']
"You know all that money that we didn't have? Well good news! I found a use for it!".
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That's about right! Who could possibly be upset about spending money you haven't got on a bass instead of spending money you haven't got on a kitchen?? - Don't bother to answer - I already know.

[Dingus]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1379883189' post='2217887']
That's about right! Who could possibly be upset about spending money you haven't got on a bass instead of spending money you haven't got on a kitchen?? - Don't bother to answer - I already know.
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What is about women and kitchens? If you suggest they should spend more time there or that the kitchen is where they belong they go mental , yet they always want a new one . The way they carry on, you would think they would be happy you had bought a new bass so they could borrow it to form an anarcho-feminist post-punk band like The Slits and write songs about what a mistake they had made getting married , how" the system" isn't fair and oppresses women , and how much they want a split- level breakfast bar with wipe-clean formica top and a ceramic hob as soon as their loser husband coughs up the money for one .

Edited September 23, 2013 by Dingus

[BassTractor]

Did I already tell about the bloke who'd hid roughly 6,000 quid in the basement, and when his wife found out, she immediately ordered a kitchen? Seems to follow a pattern indeed.

[Tullfan]

[b]
Best way to tell the wife..... ' I've just bought a new bass (-ment ?) !'[/b]

[Nick Riffed]

I have never 'needed' to buy a bass or 'had' to buy a bass for any particular reason. I've been fairly fortunate in that I only buy another bass when I want one.
They are not the tools of my trade unlike some of you guys so I tend to look for things that I can afford at that time.
If I can afford it my better half doesn't mind too much.
That said I will shortly be looking for a new home for my 4x10 and 1x15 cabs as this will been seen as general decluttering which is a good thing apparently.