Erm, wife just found new bass.

[12stringbassist]

When it comes up in conversation again, just say it was a bargain you couldn't possibly pass up. You could afford it and you bought it with your money.

Don't be pressurised into selling it, as you know that the issue is that you didn't mention it, not that you've still got it.

[oldslapper]

2 hours ago, bubinga5 said:

I could bury it for a while.

You ARE talking about the bass aren’t you?

 

[fleabag]

I would have told her that i obtained the bass free of charge through a complicated and clever scam. She would have been well pleased with that

[Skinnyman]

52 minutes ago, uk_lefty said:

Here's the plan... We group together in tens based on geography. Each of us throws in £150. Or more, whatever. We buy two or three basses and share them round between us. That way it really does appear as if we are "looking after it for a mate" when someone comes to collect it for their turn... OR we get together in groups based on geography. We decide a list of one bass each we all want. We buy it, BUT here's the clever bit .. we keep swapping them round between us! Oh the red one?? That's Mick's, he's collecting it next month... Oh why did he drop off another? He wants me to fix something on it, won't get to see him for a few months though...  Etc.

A brilliant idea but what do we do about the poor unfortunates who are left handed?

I guess you could stick them all into a group of their own.....

This could work, y'know.....

[bubinga5]

I see this thread resonates with all of us.!! 😂 

[Stub Mandrel]

10 minutes ago, Skinnyman said:

A brilliant idea but what do we do about the poor unfortunates who are left handed?

I guess you could stick them all into a group of their own.....

This could work, y'know.....

But then the basses would have to rotate anti-clockwise. It would all become horribly complicated.

[Teebs]

8 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:

But then the basses would have to rotate anti-clockwise. It would all become horribly complicated.

Or they would crash in the middle!

Or 1 person would end up with them all & be in massive trouble with t'other half!

Edited April 8, 2019 by Teebs

[oldslapper]

I’ve just asked swmbo to read this thread.

I thought it might help if she saw she wasn’t alone. Then I realised she wasn’t alone, otherwise I couldn’t have asked her to read the thread.  

 

[fleabag]

Guffaw and chortle 

https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/340055-calling-bubinga5/

 

[Cato]

1 minute ago, fleabag said:

Guffaw and chortle 

https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/340055-calling-bubinga5/

 

He'll have to get it extracted first.

[Silvia Bluejay]

I'm astonished that nobody has so far mentioned shoes. Usually in new bass v. wife situations, shoes and handbags get mentioned almost immediately. Maybe there is a glimmer of hope for Basschat's collective and their long-suffering other halves?

Incidentally, no, I'm not a great buyer of shoes. Warwicks, yes. Photo and recording equipment, yes. D'Addario goodies, yes.

[BassTractor]

10 minutes ago, Silvia Bluejay said:

Incidentally, no, I'm not a great buyer of shoes. 

Of course you aren't. You're a bass player!
No, it's Jack who buys the pumps.

[Stub Mandrel]

23 minutes ago, BassTractor said:

Of course you aren't. You're a bass player!
No, it's Jack who buys the pumps.

I bought a pair of Superdry daps (pumps) with orange soles just for leaning into a monitor wedge! - Pretty much an act of faith in my future 🙂

[Hobbayne]

I surreptitiously bought a Nate Mendel p bass a few years back. When the wife saw it she was convinced I 'd had it for years.

Sometimes a little bit of relicing can be a good thing in persuading the wife its not brand new

'Look at the state of it' she quoth.  😋

Edited April 8, 2019 by Hobbayne

[Ricky 4000]

Well, I thought I'd practice what I preach, by telling the Mrs exactly what I was thinking while we were out shopping at Lidl... well she was being a tit... apparently honesty is not the best policy.

[Skinnyman]

I'll never understand women. Apparently, "oh do what you want and just bloody well get it" doesn't mean what it says.....

Not when "it" is a Suzuki GSX-R

[tauzero]

Asking for forgiveness rather than permission works as long as I don't deploy it more than about every other year. Most of the time, I show her what I would like to buy, and because I like to buy beautiful basses, she says yes.

[mcnach]

7 hours ago, bubinga5 said:

Im not getting a divorce over a bit of wood and metal.. 

 

Maybe you aren't... but what if she is???

[uk_lefty]

Be careful with all this honesty business. My wife came with me to Denmark street on December. A bit of thinking time later and I've got a brand new Stingray with her blessing. I then felt guilty about the cost. I'd traded in my Mexican jazz against the Stingray, I sold almost anything that gets little to no use. I then sold my Sire fiver and put a drop tuner on the Ray. I've trimmed down the whole works... But I have this nagging feeling I will never buy another instrument again!! It was all a clever trap.

[dmccombe7]

Just bought a new Sandberg VM4 at the same time as buying a new kitchen so wife will find it difficult to complain about my little bass purchase.

To be honest she has never begrudged me spending money on bass gear but i don't do it very often. I've also been selling some off as well and giving her half the profit so she can't really complain when i buy a new bass or amp. 

Its all about forward planning and diplomacy i reckon.

Dave

[Geek99]

16 hours ago, bubinga5 said:

I could bury it for a while.

And so Relic it you mean ?

[ped]

I've got a bass case arriving today. Wife is going to her parents this afternoon for the night. Will it arrive whilst she's at home? She'll think there's a bass in it, of course. Part of me hopes it does arrive today but I'd prefer it to arrive whilst she's out so I can collect it from the Post Office at my convenience. Will keep you posted. 

Living on the edge.

[Stub Mandrel]

29 minutes ago, ped said:

Will it arrive whilst she's at home? She'll think there's a bass in it, of course.

Think of the kudos when you do the big reveal "it's only a box to keep one in - I hadn't realised how valuable basses are becoming as long term investments, so I thought I had better keep them safe."

(The risk is she tells you not to play them and put them ina lockup)

[ped]

1 minute ago, Stub Mandrel said:

Think of the kudos when you do the big reveal "it's only a box to keep one in - I hadn't realised how valuable basses are becoming as long term investments, so I thought I had better keep them safe."

(The risk is she tells you not to play them and put them ina lockup)

If you never hear from me again, you know what's happened

[Jack]

15 hours ago, uk_lefty said:

Here's the plan... We group together in tens based on geography. Each of us throws in £150. Or more, whatever. We buy two or three basses and share them round between us. That way it really does appear as if we are "looking after it for a mate" when someone comes to collect it for their turn... OR we get together in groups based on geography. We decide a list of one bass each we all want. We buy it, BUT here's the clever bit .. we keep swapping them round between us! Oh the red one?? That's Mick's, he's collecting it next month... Oh why did he drop off another? He wants me to fix something on it, won't get to see him for a few months though...  Etc.

This could actually work. Not that I have anything to hide from my wife. In fact, if I had a wife I'd probably have to hide her from my girlfriend. But, that being said, it's a great way to try lots of basses we wouldn't otherwise get to play.

 

Some kinks to work out, such as who decides which, how we sell at the end, what is someone goes rogue, etc. But it could be workable.