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Topic: How do I choose? |
Roger Rettig
From:
Naples, FL
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Posted 31 Aug 2022 5:37 am |
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My wife wants a new kitchen.
I want a new black Emmons Resound (with 8+8!!!)
How do I justify one course or the other? I have to say that her first reaction wasn't encouraging but 'never say die', right?
Serious answers only, please.  |
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Rick Barnhart
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 31 Aug 2022 5:42 am
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Personally, I’d go for the new kitchen. She’ll be much more understanding of your future acquisitions. 
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Clinesmith consoles D-8/6 5 pedal, D-8 3 pedal & A25 Frypan, Pettingill Teardrop, & P8 Deluxe. |
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Samuel Phillippe
From:
Douglas Michigan, USA
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Posted 31 Aug 2022 5:46 am
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you might enjoy your new kitchen....sorry but true.
Unless you can prove you will bring in enough money with the new PSG that would then buy the new kitchen, I believe she might win this one.......
Sam |
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Larry Jamieson
From:
Walton, NY USA
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Posted 31 Aug 2022 6:14 am
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| "Happy wife, happy life..." |
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Roger Rettig
From:
Naples, FL
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Posted 31 Aug 2022 6:23 am
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Gentlemen:
Your logic seems inescapable, even if these weren't the answers I was looking for.
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Larry Hobson
From:
Valley Grande (Selma) Al USA
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Posted 31 Aug 2022 6:26 am How do I choose
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| Roger, Responses don't favor you very much. O well maybe later or a second job is in order or a secret loan , where there's a will there's a way, maybe. |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 31 Aug 2022 7:16 am
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It's a proven fact that a new kitchen can prolong your life.
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Carter D10 8p/8k, Dekley S10 3p/4k C6 setup,Regal RD40 Dobro, Recording King Professional Dobro, NV400, NV112,Ibanez Gio guitar, Epiphone SG Special (open D slide guitar) . Playing for 54 years and still counting. |
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Fred
From:
Amesbury, MA
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Posted 31 Aug 2022 8:10 am
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| If she's like my wife the real question is "what are you going to sell? |
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Paul Wade
From:
mundelein,ill
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Posted 31 Aug 2022 8:20 am
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| Fred wrote: |
| If she's like my wife the real question is "what are you going to sell? |
Fred lol my wife too!!!! |
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Johnny Cox
From:
Williamsom WVA, raised in Nashville TN, Lives in Hallettsville Texas
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Posted 31 Aug 2022 8:50 am
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Since we rent I don't have kitchen worries. My problem is I want a couple new guitars with a Emmons being one.
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Johnny "Dumplin" Cox
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Chance Wilson
From:
California, USA
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Posted 31 Aug 2022 1:15 pm
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| I'm with the guys. You can't fry an egg on hot licks. Some of the worst squabbles here were when the dishwasher was on the fritz. I have to conceed to the light crust dough girl on occassion. |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 31 Aug 2022 1:59 pm
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| I've heard said it's easier to beg for forgiveness than ask for permission. 🧎 🤕 |
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Leon Champion
From:
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
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Posted 31 Aug 2022 7:18 pm I Choose
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| My wife is Moore likely to buy a guitar than I am. All I hear is DON'T sell that, or --you need that. WE married 22 years ago. I had 1 guitar 1 amp , 22 years later 35 guitars 4 steels and 1 on order, 22 amps and any thing that I think I want. I keep telling her I have enough. Yau'll think I should keep her? |
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Dennis Detweiler
From:
Solon, Iowa, US
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Posted 31 Aug 2022 7:25 pm
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Leon, I think she's just trying to keep you out of the bedroom! 
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1976 Birdseye U-12 MSA with Telonics 427 pickup, 1975 Birdseye U-12 MSA with Telonics X-12 pickup, Boss 59 Fender pedal for preamp, NDR-5 Atlantic Delay & Reverb, two Quilter 201 amps, 2- 12" Eminence EPS-12C speakers, ShoBud Pedal, 1949 Epiphone D-8. Revelation preamp into a Crown XLS 1002 power amp. |
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Per Berner
From:
Skövde, Sweden
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Posted 31 Aug 2022 10:54 pm
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I'd go for the kitchen. None of us really need more gear. A new kitchen can't get stolen, and it won't take up any more space in the house.
On the other hand, the price of a really nice kitchen refurb worth the hassle would probably be more than twice that of a Resound 65... I know what mine cost back in 2006.
My new rule is "one gadget in, at least two or preferrably three out". I've bought four instruments and sold fourteen in the last two years, not really missing any of them. More to come (or go...).
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Dale Rottacker
From:
Walla Walla Washington, USA
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Posted 1 Sep 2022 6:13 am
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You might could say, "Honey you're VERY Wise, and a new kitchen is what we should do... However, a new Emmon's might also be a good LASTING Investment, so for the good of our family I'm also gonna order a new Emmon's... AND, if I have to sell my old one when the new one gets here to make you happy, I'll do that as well" Just a thought, and YMMV 
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Dale Rottacker, Steelinatune™
*2021 MSA Legend, "Jolly Rancher" D10 10x9
*2021 Rittenberry, "The Concord" D10 9x9
*1977 Blue Sho-Bud Pro 3 Custom 8x6
https://msapedalsteels.com
http://rittenberrysteelguitars.com
https://www.telonics.com/index.php
https://www.p2pamps.com
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Roger Rettig
From:
Naples, FL
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Posted 1 Sep 2022 6:40 am
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Well, guys.....
It looks as though the kitchen is a lock.
My wife is a great cook - a chef, almost - but I can't see how a five-figure sum thrown away on cabinetry and upgrading electrics, etc., is going to make things taste any better. Women, though, are funny about these things.
I also have to factor in the reality that Mrs. R. probably won't see any difference between my current black Legrande 111 and a new Resound. And she's all about the look of a guitar - black's her favourite - but, when I tell her that a Resound (8+8 ) will cost four times as much as my Emmons did when I bought it new twenty years ago, I could encounter resistance. |
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Leon Champion
From:
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
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Posted 1 Sep 2022 6:53 am I Choose
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| Dennis I don't think so. she grew up in a musical family , all her brothers are accomplished musicians . She loves guitars, OH did I mention she had the whole house re modeled from the kitchen to the basement music ---train room. |
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Dennis Detweiler
From:
Solon, Iowa, US
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Posted 1 Sep 2022 7:00 am
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Leon, you are the rare lucky one! Some wives are so far the other way that they detest the guitar as a rival for first place in the love chain. 
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1976 Birdseye U-12 MSA with Telonics 427 pickup, 1975 Birdseye U-12 MSA with Telonics X-12 pickup, Boss 59 Fender pedal for preamp, NDR-5 Atlantic Delay & Reverb, two Quilter 201 amps, 2- 12" Eminence EPS-12C speakers, ShoBud Pedal, 1949 Epiphone D-8. Revelation preamp into a Crown XLS 1002 power amp. |
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Roger Rettig
From:
Naples, FL
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Posted 1 Sep 2022 7:01 am
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Leon:
I like the sound of that train-room!
Mine are mostly gone now but I did keep my 3rd Rail Brass O-scale B&) EM-1; what a stunning model it is!
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Jerry Van Hoose
From:
Wears Valley, Tennessee
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Posted 1 Sep 2022 7:32 am
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| Roger, choose the kitchen😀, beautiful model brass locomotive & tender you have there. Believe me, Leon speaks the truth. His house is all guitars, steels & the most elaborate 🚂 layout I’ve ever seen. |
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Leon Champion
From:
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
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Posted 1 Sep 2022 7:55 am I choose
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| Thanks Jerry, THANKS TO GOD @ GAIL. Hope you are enjoying the amp. |
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Jerry Van Hoose
From:
Wears Valley, Tennessee
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Posted 1 Sep 2022 8:13 am
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| Leon, thank you. I always enjoy visiting with you & Gail. |
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Dave Hopping
From:
Aurora, Colorado
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Posted 1 Sep 2022 8:51 am
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| Roj, I think you did the right thing. Expediting a new kitchen for Mrs. R is REAL close to the same thing as her expediting your Emmons Resound; I shouldn't be surprised if the latter comes to pass, and perhaps sooner than anyone anticipates! |
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Marco Schouten
From:
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Posted 1 Sep 2022 10:29 am
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I know that new Emmons looks so tempting, but you really should get that kitchen. Woman are like birds, their nest must be perfect, trust me.
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