How many marriages have dissolved because of the steel guita

Stephen Gambrell · Post by **Stephen Gambrell** » 14 Oct 2002 12:17 pm

I call mine "Lester," after Lester Flatt. Wait, this AIN'T the one about naming your guitar????

Jody Carver · Post by **Jody Carver** » 14 Oct 2002 1:06 pm

Gene
In reply to your question which is way up above this post,,,the song I was reffering to
was recorded by Mack Davis and the Title was.

OH LORD ITS HARD TO BE HUMBLE, WHEN YOUR'E
PERFECT IN EVERY WAY.

I'LL tell you guys this,,,I wouldnt want to be married to anyone of YOU.....NO WAY......

Jody Carver · Post by **Jody Carver** » 14 Oct 2002 1:16 pm

On second thought,,,I would consider marrying
Howard,,if he makes room for me in his house,

He sleeps with his guitars and some of his guitars often have a headache and cabinet drop,,,,Hey Howard are you available???

Do you have an age restriction??? Oh how sweet It is.

HowardR · Post by **HowardR** » 14 Oct 2002 3:54 pm

He sleeps with his guitars

Beats "sleeping with the fish"...Luca Brazi[This message was edited by HowardR on 14 October 2002 at 04:54 PM.]

Dr. Hugh Jeffreys · Post by **Dr. Hugh Jeffreys** » 14 Oct 2002 4:04 pm

Never divorced, but no one ever hears me practice, especially my wife: everywhere I have a steel set up, there's always amplified headphones.....HJ

Jim Cohen · Post by **Jim Cohen** » 14 Oct 2002 4:11 pm

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Now I'm confused....Tony, your real name is Bonnie?, or her name is Tony?
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>I think what Tony's trying to tell us is that he married his sister. Did I get it right this time, Tony?

Jody Carver · Post by **Jody Carver** » 14 Oct 2002 5:36 pm

Howard
You crossed the line of silence,,you will be hearing from me shortly.

Michael Corleone

Paul Graupp · Post by **Paul Graupp** » 14 Oct 2002 6:18 pm

Dr. Hugh: (Why am I wanting to say Dr. Phil....)?

When I went to England in 59 I had a D-8 National but no amp. They put us up temporarily in an English pub in Fairford. I wanted to practice one night so I put the guitar on top of a low dresser and was pleasantly surprized by the accoustical amplification the old wooden furniture gave to the National. But that wasn't the whole story....

A knock came on the door and there was the night manager. It seems everyone in the hotel could hear it as well as I could. The floor was also very old and dry. May have been a hundred years old for all I knew.

I later built my own amplifier and used some speakers called Sheffields 40 years before Peavey and the US heard of them.

Regards, Paul

Jody Carver · Post by **Jody Carver** » 14 Oct 2002 6:25 pm

I have been wanting to ask this question....

When do you guys sleep??

Nighty Nite

Alvino

Jody Carver · Post by **Jody Carver** » 14 Oct 2002 6:29 pm

You guys dig this Ray Montee? he starts a thread and then leaves. Hey Ray,,where are you?,,,always starting trouble.

Hey JC I hope you dont wear that Fessenden T
shirt to bed,,,thats a good reason for divorce. Its not "acceptable" wear pajamas.

Al Marcus · Post by **Al Marcus** » 14 Oct 2002 7:35 pm

My Wife liked my guitar , and piano playing but never liked the steel guitar. Of course the steel guitar was always my favorite.

But we have been married 55 years ANYWAY....al

Dr. Hugh Jeffreys · Post by **Dr. Hugh Jeffreys** » 14 Oct 2002 8:15 pm

To Paul Graupp - I don't know about the Dr. Phil bit, but he's a skull man; I'm an eye man. Anyway, I had a double National; really liked it; you're vibrations story is a good one; I had a similar experience. It was really a success story about the Peavey Co. They used to have the Melody Music Store in Meridian, Ms. When I lived there, I bought strings, etc. from them; some growth uh? .. Hugh

Ray Montee (RIP) · Post by **Ray Montee (RIP)** » 14 Oct 2002 8:40 pm

Hey guys! This is MORE LIKE IT! A little "bonding" among fella's with a fairly common interest, is not all bad, so I'm told, and it sure beats going out and spending a night in the cold, scarey woods in an effort to achieve the same results.

Jody......what are we going to do with you?
You're so special I cannot find the words to accurately describe you....so "FRIEND" will just have to do.

In spite of being a sweet, wonderful, caring, sensitive, loveable, out-going, swavee and de-boner sorta guy with a day job,
I'll have to admit that I had to start assigning numbers to the "ex's" as it was a lot easier to remember than Darling....lah de dah... or whatever. I recall vaguely rolling over one night during my slumber and saying something like "I love you ......." however the woman next to me had a different name. With numbers, I find them to be a little more tolerant if I should make a mistake and say something like "Darling #2, I love you" when actually it is #3 or #4 or whatever. I'm just too old to remember all those details. I still have more Rick Bakelites than ex's so I guess I'm not all bad. Anybody want to argue about it?!
This post is working out to be like an inexpensive therapy session and it CAN LAST more than 40 minutes. Right?

Mike Weirauch · Post by **Mike Weirauch** » 14 Oct 2002 9:00 pm

I have had the same wife for 23 years and even though she is grossly overweight, missing all her upper teeth, hairy arm pits and frequently emits a foul smelling gas likened to that of rotten eggs I still can't get her to leave me so I've just learned to live with her. She does however, buy me steel guitars and begs me to practice just so she doesn't have to listen to me tell her to clean herself up and try to make herself look like something good. What a woman!!!

......I'm dead if she reads this!

Jim Cohen · Post by **Jim Cohen** » 14 Oct 2002 9:03 pm

With numbers, I find them to be a little more tolerant if I should make a mistake and say something like "Darling #2, I love you" when actually it is #3 or #4 or whatever.

Yeah, Ray. Women go for that in a real big way. Most of them don't mind if you're only off plus or minus one or two, eh? Sheesh!

Jim Cohen · Post by **Jim Cohen** » 14 Oct 2002 9:06 pm

I'm dead if she reads this!

I just sent it to her. That's the power and beauty of the internet! Not to worry, though, I think one of our Forumites is a funeral director (of course, he's up in Canada, but she'll probably throw you that far anyway.)

Ray Montee (RIP) · Post by **Ray Montee (RIP)** » 14 Oct 2002 9:15 pm

Say JIM, That's a hard one to beat! What a sense of humor!

CrowBear Schmitt · Post by **CrowBear Schmitt** » 15 Oct 2002 12:19 am

ROTFLMAO

i sure would'nt want to be in Mike's shoes

i had a hard time settling down w: the ladies
cause i always prefered the relation and feedback of my guitar.
i made the ladies cry when i told them i loved my guitar more than them.
Well i was lucky since they liked having a troubadour on hand and i never found my gear out on the porch.
i have never been married. i have been living w: the same woman 10 years and we have 4 kids who help keep the Musik alive at Home.
So far so Good...

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Steel what?

Tony Prior · Post by **Tony Prior** » 15 Oct 2002 2:32 am

No Jim , I didn't marry my sister, she said it would create too much stress around the holidays when the family gets together , and she doesn't like folks talking behind her back.

She turned me down...

tp [This message was edited by Tony Prior on 15 October 2002 at 03:34 AM.]

Fred Layman · Post by **Fred Layman** » 15 Oct 2002 3:31 am

My experience is the same as Herb's, i.e., my wife plays a lot better than I do, only it's on piano -- been tickling the ivories since she was five years old and her degree is in music. It sure saves a lot on music lessons when you marry your teacher. The nearest I will ever be to a musician is that I sleep with (the same) one every night

John P. Phillips · Post by **John P. Phillips** » 15 Oct 2002 4:14 am

Here's a sad one for ya. First wife left cause I wouldn't learn the steel, second left cause i tried to. Just seems like us steelers can't win for losing.(at least some of us) Darned if we do, darn if we don't !! Think I'll marry my steel next time

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"Let's go STEEL something"
If it feels good, do it. If it feels COUNTRY, do it twice
jpp

Jan Dunn · Post by **Jan Dunn** » 15 Oct 2002 4:23 am

My first wife (aka the queen of darkness) told me that steel guitar + computers = marriage poison (though it does give the missus plenty of time to meet other men). Of course all I got to keep is the guitar and the computer after the anti-male divorce court got through with me. In the long run it all worked out and I even have my kids living with me now.

Wish the legal system could be revamped to treat both parties equally. right now its Waaaaaaaayyy too one-sided.

Wayne Cox · Post by **Wayne Cox** » 15 Oct 2002 7:23 am

My wife and I have been happily married for over 10 years. She says she loves those little "whiney" sounds I make.

My first 3 wives didn't!
W.C.

Wayne Brown · Post by **Wayne Brown** » 15 Oct 2002 8:12 am

my 1st wife didn't like me playing the telecaster...and as she put it going to the bars and picking up women...

whats wrong with that i'm selling a product...hehehehe...anyways she broke my tele. so i thought i'd get her back and took up the steel...well the feathers flew,fur flied,and my winning on the steel was enough ...she left...

wife 2...loves the steel and anything to do with the music...hmmm...now if i can only stop her from going to the bars and picking up men....i wonder if she's selling a product

i am so dead!!![This message was edited by Wayne Brown on 15 October 2002 at 09:13 AM.]

Jim Cohen · Post by **Jim Cohen** » 15 Oct 2002 8:43 am

I always tell my wife, "Don't blame me if you married badly."