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Originally Posted by Cunamara
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03-11-2024 02:53 PM
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Has she broken the news to YOU yet about the Oyster Bamboo Fly Rod?
JD
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Well you at least you don't have the problem of introducing a NEW WIFE to the guitar. That would definitely be a more expensive situation.
Fly fishing, I remember reading the great Ted Williams the last .400 hitter was one of the best fly fishermen around. Johnny Smith like to fish too much more than play the guitar even. I know he said so.
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Originally Posted by wintermoon
Without quoting everybody else's responses, thank you all! Joe, you're right, she does want me to be happy. Not, as you say, Gibson Citation happy but happy nonetheless. I am alive and I get to keep my wife, two wonderful things. Although, as pointed out, there may be a really nice fishing pole in the offing. I can't begrudge her!
I took the ES-175 out this evening for the first time to play with somebody else. This is a guitar/bass duo and, boy howdy, does that sit nice in a mix like that. There is something about the ergonomics of the instrument that seems to make it a little easier to play jazz lines. I've never played "Round Midnight" better. The neck is just a little wider than most of my other guitars and somehow that seemed to help with the flow of musical ideas. The size and shape sit just a little differently in my lap than my 17" carvetop, a little more like the classical guitar neck up position and that seems to help too.
For years I have suspected that I've bought all these various guitars (Ibanez GB10, Cushman, Teles, Strat, etc.) to play jazz on when I really wanted the ES-175 sound. My suspicion may have been correct. Continued research is necessary.
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Funny coincidence- my ES-175 was built on my wife's birthday in 2005.
Moffa Mithra
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