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[JeffD]

Hilarious

[sgarrity]

It's funny because we've all been there!!!

[JeffD]

It's funny because we've all been there!!!

Yes.

I worked with a fellow who bought and sold a lot of guitars. (Guitars, radio equipment, fishing and hunting gear). He would buy good good stuff, new. Somewhere down the line, almost like clockwork, he would be selling the guitar or whatever he had bought at a deep discount so it would sell quickly. We speculated that he had neglected to tell his wife, much less discuss it with her and just had no impulse control, and when she finds them he sells them. But that was Friday afternoon talk, though likely something close to that was happening.

I remember asking him to buy a mandolin, hoping to fuel the secondary market and get in on a great deal.

[TEvans]

A5's for life. Get the nugget!!!

[9lbShellhamer]

That Nugget is gorgeous. I love everything about it.

[Billy Packard]

I remember a story here on the Cafe about a guy who was terminally ill. He asked his best friend to manage the sale of his guitars and mandolins because he had told his wife the instruments were all very cheap when he bought them...and they weren't!
Billy

[Benski]

I think ol' Dem better be careful while he's downstairs on his computer shopping for an A-model that she isn't upstairs on her iPad shopping for a baseball bat.





Ellis F5

[sblock]

... We speculated that he had neglected to tell his wife, much less discuss it with her and just had no impulse control, and when she finds them he sells them. But that was Friday afternoon talk, though likely something close to that was happening...

Yes, the two key words here, which had heretofore been missing from this thread, are "impulse control." Impulse control indeed. The recent purchase of an expensive Wiens F5 does not seem to have suppressed Demetrius' case of MAS very much, based on the available evidence. Wow, he has it real bad! And a bunch of you seem to be egging him on here, probably for your own personal reasons, but not necessarily out of serious concern for his financial, musical, or marital well-being. I suspect you just want him to act out your fantasies. Alcoholics have "co-alcoholics" who indulge their addictions and give them implicit permission. I think we've discovered a new category of enabler here: the co-MAS fancier! They're coming out of the woodwork.

So yeah. Grab that Nugget A model while it's hot. And when you have it, buy a Gilchrist F5, to make up for the one you lost/returned in haste. And save up for a 1922-24 Gibson Loar-signed F5, without which your life will never be complete. And don't forget to make room for a mandola, octave mandolin, and mandocello in the collection.

Or, you could take the suggestion from earlier in the thread and spend some money on mandolin lessons with a top pro. Hmm...

[Demetrius]

Sblock I'm not gonna lie, that was brilliant...
Credit is given where credit is due.

[The Musician's Wife]

Yes, the two key words here, which had heretofore been missing from this thread, are "impulse control." Impulse control indeed. The recent purchase of an expensive Wiens F5 does not seem to have suppressed Demetrius' case of MAS very much, based on the available evidence. Wow, he has it real bad! And a bunch of you seem to be egging him on here, probably for your own personal reasons, but not necessarily out of serious concern for his financial, musical, or marital well-being. I suspect you just want him to act out your fantasies. Alcoholics have "co-alcoholics" who indulge their addictions and give them implicit permission. I think we've discovered a new category of enabler here: the co-MAS fancier! They're coming out of the woodwork.

So yeah. Grab that Nugget A model while it's hot. And when you have it, buy a Gilchrist F5, to make up for the one you lost/returned in haste. And save up for a 1922-24 Gibson Loar-signed F5, without which your life will never be complete. And don't forget to make room for a mandola, octave mandolin, and mandocello in the collection.

Or, you could take the suggestion from earlier in the thread and spend some money on mandolin lessons with a top pro. Hmm...

Sblock... your comments make me wonder if there should be MAS sponsors, a la AA ones.

Not a bad idea, all things considered...

[barry]

There is a cure. I'm actually on a five step program. I quit buying mandolins and started buying acoustic guitars. Then I moved on to electric guitars. That was followed by a year's worth of amplifier purchases. I figure another couple of years of buying effects pedals, and I'll be totally clean.

[Demetrius]

Yeh last year was effects pedals for me... Have you tried the Liquid ambient by the company Flux? It is delicious....

[Relio]

There is a cure. I'm actually on a five step program. I quit buying mandolins and started buying acoustic guitars. Then I moved on to electric guitars. That was followed by a year's worth of amplifier purchases. I figure another couple of years of buying effects pedals, and I'll be totally clean.

Yeh last year was effects pedals for me... Have you tried the Liquid ambient by the company Flux? It is delicious....

I think Barry makes a really good point. I've gone through a few stages of obsessive (and expensive) buying binges. However, once my focus moves to the next type of purchase my obsession over the previous material item will fade. Maybe you need to look into buying something else until your mando craze mellows out.

[DataNick]

I still say this is an elaborate social science experiment...

[Demetrius]

Id love a 50's strat...

[catmandu2]

Avoid developing an appetite for vintage synths, or vintage electronic gear in general...

Just sayin..

[darylcrisp]

just passing thru, taking a moments break, hummm, whats this, you never ever see these for sale.............

englemann, radius FB, built by Voight................... I've saw one for sale and it lasted a few hours, but no worries as you are looking for an A


http://www.mandolincafe.com/ads/101316#101316

[9lbShellhamer]

Think about it like this...

People say the mandolin market is soft right now... Used mandolins are cheaper than ever. In the investment world we all know you should buy low, sell high.

There is loads of synergy here. If we just gave in to MAS, not only would the market become a sellers market as scarcity was created in the used market, but our mandolins will get hotter the more we buy. It's a beautiful thing here. Buy low. Buy buy buy. It's simple. Just create a bubble.

Who's ordering that nugget? It's the gift that keeps on giving. Do it. You know you want to. Doooo it.

[The Musician's Wife]

Exhibit A why a musician's wife, girlfriend, etc. can get a tad (albeit irrationally) jealous of the musician's leading instrument...

http://themusicianswife.weebly.com/h...gust-14th-2016

Hope you all are fitting in some quality Sunday nap time snuggles of your own...

[Billy Packard]

Bedtime!

[FLATROCK HILL]

Exhibit A why a musician's wife, girlfriend, etc. can get a tad (albeit irrationally) jealous of the musician's leading instrument...

http://themusicianswife.weebly.com/h...gust-14th-2016

Hope you all are fitting in some quality Sunday nap time snuggles of your own...

I'd guess (hope) that is a 'posed' photo of your hubby napping with his new partner. If not...if he really nods off like that, the scream you hear when he wakes up will most likely be due to his discovering his baby on the floor with a broken headstock...or neck...or worse.

[Demetrius]

I found out she took this pic when I decided to visit the thread...
Im closing the blinds next time I go to the bathroom

[FLATROCK HILL]

The 'Thanks' I gave you was for closing the blinds.

[The Musician's Wife]

To follow up musician snuggle time, it went a step further with some musician dirty talk.

And suddenly we go from G to PG-13... Look out, folks!

http://themusicianswife.weebly.com/h...lk-dirty-to-me

[The Musician's Wife]

Bedtime!

What a pretty mandolin...I tend to enjoy the look and sound of an oval hole over the f holes.

Geez. More dirty talk, it sounds like.