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| JMB:
--- Quote from: eds1275 on December 02, 2015, 10:06:28 am ---Definitely. You have to try like 30 instruments before you get a good one, but the good ones are super nice. Most other people my age try to tell me that gibsons are for "rich old men with more money than sense." I admit it, I'm kind of a whore for them. They are very nice once you sift through the crap. --- End quote --- For years a "real" Les Paul was my most coveted guitar. After seeing all the issues a good friend has had with his "Made in the USA" Gibson I know I will never bother owning one now. Quality has just gone so far downhill. If I do get one it would be something older. Beyond that I would just take the Gibson cost and get something custom made. So many amazing small luthiers out there now making some great guitars. |
| pbj:
So far I've gotten jewelry and cash. Thus begins the bizarre cycle where I am given Christmas and birthday presents around Thanksgiving and the money is subsequently used to buy those people gifts with the money. |
| vwalbridge:
--- Quote from: pbj on December 02, 2015, 04:33:21 pm ---Thus begins the bizarre cycle where I am given Christmas and birthday presents around Thanksgiving and the money is subsequently used to buy those people gifts with the money. --- End quote --- A couple of years ago I had an epiphany and suggested to my family we stop the madness of constantly buying each other gift cards for birthdays and holidays. At the end of the year we were all essentially trading money. We agreed to stop buying each other gifts. No exceptions. We have never looked back. |
| pbj:
Gift cards.... they were standing in line at the gas station and remembered they needed to get you a present.... Hate the damn things. Well, I take that back, I've randomly gotten a few over the years because it had been regifted 10 times and it eventually was randomly shoved into my hands. I've enjoyed those. Those aside, cash is king in my family. |
| dkersten:
I will begin my shopping for others on about Dec 20th. Amazon Prime or I'm not getting it, and I will have it all here before X-Mas day. I fleshed out my gifts to myself with a new AV receiver, a new 48" TV for my bedroom, and now finishing out some of the whole house audio (new volume controls for some rooms, using the old AV receiver to replace the old one I have been using to feed the whole house audio). Might still pull the trigger on a new sub for the theater but I think the 34" widescreen G-sync is off the list. Computer room is coming apart for a renovation anyway so my computer gaming will be curbed for a few months. It's nice having the GF moving in (and helping with the mortgage) and a son paying rent.. between that and the books the extra income allows me a few new toys this time of year. |
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