Members knockwood Posted April 12, 2007 Members Posted April 12, 2007 Git's supposed to get here on Friday. Planning to play hooky. But how's the weather in IN/OH/PA? Git left Chicago 3:10 this morning. Think it'll make it? Or should I schedule Monday off for hooky...?
Members Tony Burns Posted April 12, 2007 Members Posted April 12, 2007 What Larrivee did you order - i just got a OM-60v on monday that im totally enthralled with - im betting you will be too !
Members knockwood Posted April 12, 2007 Author Members Posted April 12, 2007 What Larrivee did you order - i just got a OM-60v on monday that im totally enthralled with - im betting you will be too ! Ordered a D-60 from Notable in Montana. I'm glad to hear you're enjoying your new OM. Curious: Did you buy yours from Trinity? They seem to have some pretty amazing prices on the cutaway OMs at the moment. And they have an SD-50 [salesman sample] priced so low I'm afraid to visit the site again until it's gone.
Members DonK Posted April 12, 2007 Members Posted April 12, 2007 priced so low I'm afraid to visit the site again until it's gone. Man, Knock, did you have to mention the site - Trinity - I just went there and saw the pricing and my jaw dropped. I'd never heard of them before. I gotta b be careful not to bookmark that page. Hope the Larry arrives on schedule.
Members Queequeg Posted April 12, 2007 Members Posted April 12, 2007 better take Monday off, too. You'll still be on your honeymoon.
Members knockwood Posted April 12, 2007 Author Members Posted April 12, 2007 Man, Knock, did you have to mention the site - Trinity - I just went there and saw the pricing and my jaw dropped. I'd never heard of them before. I gotta b be careful not to bookmark that page.Hope the Larry arrives on schedule. Sorry, Don. Looks like at the moment they have some floor & discontinued models they're trying to move. Terrifying prices for someone with my poor impulse control... I won't be visiting that site again for a while. A hundred times on mental blackboard:I will wait a year I will wait a year...
Members knockwood Posted April 12, 2007 Author Members Posted April 12, 2007 better take Monday off, too. You'll still be on your honeymoon. Good point. I may have to retire...
Members Hudman Posted April 12, 2007 Members Posted April 12, 2007 Whoa. Online tracking places it in Brooklyn at 5:30 this morning... Raining today. I hope Mr. FedEx doesn't put the git down in a puddle (yikes, I become a bigger wuss with each new guitar...). I may be lucky, but I have yet to encounter a UPS or FedEx package being shipped past their initial scheduled shipping date. I have encountered items arriving ahead of schedule.
Members Whalebot Posted April 12, 2007 Members Posted April 12, 2007 Good luck knock. Hey Queeq is that your P-09 in your avatar?
Members Queequeg Posted April 12, 2007 Members Posted April 12, 2007 Good luck knock. Hey Queeq is that your P-09 in your avatar? Close, Whale, but in fact it is the 00-60 (same as mine, but I pulled the image off the web). I have a P-09 which is slightly smaller than this one, and w/o the pyramid bridge.
Members Queequeg Posted April 12, 2007 Members Posted April 12, 2007 geeze, knock, you gotta come up for air, man. I know you like your new guitar but put it down for a minute and tell us about it!
Members knockwood Posted April 12, 2007 Author Members Posted April 12, 2007 geeze, knock, you gotta come up for air, man. I know you like your new guitar but put it down for a minute and tell us about it! My luck is piss. 3:35pm. Nada. Beginning to look like it's not going to happen today, and I can't blow off work tomorrow, which means I'll end up picking up the git in the arse of nowhere on Saturday. Yay.
Members Dave W. Posted April 12, 2007 Members Posted April 12, 2007 My luck is piss. 3:35pm. Nada. Beginning to look like it's not going to happen today, and I can't blow off work tomorrow, which means I'll end up picking up the git in the arse of nowhere on Saturday. Yay. Does the tracking info say "on truck, out for delivery" ?
Members knockwood Posted April 12, 2007 Author Members Posted April 12, 2007 Does the tracking info say "on truck, out for delivery" ? Yep. As of 7am.
Members kwakatak Posted April 12, 2007 Members Posted April 12, 2007 Face it: it'll come at 7PM. Leave the porch light on and the front door ajar or else they'll assume you're not home. That happened to me with FedEx a few times.
Members Dave W. Posted April 12, 2007 Members Posted April 12, 2007 Once it's on the truck, 99% chance it's gonna get there today. Unless there is some sort of address problem. I assume you are at home today? If it was not sent priority the have until "end of day" which is usually around 5pm. Hope it was not sent FedEx Ground, they suck big time. Air is a different division and they are rock solid. You could always go to the FedEx depot after 6pm and claim it. They don't like to give things out before they have made at least one delivery attempt, but if you sing them a sad song about some kind of emergency that is going to keep you away from home tomorrow they will probably give it to you tonight. They don't like to sit on stuff over the weekend. Good luck.
Members kwakatak Posted April 12, 2007 Members Posted April 12, 2007 Damn, knock - why am I getting all jittery? According to my wife I don't need a new guitar! Good husband that I am I almost believe her! BTW - that L-03 is NOT calling my name; I'm toying with the idea of saving up for a LV-05.
Members phatster Posted April 12, 2007 Members Posted April 12, 2007 You must fight that sentiment.....YOU are ruler of your castle!!!My wife approves as well!! Good Luck bro.
Members Queequeg Posted April 12, 2007 Members Posted April 12, 2007 somewhere out there in Brooklyn there's a UPS driver pulled over behind a billboard whiling away the time, happy as a clam, field-testing a new D60.'just a-smiling and a-singing....He'll box it back up & get it to you before the day's out. He's a professional.
Members knockwood Posted April 12, 2007 Author Members Posted April 12, 2007 somewhere out there in Brooklyn there's a UPS driver pulled over behind a billboard whiling away the time, happy as a clam, field-testing a new D60.'just a-smiling and a-singing....He'll box it back up & get it to you before the day's out. He's a professional. Let's hope he warmed it up a bit. Box it arrived in, while wet, appeared to be perfectly intact, so I'll assume the guitar is too. The dealer threw in a really nice suede Larri strap, a t-shirt, two sets of strings. Very nice touch on his part. The guy - Jason, of Notable Guitars - has been a complete pleasure to deal with.
Members Dave W. Posted April 12, 2007 Members Posted April 12, 2007 Cool, enjoy your evening. You and Tony should get on the phone and do a "My New Larrie" duet
Members guitarist21 Posted April 12, 2007 Members Posted April 12, 2007 Box it arrived in, while wet, appeared to be perfectly intact, so I'll assume the guitar is too. The dealer threw in a really nice suede Larri strap, a t-shirt, two sets of strings. Very nice touch on his part. The guy - Jason, of Notable Guitars - has been a complete pleasure to deal with. Nice to hear a story about a good dealer. Don't hear enough of them lately. Ellen
Members kwakatak Posted April 13, 2007 Members Posted April 13, 2007 They teach wives these subtle brainwashing techniques at the highly secretive WIA (Wives' Intelligence Agency) training course at Langley. They are extremely effective, but enough visits to stores and Larri product websites can combat the effects. LV-05... going over to the other side, eh? The cutaway camp... My wife is resistant to those techniques and being that she brings home the bacon (and I usually burn it in the pan) she gets to call the shots AFAIC. We've made "deals" in the past with regards to GAS that strangely have all fallen through. Remember that $600 I was gonna use toward the OM-03R? Well, apparently that offer is off the table since my needs were met through other avenues and the money redistributed. The girl ought to work for the IRS! BTW, the latest deal I tried to put out there was if I sold one of my electrics. The one I have in mind is the 18 year old Kramer Striker 615 that doesn't get any playing time. Sure it has a laminated body and has lots of "character marks" but I'd bet I could get at least $100 for it if I cleaned it up. I figure that selling one would reduce the clutter and maybe make room for one more, right? Wrong - she told me I should take the money and buy her another pair of earrings. As for the LV-05, why not? When I played an LV-03RE recently I was amazed at how much I could do with it. The thing is I don't want another rosewood guitar and I'd prefer hog over the now standard 03 series' sapele. I'm even toying with the idea of getting an "E" so that I can use it in church right out of the box - I'm the "electric" player there and I sometimes feel as if I'm overstepping my bounds with my Strat. Plus, I feel the urge to share my love of Larrivee with several of the other guitar players who are languishing in their love of their Samick-made laminates. To them "high end" is a Martin 28 series and we all know that Larrivee puts out stuff just as nice for half the price. ... just trying to spread the disease!
Members knockwood Posted April 13, 2007 Author Members Posted April 13, 2007 My wife is resistant to those techniques and being that she brings home the bacon (and I usually burn it in the pan) she gets to call the shots AFAIC. We've made "deals" in the past with regards to GAS that strangely have all fallen through. Remember that $600 I was gonna use toward the OM-03R? Well, apparently that offer is off the table since my needs were met through other avenues and the money redistributed. The girl ought to work for the IRS! BTW, the latest deal I tried to put out there was if I sold one of my electrics. The one I have in mind is the 18 year old Kramer Striker 615 that doesn't get any playing time. Sure it has a laminated body and has lots of "character marks" but I'd bet I could get at least $100 for it if I cleaned it up. I figure that selling one would reduce the clutter and maybe make room for one more, right? Wrong - she told me I should take the money and buy her another pair of earrings. As for the LV-05, why not? When I played an LV-03RE recently I was amazed at how much I could do with it. The thing is I don't want another rosewood guitar and I'd prefer hog over the now standard 03 series' sapele. I'm even toying with the idea of getting an "E" so that I can use it in church right out of the box - I'm the "electric" player there and I sometimes feel as if I'm overstepping my bounds with my Strat. Plus, I feel the urge to share my love of Larrivee with several of the other guitar players who are languishing in their love of their Samick-made laminates. To them "high end" is a Martin 28 series and we all know that Larrivee puts out stuff just as nice for half the price. ... just trying to spread the disease! Dude, I am absolutely 100% the wrong guy to offer any kind of financial marital advice to anyone - done made a mess of my own situation more than once. But... I hope you won't think I'm out of line in making the observation that while within your arrangement your wife is the bread-winner, it's not as if you're spending your days watching "Jerry Springer" with a box of chocolates in your lap (I hope ). You're doing something immensely important that requires all of your focus. A man's gotta have a hobby - life cannot be all work and grave responsibility. For the first slightly more than seven years of my marriage, I did not have a bank account. My wife was 100% in charge of all our finances. My paychecks were direct-deposited into her account. During this period, there was literally not a single occasion on which I spent more than $200 on myself at a stretch, for anything, and there was never a dime spent that my wife didn't know about. Don't want to paint the wrong picture of my wife - none of this was a demand on her part, she was always completely responsible in handling our money and she was not tight-fisted - she'd have given me anything I'd asked for... It's just that our "system" had trained me not to ask. Our system was born out of dumbass fiscal mistakes I'd made in my early 20's, before we'd met, and this attendant notion that I was too dumb to manage my own income. The problem was that we'd settled into an unspoken understanding that I didn't need to know anything about our finances, didn't need to participate in making monetary decisions, :blah: And somehow, part of the understanding got to be that I'd feel horrendously guilty if I even considered spending money on myself. The arrangement took seven years to drive me nuts, but it finally drove me nuts and our process was overhauled. I no longer believe in joint accounts or any of that kind of hooey. We're each responsible for covering certain expenses, and so long as those are taken care of, it's "don't ask, don't tell" regarding our personal expenditures. Much, much better this way. Either you're spending money on frivolous personal stuff (which everyone deserves, for Pete's sake - life is way too short to go around being responsible all the time) or you're living like a monk. Since there is going to be some resentment and strife either way, I say it's better to have the frivolous personal stuff to show for suffering all the resentment and strife. Just my twisted take on the whole thing...
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