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    The Crazed Ex and the Dream Les Paul

    Some guitars came to us in meaningful ways or from meaningful places. Some from Hell.

    No woman had ever bought me anything musical, not even so much as a pick. 40 years of playing and not even a pick.

    My second marriage lasted as long as a puff of tobacco smoke, but while it was going well, she sent me a text with a photo of the most beautiful lefty Les Paul Traditional you've ever seen. Her message said, "Sweetheart, I've bought you your dream guitar. I knew how much you wanted one. It cost $1800, and I'm just happy to please you this way."

    Well, smack my back, Mr. Lumberjack--when it arrived, I opened the case, and there it sat all cherry sunburst, nothing but beauty, an excellent axe that matched my dreams.

    I played it for an hour and another and another. Loved it. The ex liked my guitar playing a lot, but not enough to follow through on her purchase.

    "Surely you know I can't buy an $1800 guitar!" she said out of the blue. I was stunned and said, 'Well I guess you can't then." It caused me a financial difficulty, but I paid for it.

    When we divorced, she left me a note that said I owed her thanks for getting me my dream guitar.

    That's the story of how I got my Les Paul and learned never to get married again. The End.










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    Re: The Crazed Ex and the Dream Les Paul

    Listen, children, and you will hear ... oh, wait, wrong story
    "Live and learn and flip the burns"

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    Re: The Crazed Ex and the Dream Les Paul

    Listen children and you will hear
    how CH Willie was made a mule's rear.
    She said she bought a gift, his dream
    Its body cherry red,
    Its plastic vintage cream
    Alas! I was misled!
    Nothin' 'bout it was free to me.
    She ordered it and said, “You see:
    I ain't payin a cent."
    I spent more than two months’ rent.

    So fer goodness sake
    Don't buy me a sitar!
    if my money's at stake
    Just don't look at a guitar.
    I'll admit I love the Les Paul to touch....
    The ex-wife: never so much.
    Last edited by ch willie; 08-02-2021 at 01:53 PM.
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    Re: The Crazed Ex and the Dream Les Paul

    awesome
    "Live and learn and flip the burns"

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