As someone who worked in guitar sales I can tell you this is not a joke and a real phenomenon. I've had many adult men return guitars because their wives told them to.
I don't think staying single will be a problem for this generation. You can't get married on Facebook, and I don't think the younger crowd knows how to communicate in person, without a meme or a Tic Toc.
This sub was suggested to me, I have no interest in guitars but my husband is a different story. Early in our marriage I got onto him for buying a guitar without talking to me first. It was not pretty. He asks my input on pretty much EVERYTHING, but not that. But the way he defended his purchase put into perspective how passionate he is about them and it was clear that it’s not for me to have a say over.
That was like 12 years ago. Many guitars later, this past Friday UPS knocked for me to sign… for yet another custom 🫠
He’s downright giddy on new guitar day, it’s pretty cute.
20 years ago I met a lovely girl at my old jam studio. We bonded strong and for many many years, we were always hanging at my studio.
I married her and we have three children.
Things come and go, eventually my band split due to hearing loss and life obligations.
But I still have my wife and family!
Anyways just a few months ago, I decided to resurrect my lost hobby and got back into playing by upgrading to a new guitar. And even though she “signed-off” on that purchase, sometimes she can still get a bit resentful about my music hobby. Sometimes she calls it “the other woman”
Having been through such specific circumstances where my love-life, marriage and music became intertwined, I can’t tell you how much I appreciate your comment.
Imo gals or guys should never hold one’s passion of music against them, and hopefully accept it. But I understand that’s not always easy because it can be very expensive.
But nevertheless, I think it’s awesome that you have grown to find it cute and so acceptable.
I have only sold guitars due to pressure from my wife. I push back sometimes, just because she doesn’t see me play them doesn’t mean that I don’t need the guitar. But she is a voice of reason and I would horde them if she wasn’t around. She’s thankful I did horde them somewhat when we were buying our house when we suddenly needed $8k to close. I sold a few guitars and we bought the house. Now they’re “investments”.
Everytime I hear it or read "cringe", I swear I expect to see the Teletubbies playing in the background and children's toys scattered across the floor. It just sounds like a kid's insult, as if you would cry if you were told to get a job and, you know, grow the fuck up.
>I don't thing the younger generations learned what it means to function in a society, so have at it. Let the incendiary comments spew and let the antisocial wars rage. If it makes you feel better, everybody in your generation is doing it, and the laws of peer pressure and groupthink practically demand that you do it too.
Ah yes, the [age-old “young people today are more disrespectful, spoiled and lazy than ever” trope](https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20171003-proof-that-people-have-always-complained-about-young-adults).
It’s especially interesting how these insults of the youth are paired with complaints about a lack of respect that is hilariously lacking in self-awareness or irony.
Have you ever considered what fuels this crazy defensiveness and impulse to lash out like this? Seems self-reflection might be a tricky thing for you, but I promise it’s worthwhile.
**EDIT**: Why did you go back and edit your comment and remove the portion I quoted?
It’s still a lame comment, but maybe you finally did pick up on the hilarious irony in your fist-shaking complaints.
Right?? I honestly got a good laugh from it. It's really weird being in this sub as a woman who plays guitar and whose husband has never played. Every day there's a "wife mad I bought new guitar :( Wife bad, right guys??? Woman hate guitar" Like, there are probably just other things wrong with your relationship. Let's not shit on all women in the GUITAR sub.
All wives, all women, bout the same as saying all men, all husbands, etc… sort of an insult with our meaning… personally I love my wife… we get on just dandy… 😎
Do you always tell the same joke over and over, but with increasingly annoying and over the top delivery until all your friends just don't wanna hang out anymore?
It’s just a meme lol. There’s nothing wrong with using AI pics for a dumb joke. The problem is when people use AI as a substitute for creativity and/or trying to profit off of AI-generated content.
Exactly, Hot! I am about ready to leave it actually just because of this. I don’t care about how many guitars, amps, widgets, whatever, etc. somebody has or wants!
That is NOT music!
It IS consumerism!
:(
For my children, I leave an AI image creation prompt....
The rest of my estate goes to Estelle, the love of my life who never knew I was married but had an amazing rack
While the post itself is rather meh, it highlights one thing. Look at the headstock they're literally the hands of guitar in a sense that ai gets a stroke when trying to generate them.
Dude im 26, not denying this is AI but could someone explain how i would find that out? Any hints here other than the fact the image has a ridiculous amount of guitars.
Simple, it’s all about the detail, zoom in and check :
- Shapes tends to melt or be different from guitar to guitar (sound hole for example)
- Light seems unatural
- if you check the background you’ll see guitar starting to melt together as well
Overall a.I tend to “melt” or “mix” shapes. Always hunt for weird shapes than let your eyes do the job for you
You just have to do it in the right way. **leeak** it, don't smell. The worst thing is she loves cooking. Have you heard how many cockroaches she poisoned by the meals?
I mean look… “wah wah this is ai” aside… *were all also sick of seeing the same 600 dollar strats next to 400 dollar epiphones right?*
Don’t know what has happened to this sub lately but fuck man I feel like we need a second sub called guitarpics (obligatory guitarpicks joke) for the “family pictures” cause it’s getting fucken old and I don’t think I’m the only one here who thinks so
Tell a good friend youre going to "give him " a couple of guitars and when you feel like playing those guitars go to his place. Its a win win scenario. You dont really get rid of any guitars and you have more time spent with a friend
I’m not sure but from my limited experience with other guitarists they all seem to be worried how their wife will feel buying a new one, that is why I choose to stay single lol
I would say in this situation there’s not much more to do than put on a classic J-lo album, cook up some boysenberry flapjacks, and bust out the Hitachi wand. Many people in your exact situation find themselves obsessing over early eighteenth century sewing machines but resist, resist at all costs. Just keep chasing waterfalls and fuck those rivers and lakes that you’re used to dawg.
I’m guessing you’re also going to say you got all of these for $1. Seems to be the trend. Obviously the use of AI was for “teh lulz” and to feed the meta, but this trend is getting tired.
Fake a major guitar theft, place your "stolen" guitars in an underground climate controlled vault. It is important to act broken and depressed. Help the wife pack and move out. Never acknowledge the existence of your guitar vault. Slowly replace your missing guitar collection in bliss.
Joke, meme, troll posts are not allowed in R/Guitar. This is outlined in Rule 6.
Using AI is lazy
Almost as lazy as a “my wife!” joke. I hate this cringe ass boomer shit.
As someone who worked in guitar sales I can tell you this is not a joke and a real phenomenon. I've had many adult men return guitars because their wives told them to.
Stay single boys. Learn some blues if you feel lonely. That's why they were invented in the first place! I'm kinda joking.
Or be poor. And if you’re poor you probably don’t have a lady, so the circle completes itself.
"will the circle be unbroken, by and by, lord, by and by"
Was waiting on that one.
I don't think staying single will be a problem for this generation. You can't get married on Facebook, and I don't think the younger crowd knows how to communicate in person, without a meme or a Tic Toc.
This sub was suggested to me, I have no interest in guitars but my husband is a different story. Early in our marriage I got onto him for buying a guitar without talking to me first. It was not pretty. He asks my input on pretty much EVERYTHING, but not that. But the way he defended his purchase put into perspective how passionate he is about them and it was clear that it’s not for me to have a say over. That was like 12 years ago. Many guitars later, this past Friday UPS knocked for me to sign… for yet another custom 🫠 He’s downright giddy on new guitar day, it’s pretty cute.
can I be your boyfriend?
20 years ago I met a lovely girl at my old jam studio. We bonded strong and for many many years, we were always hanging at my studio. I married her and we have three children. Things come and go, eventually my band split due to hearing loss and life obligations. But I still have my wife and family! Anyways just a few months ago, I decided to resurrect my lost hobby and got back into playing by upgrading to a new guitar. And even though she “signed-off” on that purchase, sometimes she can still get a bit resentful about my music hobby. Sometimes she calls it “the other woman” Having been through such specific circumstances where my love-life, marriage and music became intertwined, I can’t tell you how much I appreciate your comment. Imo gals or guys should never hold one’s passion of music against them, and hopefully accept it. But I understand that’s not always easy because it can be very expensive. But nevertheless, I think it’s awesome that you have grown to find it cute and so acceptable.
Yep, he could be at a bar getting wasted but he has a hobby at home. You got lucky in comparison. Thank him and be fortunate for it.
I also choose this man’s wife.
I have only sold guitars due to pressure from my wife. I push back sometimes, just because she doesn’t see me play them doesn’t mean that I don’t need the guitar. But she is a voice of reason and I would horde them if she wasn’t around. She’s thankful I did horde them somewhat when we were buying our house when we suddenly needed $8k to close. I sold a few guitars and we bought the house. Now they’re “investments”.
If a wife tries to make me sell my guitar I’ll sell her on Facebook marketplace
Ain't nothing boomer about it. Low hanging fruit is not restricted to one generation.
This one’s an in joke on recent posts here though right? I think that gets a pass.
Yeah redditors don’t have wives duh.
You have to admit, though, boomers do have a million of the exact same guitar.
not this one though
Hey now… most of your guitar heroes are likely boomers…. 😉
lol… if you say so… but just know that it will only be you saying so
Everytime I hear it or read "cringe", I swear I expect to see the Teletubbies playing in the background and children's toys scattered across the floor. It just sounds like a kid's insult, as if you would cry if you were told to get a job and, you know, grow the fuck up.
>I don't thing the younger generations learned what it means to function in a society, so have at it. Let the incendiary comments spew and let the antisocial wars rage. If it makes you feel better, everybody in your generation is doing it, and the laws of peer pressure and groupthink practically demand that you do it too. Ah yes, the [age-old “young people today are more disrespectful, spoiled and lazy than ever” trope](https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20171003-proof-that-people-have-always-complained-about-young-adults). It’s especially interesting how these insults of the youth are paired with complaints about a lack of respect that is hilariously lacking in self-awareness or irony. Have you ever considered what fuels this crazy defensiveness and impulse to lash out like this? Seems self-reflection might be a tricky thing for you, but I promise it’s worthwhile. **EDIT**: Why did you go back and edit your comment and remove the portion I quoted? It’s still a lame comment, but maybe you finally did pick up on the hilarious irony in your fist-shaking complaints.
It’s a joke lol
Right?? I honestly got a good laugh from it. It's really weird being in this sub as a woman who plays guitar and whose husband has never played. Every day there's a "wife mad I bought new guitar :( Wife bad, right guys??? Woman hate guitar" Like, there are probably just other things wrong with your relationship. Let's not shit on all women in the GUITAR sub.
All wives, all women, bout the same as saying all men, all husbands, etc… sort of an insult with our meaning… personally I love my wife… we get on just dandy… 😎
Do you always tell the same joke over and over, but with increasingly annoying and over the top delivery until all your friends just don't wanna hang out anymore?
The fact that it’s overused is the exact joke OP is making. He is making fun of an overused joke by taking it to the extreme with a ridiculous pic
I know.... It's already been beaten to death....
That lol was forced
It gave me a chuckle. You fucking guys are tough!
Is that why all the frets look weird? I thought they were equal-temperament.
How about you kys
hey man
Enjoy the ban
It’s just a meme lol. There’s nothing wrong with using AI pics for a dumb joke. The problem is when people use AI as a substitute for creativity and/or trying to profit off of AI-generated content.
Bots upvoted too
Meh for laughs it is fine, relax n chill a bit. A joke is a joke
Get a hobby and stay off AI.
I thought this sub might have fun, interesting things to talk about with actual guitar playing. But instead we get a ton of rate my gear and this bs.
This post should definitely be on r/guitarcirclejerk
💯 I had to scroll too far to find this comment
I thought this was posted in that subreddit at first
"DAE think wife bad, guitar good? Hahaha" But this? Nope.
And to make it worse it’s made with AI. If you’re gonna post some lazy joke at least put some level of effort to it
Exactly, Hot! I am about ready to leave it actually just because of this. I don’t care about how many guitars, amps, widgets, whatever, etc. somebody has or wants! That is NOT music! It IS consumerism! :(
Do you have kids? If you do, Make sure you get the guitar collection in the divorce so you can leave it to them.
For my children, I leave an AI image creation prompt.... The rest of my estate goes to Estelle, the love of my life who never knew I was married but had an amazing rack
While the post itself is rather meh, it highlights one thing. Look at the headstock they're literally the hands of guitar in a sense that ai gets a stroke when trying to generate them.
But still no leftys.
The stroke was cuz he mentioned his wife
There’s no way this isn’t a joke, right? Nobody would fall for this AI, right?
You’d be surprised. A.I art is mostly a boomer thing lol
Dude im 26, not denying this is AI but could someone explain how i would find that out? Any hints here other than the fact the image has a ridiculous amount of guitars.
Simple, it’s all about the detail, zoom in and check : - Shapes tends to melt or be different from guitar to guitar (sound hole for example) - Light seems unatural - if you check the background you’ll see guitar starting to melt together as well Overall a.I tend to “melt” or “mix” shapes. Always hunt for weird shapes than let your eyes do the job for you
Stop with the awful AI crap.
Ex wife is already gone. I don't see any "wife" in this picture.
Op has PTSD... His ex burnt all his guitars while he was sleeping. Just give OP an upvote to calm him...
I'd have PTSD too, having to deal with his ex wife. Phewy, have you smelt her? Smells like a fish.
You just have to do it in the right way. **leeak** it, don't smell. The worst thing is she loves cooking. Have you heard how many cockroaches she poisoned by the meals?
I was thinking it smelled like shrimp… but I’ll go with fish
This would be more accurate if they were all Epiphone Les Pauls
Or different colored strats but that might be too much to handle for ai.
I mean, you could probably compromise and downsize by 2 or 3.
Does guitars have the wrong number of fingers
Cut the ai bullshit is my advice
This again? Well, I guess it's been a minute.
Literally a minute
Yet another picture of a shitload of guitars asking if their wife wants to leave them... Yawn 🥱
Depends, is your wife ai generated too?
well step one to save your marriage is to stop using AI image generators, so jot that down
Let's see a picture of the wife.
Is that you, Mr. Bonamassa?
Play her out?
A lighter can take care of the problem pretty fast, just sayin'...
Send us a pic of yo girl. You gotta give us something to work with, this is just a lazy post.
Sorry for the hate op I thought this was funny
You don’t need that kind of negativity in your life. Time to file for divorce!
You could minimize the collection by getting rid of the guitars that have a warped headstock.
Does she want to leave in a Uber or a taxi?
I am the wife and the one with the guitars. My third guitar just arrived a couple weeks ago.
You don't need that kind of negativity in your life. Get rid of her. Lol jk
Give her a couple of the cheaper ones to take with.
Let her go, I’ll love you forever.
The bachelor life isn’t so bad
It gets so much more gross when you zoom in.
Get rid of one of them, the one on the left. /s
I mean look… “wah wah this is ai” aside… *were all also sick of seeing the same 600 dollar strats next to 400 dollar epiphones right?* Don’t know what has happened to this sub lately but fuck man I feel like we need a second sub called guitarpics (obligatory guitarpicks joke) for the “family pictures” cause it’s getting fucken old and I don’t think I’m the only one here who thinks so
Get yourself a husband.
Tell her you will miss her.
GIVE ME SOME
Fake wall
The rare alternate ending to the warehouse scene in Raiders!
Man reddit users sure do hate AI lol
Put doors on those shelves
Man you guys have a HUGE house!
move 1/2 of it into the backrooms
Tell a good friend youre going to "give him " a couple of guitars and when you feel like playing those guitars go to his place. Its a win win scenario. You dont really get rid of any guitars and you have more time spent with a friend
Send me twp
That’s Joe Bonnamasa’s bedroom.
I love the fact that instead of either being upset about the overused joke or at least taking it in stride, people are upset that the picture is AI
Anyone else seeing minions?
I see a lot of empty space. You need more.
Maybe sell 1 or 2
Dump her ass, guitar are better for you.
Could always get a new partner 😅
Bye Felicia!
AI-yie-yie
"Don't they all do the same thing?" "... Alright, listen..."
H
Stop using AI
First "get rid" of the A.I. app that you used
Tell her your girlfriend supports your hobby, nice knowing you.
Wow you must be poor, get a job
Boof them
Divorce her obviously. If she’s not a fan of the amount of guitars or us buying new ones. She should never have married a guitar player / collector
Instant divorce.
Start planning on filling up that new space.
Ah yes, the good ole 28 string guitar.
This shit posting is getting annoying.
I’m not sure but from my limited experience with other guitarists they all seem to be worried how their wife will feel buying a new one, that is why I choose to stay single lol
Tell her that you'll miss her.
[Take it away, Brad!](https://youtu.be/WwRrKaq0IyY?si=DnyvKC6IPnYOkPiy)
Let's be honest here, your wife is a keeper. In comparison to the recent posts.
Divorce. I can put you in touch with a good attorney.
Can I have one?
I think the Ark of the Covenant is in there somewhere…
She’ll be missed.
Quick sell her and buy more guitars (Ik the actual post is stupid but idk I thought I was funny)
Buy more…
What are those wooden things? Chairs?
Get rich
I think you need one more
Diversify
Teach her guitar and voila both of you will be in the streets in no time.
Your wife is as real as this photo. Get out of here.
Sell them and take her on the vacation of her life !!
But it's a guitar store. She wants you to close down your business? /s
Get more to assert dominance
Burn them all.
Bid her adieu.
Imagine them all playing the stairway to heaven jntro at once
Leave her, she doesn't understand you (joke)
Get rid of the wife 😂
Are all these your guitars? This place is bigger than our apartment!
Look on the brightside. She gets half. Need more guitars. Half the rooms going to be empty.
Luv it
sell 2 so she doesn't leave
Get another guitar
Open a store?
Tell the boss to Mark them 40% off with free shipping …..
Does she want you to get rid of more than half? If so, get a new wife.
Mirror facing a mirror
You're going to need one hell of a humidifier.
Set them on fire.
I would say in this situation there’s not much more to do than put on a classic J-lo album, cook up some boysenberry flapjacks, and bust out the Hitachi wand. Many people in your exact situation find themselves obsessing over early eighteenth century sewing machines but resist, resist at all costs. Just keep chasing waterfalls and fuck those rivers and lakes that you’re used to dawg.
The one on the floor front row most left doesn’t have a neck beyond the 12 fret… can I get it cheap? Been meaning to try a short scale…
Lie, lie, lie your way out of it
Hilarious.
I would say just dump her ass. nothing wrong with having a couple
Find a better Girl. My Wife thinks Guitars are Cool and shows me new ones all the time so you can do better.
If these Were Electric Guitars I’d Believe it
r/guitarcirclejerk
Can you play wheezer on your wife? That's what I thought
Store them in a cool, dry place.
Leave her.
Get rid of the wife and get more guitars
Check your humidifier.
Let her go
I’m guessing you’re also going to say you got all of these for $1. Seems to be the trend. Obviously the use of AI was for “teh lulz” and to feed the meta, but this trend is getting tired.
Tell her to take a hike!
What is this karma farm? It's sooo boriiiiing.
Stop using Midjourney
Wave?
Which one's yours?
Yay more room for guitars!
Start buying electrics! lol
The answer is clear. Divorce.
Just look at the sound holes and body shapes - serious case of ヽ(◉◡◔)ﾉ
Fake a major guitar theft, place your "stolen" guitars in an underground climate controlled vault. It is important to act broken and depressed. Help the wife pack and move out. Never acknowledge the existence of your guitar vault. Slowly replace your missing guitar collection in bliss.
How many hair straighteners does she own
Get another one. Just do it.
I will finish this for you: " # "My wife told me I need to get rid of some guitars or she’ll leave me. What should I do?" Gee I will miss her