On vacation last week, I told my wife that since we were in Anaheim, there was a guitar shop that I wanted to visit to check out gear. With a slight sigh she replied, “Are you ever going to stop buying guitars? You already have seven.” My reply was simply this: “Nope. And by the way, I only have three that are actually worth anything. But by the time I die, I’ll hopefully have 30 guitars. They’re what I collect, and something I want to pass on to my kids and grandkids.” Amazingly enough, she just nodded and said, “Okay… I know it’s important to you.”
How do you like that? I know I have this crazy obsession with buying guitars (probably even more so than amps) – especially now that I have the financial means to buy them. But it’s especially pleasing to have a life partner like my wife who understands and supports my passion. She knows that I actually work to support my music, and she also knows that guitar is central to that passion.
This is a short post, but I just wanted to say that I’m a very lucky man to have a woman who supports his music.
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That’s actually a VERY important issue man. All of us guitar players who eventually go on to get married and have kids will run into “the support” issue, and you can have 30 guitars but if your partner and kids don’t support you, you’ll never grow as a musician. I’ve met many folks whom I’ve taught and they were very “bitter” players who wanted to play bad but didn’t get enjoyment out of playing because back home their spouses saw their guitar playing as a childish diversion. I call non-supportive people “dream killas,” and I end up lots of time having to counsel folks on how to deal with dream killas and eventually turn them into “dream liftahs.” Support means all the difference. Nice thought…