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Old 05-22-2007, 08:52 PM   #1
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"I think my wife is cheating on me."

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(From gearslutz.com, I read it on Talkbass)

Dear Abby,

I think my wife is cheating on me. I am a working musician and, as you would expect, travel a lot. I have been noticing strange things happening when I get home. Her cell phone rings and she steps outside to answer it or she says, "I'll call you back later". When I ask her who called, she gets evasive. Sometimes she goes out with friends but comes home late, getting dropped off around the corner and walking the rest of the way. I once picked up the extension while she was on the phone and she got very angry.

A buddy of mine, who is also a guitar player, told me that my wife and some guy have been to his gigs. He wanted to borrow my guitar amp. That's when I got the idea to find out for myself what was really happening.

I said "Sure, you can use my amp but I want to hide behind it at the gig and see if she shows up, and who she shows up with."

He agreed. Saturday night came and I slipped behind my Marshall JCM800 half stack to get a good view. I could feel the heat coming off the back of the amp. It was at that moment, crouching down behind the amp, that I noticed that one of the tubes was not glowing as bright as the other three. Is this something I can fix myself or do I need to take it to a technician?

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Old 05-22-2007, 08:57 PM   #2
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Is this something I can fix myself or do I need to take it to a technician?
Your wife or the amp?
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Old 05-22-2007, 09:03 PM   #3
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Hah - that's a funny story but pretty sad at the same time. Infedilty is a horrible thing and I'd be gutted if my wife cheated on me but hey, if in the process you can diagnose your fave tube amp I guess it's not so bad hey?

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Old 05-22-2007, 10:33 PM   #4
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wow that's a horrible feeling to have, hope it works out.
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Old 05-22-2007, 11:32 PM   #6
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Take the old tube out whilst still red hot, smash it in 1 billion sharp, hot pieces and feed it to your wife.

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I laughed my a$$ off! I heard something like that but with a car tire or something similar...
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Old 05-23-2007, 03:33 AM   #9
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Hahahaha!! Nice one Ken!
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wow that's a horrible feeling to have, hope it works out.
I know. It sucks when tubes go south.
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Old 05-23-2007, 04:38 AM   #11
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I'm glad my tubes are still going strong.
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Thats a good one.
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Haahahaah, awesome
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