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s a guitar player, it has been
my experience that receiving
guitar-themed holiday gifts
from non-guitar playing
friends and loved ones is typically
something of a crapshoot, with the
emphasis on "crap." If you've been
playing long enough that the people
in your life (bless their clueless
little hearts) have determined
that guitar is your "thing," then
it's only a matter of time before
you're up to your headstock in
guitar neckties, underwear, coffee
mugs, and all manner of other sixstring tchotchkes. If you're lucky,
you might actually get something
relatively useful (that you probably
already have), like a strap, tuner,
cable, or other boring utility guitar
accessory.
It is my position that this sad state
of holiday gift-giving affairs cannot
stand, but to overcome it one must
"head it off at the pass," as they
used to say in old western films. I
encourage our readers to do this
by making a list of guitar things
they really want, and shamelessly
distributing this list to everyone
who might be inclined to buy them
a gift. Recommend that these
lovely and generous humans pool
their resources, so that rather than
getting you several individual, subpar gifts, they can all pitch in and
get you something amazing that
you will cherish for the rest of your
years. Sure, this maneuver is rather
bold and immodest, and if you lack
the panache to pull it off properly,
you'll run the risk of coming off as
an ungrateful, insolent twit, but at
least you won't be getting "Co-Ed
Naked Guitar" T-shirts for Christmas
anymore. For readers who are
unsure where to start with their
ultimate holiday wish list, I have
come up with a few suggestions to
get the ball rolling (Mom, are you
paying attention to this?).
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