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Letter from a professional guitar player to the "Dear Abby" help column in a newspaper.

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 mobile 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 plays guitar in a band. He 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 comes into the venue and who she comes in 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 3. Is this something I can fix myself or do I need to take it to a technician?

Thanks
Very Concerned.

haha! a true musician.

I like it!

Awesome

He didn't tell us which tube was was dim. Man get with the program and finish the story! How can we help you if you don't give us the sort of details we need?

That's funny, thanks for sharing it!

This story has done the rounds. I first heard it in reference to a motorcycle. This version is equally funny.

"I crouched behind the car to see who she showed up with. It was then that I noticed some rust around the rear fender. Can I fix that or is the whole car body a loss?"

Awesome. This was a first reading for me. I even forwarded it to co workers, which I rarely do.