You need one made by Dumble that runs on 6L6 valves and has a spring reverb…
Tout à fait Stella. J’apprécie ta gentillesse vers moi! Passes-toi une très bonne après- midi.
And a crystalline lattice frame. 
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It’s not uncommon at all. Though perhaps in less hesitant language.
In my mind, perhaps alone, using ‘vous’ was always a sign of respect. I use it for everyone except children under 16 and animals. No one corrects me. 
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Interesting, thank you.
I once asked some French friends at what age I should address a youngster as ‘vous’. After a ponder, they felt that it was when they were earning their own money rather than depending on their parents.
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Having volunteered for something (I forget what) after a few meetings when I was using Vous to men and women alike and they were using Vous to me but Tu amongst themselves… I was taken aside by one of the ladies. She asked if she/they could use Tu to me … “you’re one of us” was more or less her explanation.
Don’t ask me how she said it all, as it was in the very early days and I couldn’t make head nor tail of what she was saying. She explained carefully and finally I understood. Phew, I explained that that would be absolutely fine and would certainly be easier for me… and we both smiled.
She went back to the group, muttered something and everyone turned to me and smiled. That felt good!
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I “vousvoie” my mother in law and previously my late father in law. In general I find unilateral tu/vous a bit strange but of course respected the (their?) tradition and wishes. They tutoyed me of course. I was around 30 when we met, 35 years ago. The relationship is and always was very close and warm, no over formality at all. I suppose it’s the equivalent of the British use of Mister and Missus instead of Michelle and Jean Pierre (in my example). Having said that I always called my own in-laws by their first names!
For me, where it gets a bit strange is when my own son was born and of course learnt to speak he has always tutoyed his maternal grandparents! So there is a one generation effect!
Now, my son’s compagnon and mother to my beautiful 16 month old granddaughter cannot overcome her innate instinct to vousvoie me!! I have said that it doesn’t bother me if she tutoies (I tutoie her) but there’s this innate resistance!! I tutoie her parents even though we hardly see them as they live an hour and a half flight away from Corsica.
It’s a fascinating subject and I think one that takes a lot time to get used to and feel confortable with.
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I always think it’s funny when famous people are on a TV programme like 5 a 7 or 28 minutes and they obviously forget they have been asked to “vousvoyer” and slip into “tu” since they obviously know the presenter. You can see the presenter squirm as they continue to vousvoie!!
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Also politicians, sometimes from opposite ends of the spectrum, who tutoie each other and use vous on TV. ( Melenchon and Le Pen for example)
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There is a situation I’ve come across in the local shops/hairdresser …
It’s a business and I’m a Customer (even though I’m a very good friend).
I’ve noticed that they will studiously Vous me in the Business but I will continue to Tu them as usual … and when we meet in the wide-world outside … It’s Tu all the way 
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I think I would tu-toi Trump just to treat him like the toddler he is.
The one that staves off dementia for me is having a conversation with two people, one who’s a tu-toi relationship and the other vous. Gets the brain cells activated.
It is funny isn’t it!!
Life is certainly never dull.
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I’m laughing here because I’ve just sort of been caught out!! l 'm in hospital (all OK) and the nurse is setting up a blood transfusion in prep for chemo on Monday. The auxiliary nurse in front of me is holding out the blood pressure arm band and says “tu préfères quel côté” I said I don’t mind but then realised obviously he’s asking the nurse!!! I felt a right idiot!!!
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No need to feel like an idiot… it’s a natural mistake to make and, as such, can lighten the atmosphere…
I’ll deliberately get my medical folk grinning at my antics/errors/whatever just to make me relax… and allow my blood-pressure to come down from the ceiling.. 
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