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Location: SoCal | I know Paul has a conflict on Saturday. If he can come Friday, Rudy and I will drive up to Temeculah (heck, might go to both nights.)
Maybe a little dinner before?
Oct 29, Friday, 7pm
Sounds of Music
24768 Ynez #1A
Temeculah,CA 909-699-3880
There is a $10 charge.
Other SoCal location is Oct 30, Saturday at the Guitar Trader, 7120 Clairmont Mesa Rd,
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Location: SoCal | Can't make dinner, but I'll be there. It's $10 at the door.
It's spelled "Temecula". There's no h on the end. |
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Location: SoCal | oops, cut and paste from Matt's listing...oh well |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | You should love it and tell him a Big Hello form the folks back east! |
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Location: NJ | Matt is one of the nicest people on the planet |
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | Temecula is one of the nicest places on the planet, the two together should be great.
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Location: 6 String Ranch | ask him to play some slide mandolynn. |
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Location: SoCal | October 29th - "be there or be square" ;) :p ;)
Al will be coming out... |
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Location: SoCal | Give me a count of everybody coming out. I may be in Temecula next week and will get tickets in advance. |
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Location: SoCal | Rudy and myself |
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Location: puerto vallarta, mexico | damn, damn, double damn, i leave los angeles for houston on oct 29. |
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Location: NJ | moody get me a ticket and don't forget michael!
russ maybe we will pass in the airport. I'll be the gimp. |
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Location: puerto vallarta, mexico | my flight leaves at 6:11 am al. lax is a zoo so i guess i will have to get up at 3am. that is about the time i get to bed these days.
my brother in law died and the scattering of the ashes is on the 30th at 10 am. i can't believe i am going to miss you guys by a matter of 1 day's timing. at least i will get together with paul for lunch.
i am going to shoot for being in la for namm at the end of jan. will you be there? i'll be the other guy with a gimp. (chronic harley's syndrome).
anyway have a safe trip and enjoy amigos. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | God Russ you reminded me of a saying that Debanjo told me once at a NAMM show. See if I can do this in these days of "nice"
danm, damn, double damn
He!! fire s#@)
a$$h@(* ba$0@rd son of a bi(#&
Rat $#@), bat $#@), pu$$+ is swell
c@cksucker, m@)^$%fu@#*^ ---------- go to he!!
He said he got in trouble at school and the principle made him come up with a cheer for the school for the next football game. As you can imagine it was a great success. He never told me what he had to do for the trouble he got into for coming up with this!
The ---- you put in whatever name you feel like putting down. Like Taylor, or Rainsnot or whatever. |
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Location: puerto vallarta, mexico | will you be at namm bill? sure as &^$k hope so. |
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Location: Central Oregon | Great cheer W-2! On two levels actually. Besides being funny it does an admirable job of pointing out the absurdity of trying to be 'Politically Correct'. How the hell can putting a '@' in 'cocksucker' suddenly turn it into a 'nice' word? All this &*^$%#$@#%@ horseshit showing up in here is fuckin' ludicrous.
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Location: San Bernardino, California | And asterisk/ampersand/backslash/whatever is hard to pronounce. |
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Location: SoCal | So tickets for
Me
Al
Michael
Tony
Rudy
Anybody else? |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Russ, I probably won't make it to NAMM but you never know...... |
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Location: NJ | Hey, Al!;
Why not rent yourself a wheelchair??
You can be "first on/first off" on the plane . . . and you'll always get the "good seat" at the shows! . . . . |
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Location: NJ | I have successfully resisted the wheelchair option and will continue to do so.
I have a friend that is very obsese and recently got a "jazzy scooter" I told friends that it is the sign that he "gave up" I will not give up....not yet anyway. |
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Location: SoCal | This just means that it's gonna be easier to do Jimmy Buffett tunes around Al. He won't move as fast and will be limited to how hard and fast he can throw things.
Ya know, if would be just my luck that Al makes a full recovery, doesn't tell anybody, and then jumps up and smacks me on the head while doing Margaritaville.
At least I hope that's what happens. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Make sure you've had plenty of them first and then it won't matter so much! |
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Location: SoCal | If anyone doesn't know - 10/29 is Al's birthday!!
Maybe Matt and Michael will play Happy Birthday for him at the session.
Anyone have some alternate verses??
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Location: NJ | Tony that was not to be public knowledge |
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Location: SoCal | oops, there I go again...guess I'll lose my security clearance. :eek: |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Should we all chip in and get him the Morticia doll? |
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | Nahh
Just a bigger vice, so he can teach a lesson to Tony, Tony, I wouldn't accept any invitations to an Al party, especiallly if they say bring your head.
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Location: NJ | although the morticia doll would be a welcomed gift, There are so many other things that I could use....
a slot head adamas
a fretlight guitar
a klein guitar
a new concrete contractor
a loan to pay off the skyrocketing cost of the addition to my house
a new top for my 68 pontiac catalina convertilbe
along with rechromed bumpers, a new interior and new paint and exhaust
a bottle of rum
oxycotin
a new treo 600 cell phone (or in a few weeks the 650)
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Location: nyc area | hello from germany.. im here working on some new materiel with an old freind...just finished chop shops in switzerland, and im off to italy tommorow... I cant wait to see all of you in socal... i'll be doing a concert and the a class... teaching open tunings, slide and the modes for the birthday boy.. there will be two chop shops back to back, I guess theres been alot of interest,, i'd love to hang with the ofc crew after the event... (dinner maybe?) anyway, I look forward to meeting the ofc gang... bring lots of questions, and a reminder I'm always available for questions on this forum.. seeeeeya! |
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Location: puerto vallarta, mexico | Originally posted by alpep:
Tony that was not to be public knowledge
c'mon al, tony didnt slip with the 1906 part. oops!! |
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Location: Midland, MI | Originally posted by musicamex:
c'mon al, tony didnt slip with the 1906 part. oops!!
Hey, are you saying Al was in that 'Fruitgum' band? No, wait, wrong year...
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Location: SoCal | A friendly bump for any SoCal folks that can come this weekend...
Friday - myself, Al, Michael, Moody, Dan, and Rudy.
Saturday - myself, Al, Michael, and Rudy. |
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Location: SoCal | Im one ticket short. Thought that there were going to be 5 of us not 6. Shouldn't be a problem to get a ticket at the door. |
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Location: San Bernardino, California | Correct address:
Sounds of Music
27468 Ynez Road Suite A1
Temecula, CA 92591 |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Enjoy, be safe, and all of those things you say when you wish you were going! |
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Location: SoCal | BruDev, you and Tim Chapman ought to come down for the clinic. |
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Location: San Bernardino, California | Gonna try, don't know if I'll make it. |
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Location: Yucaipa, California | ... I'd really love to come... but, Friday is out (get home from work too late) :( and Saturday is filled with Church obligations and Rest Home Gigs... :cool:
.. but, Matt probably doesn't have Banjo Clinics anyway! hmmmm, does that sound like "sour grapes" :confused: :rolleyes: |
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Location: SoCal | Saturday 10/30 at San Diego GuitarTrader is at 2pm, not 7pm.
Great time Friday night, will be there Saturday - pictures to follow. Dan's wife won the guitar! |
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Location: San Bernardino, California | - Tony
Thanks for the loan of the guitar. |
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Location: SoCal | Just wanted to say that I really enjoyed Matt's clinic last night. Knowing only three chords and bringing just an old guitar that I had sitting around, I was a bit worried that it would be too advanced for my meager playing.
There was something there for everybody! Matt's handouts were great and his instruction was easy to follow. I've got enough material to keep me going for a long time. And Matt's serious about answering playing questions on line.
I highly recommend attending one of his clinics when you can. I'd drive down to San Diego to attend the clinic this afternoon, but I've got family commitments.
Also met two Kaman Music guys, Joe Montoya and Bob Jespersen. Very very nice guys. They even made nice sounds regarding the beat up old guitar that I brought. It's good to meet more people from Kaman who obviously care about their product and the people that play the product.
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Location: Sierra Madre, CA | Paul said it best. "THere was something there for everybody!" Matt is excellent at teaching diificult concepts in a way that is easy to understand. His talent and personability are a blessing to Kaman Music and the OFC. Joe Montoya was a wealth of information and is truly a gentleman, and a great representative for Kaman. And on top of that, my wife, who has complaining that my 12 strings are too hard to play and learn chords on, won a beautiful 6 string. We had a very nice and memorable evening. |
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Location: SoCal | Just got home from today's "Chop Shop" in San Diego. As previously said, nice to meet enthusiastic Kaman staff - enthusiastic about the product, Matt's work, and the OFC. On Friday, Robert (Bob) Jespersen (Nat'l Call Center Director for Kaman) and Joe Montoya (District Sales Manager for Kaman.) Saturday we had Joe. Each day, Joe specifically recognized the OFC to the group and was very supportive...heck, we all went to dinner afterward and Kaman paid!! Were able to recognize the two birthday boys (Al and Dan) with Happy Birthday and a birthday sundae. Got a feeling we will be working closely with Joe.
Today, was another of Matt's best. Well received. Although Michael had to coach a soccer match in the afternoon, he was able to join us at the Godfather's for excellent Italian cuisine. Rudy Montes and his wonderful granddaughter joined us for Matt's session and dinner.
Both Sound of Music in Temecula and the GuitarTrader in San Diego were appreciative of the OFC support.
Pictures to follow...
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Location: SoCal | I have set up a Chop Shop section in my gallery for the pictures of Friday night.
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | Great Pictures Tony!! |
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Location: Minden, Nebraska | Tony - thanks for the pictures. Just another thing that I like about the OFC. |
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Location: NJ | a good time had by all |
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Location: Central Oregon | Great pix Tony. Thanks.
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Location: Tennessee | Just curious ... how many people showed up, and how many were from OFC? Were there some other folks there who were not Ovation owners and ended up being converts? I guess I want to know if these are an effective way for Ovation to reach the masses.
Regardless, looks like it was a great event. Sure wish I could've been there, but too far to comfortably get there from NoCal. |
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Location: SoCal | ? 25 at both...difference was that at the Friday one (see photos) the six OFC (Al, Michael, Paul, Bruce, Dan, and myself) we brought instruments - others either brought instruments or took one off of the wall...great looking store and appears good percentage amount of lessons. As we had a number of guitars evident, Matt had more of a work shop.
On Saturday at GuitarTrader, Matt's setup was on a small stage, chairs in theatre style. Al, Rudy, Rudy's granddaughter, and myself were there (Michael joining us for dinner after serving as soccer coach for 6-8 yr olds.) We brought guitars but left in case as others didn't bring instruments. Appeared that some were in the store for other things and came back for concert and drawings. Matt handed out the same handout as Friday and, although he talked about what he was playing, most of the session was a great performance. Sounds of Music on Friday cost $10; GuitarTrader on Saturday didn't charge. Sounds of Music has been in business for ?? a year so understandable that they would charge to offset the cost of the guitar. Both had drawings for a guitar - Dan's wife won the guitar. What may have influenced the type of person - Friday was 7pm and a charge; Saturday was 2pm and no charge.
Don't know about the others but I'm converting a deep bowl to a nut extender, D tuning, medium strings moved one string up (B to high E) with a 74 guage low E!! Got one of Matt's Italian glass slides that he sells on his web sites and at the chop shops.
Bill had mentioned getting Matt to play the slide on his mando...wasn't hard to get him to do it - amazing. He plays the MM68.
He was selling two of his CD's - "Black and White" and "Big Fun" They are great.
If one is held in your area - gotta go; don't even think about an hour, three hour, whatever drive.
And nice to see the Kaman District Sales Manager (Joe Montoya - both days) and Robert Jespersen (Regional Call Center Director - Friday.)
On Friday, Joe and Matt bought dinner for the OFC'ers and two of the Sounds of Music employees - nice touch and appreciated.
At each session, OFC'ers were thanked for their presence. In fact, GuitarTrader sent out an email to remind of the chop shop - funny, stated that five OFC'ers flew out from the East Coast to support the session - just shows that Al makes an impression. |
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Location: San Bernardino, California | A couple of things that I noticed: In the last picture on page 3 there's a young kid behind Dan that was having a hard time with the clinic, so Matt asked Joe Montoya to help him. Also I noticed that Matt removed the nut extender from his guitar before putting it away.
When I was talking to Joe he said that the store had over 1000 students.
Joe Montoya and Robert Jespersen also said that it looks like the Breadwinner is going to be re-issued.
I found out that the import guitars are shipped to and setup at the facility in Ontario. (The one that Tim drives by on the way to work)
Was I the only one to buy a guitar while we were there?? |
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Location: SoCal | re: Matt removed the nut extender from his guitar before putting it away.
Matt uses the guitars from the store. Brings the nut extender (a Kaman product) and loosens the strings. It lays over the nut so easy to put on or take off.
I believe the only instrument he brings is the MM68 mando. Not a book mando but when the neck needed refret, they replaced the neck with one like the book - abalone. |
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Location: SoCal | Bruce, you bought a guitar Friday nite? Whatcha get? |
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Location: Fort Worth, Texas | Thanks for posting the pics!
New Breadwinners sounds GREAT! |
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Location: Upper Left USA | I had the flu over the weekend and I'm coming out of a fog. I didn't catch this until the second pass:
"...said that it looks like the Breadwinner is going to be re-issued."
Good things on the horizon!! Go O! |
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Location: San Bernardino, California | Bought a NOS 1981 Aira CS-250 for $200.00.
It was hanging on the wall over by the electric guitars. Almost bought one of the short scale Slammer basses, but decided to check out a Hamer before making a decision. |
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Location: SoCal | Bruce, saw you had something in your hand but, naturally, got distracted. didn't get a guitar but a couple of things like a keyboard stand for Suzie's Korg. |
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