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Location: Yucaipa, California | The So. Cal. PBS stations are in the middle of their pledge break and they aired the Seattle Heart Concert on Saturday night... Nancy played her blue Legend 12 (I guess that's the right model).... very nice! |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | I have the DVD. Actually, I believe it is Ann's 12-string. Looks like a custom blue Legend shallow-bowl. There is a web site that has a picture of that guitar and another Ovation 12-string she has. If I find it again(it's been months since I looked at it), I'll post the link.
Nancy uses a Legend 12-string in her guitar lesson video as well.
Counting the days until my wife and I see them on August 16th. Their new album "Jupiter's Darling" comes out next week.......
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Location: Converse, Texas | It's Ann's Legend. Here's the best picture I could find.
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Location: SoCal | It's more likely that it's a Balladeer. There's no binding around the neck. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | I believe she has MikeLull do any repairs. Here is part of her 12 strings on his site:
Anne's Guitars
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Location: NJ | Moody's right, it's a Balladeer. |
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Location: Fayetteville, NC | I always loved to hear their guitar playing. especially the stuff they used acoustics on.
It's great to see them do a new release. I look forward to hearing them do more. |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | Paul M. is right, it's a Balladeer....I've never had a close enough look at it to see that it didn't have binding on the neck. Mike Lull's site is where I saw the guitars a few months back. Ann's other natural Custom Legend (looks like it at least) 12-string looks like the one Nancy uses in her instructional video.
This blue Balladeer 12-string is also used by them in "The Road Home" video.
The new release is supposed to be very hard rocking, so don't hold your breath for any acoustic stuff on it.
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | Looking at the blue 12-string some more, I can see why I was crossed up.....the headstock is BLACK, and it appears to be a shallow-bowl. If it's a Balladeer, it's WAY custom. Custom color, custom headstock finish, and it's a shallow-bowl(don't think stock Balladeer 12-strings have come in shallow-bowl for many years, if ever). I figured it was a custom color 1866 Legend.
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Location: Central Oregon | We have tickets for some time in early fall. We're really looking forward to the concert!
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Should be a good show. Glad they're back working. |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | I saw a clip of Nancy playing "Dog And Butterfly" from the Seattle show last year using her Ovation. All I can say is, "beautiful",gorgeous, spectactular! The guitar was nice too. ;) |
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Location: Fayetteville, NC | You Mean you actually looked at the Guitar??!!!
I might have made my eyes notice the guitar by the End of the Show. :D :D |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Let's face it guy's. After the first "Oh, my gawsh!" every one of you would would be checking the guitar type, style, serial # and label if you had good seats! Moody and Cliff could both tell you what gage the strings were and if they were Poly coated or Nano Coated!
BTW - When you have people handing you a first issue Adamas and saying "please play me" how do you play anything but a custom whatzit after that?
The Wilson sisters are in my mind the two most beautiful sirens to ever hold a pick and sing a song. They are one of the Icons of my generation and every time I catch one of their performances I am carried away.
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Location: SoCal | Witko would be able to tell you bra sizes. |
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Location: NJ | I'd say Nancy's about a 36-C.
Ann . . . . .
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Location: Yucaipa, California | Woody's right!
I remember going to see a band with my "date" in the '70s and having her dance/leave with someone else because all I wanted to do was check out the guitars and watch the guitarists to learn their chops! :cool: ...sigh... had GAS even then! :rolleyes: |
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Location: Upper Left USA | What we share is a gift that not everyone can understand. ;) |
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Location: Fayetteville, NC | Just visited the official Heart Website. Heard some clips from the new LP. Yep still Some great acoustic work in there and some real Rockers too.
In The Photo Gallery though.. no shots of Ovations being played. In one shot you can see the back of an Ovation 12 String in the guitar rack. Hope there will still be some Ovations on this tour. |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | "I'd say Nancy's about a 36-C.
Ann . . . . .
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Actually, Ann has lost a lot of weight. I saw her on a show on The Learning Channel about gastric bypass surgury, which Ann had a few years back. She looked pretty good. She's not thin by any means, but she looks much thinner and healthier. If you ask me (and no one did), I think Ann has one of the greatest voices in the history of rock music, if not the best. I'm glad that she is still out there performing. |
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Location: Fayetteville, NC | Ann has lost alot of weight. On the website she looks Good! and Nancy is still a Babe! |
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Location: SoCal | Ann had the stomach banding, not gastric bypass. Same results. The goal is health, not babe looks.
My wife had gastric bypass surgery in January and is down almost 80 lbs. She feels better physically and mentally. The returned babe looks are a wonderful by product. |
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Location: Converse, Texas | Originally from cliff:
I'd say Nancy's about a 36-C.
Judging from this photo, I think you're right...
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Location: NJ | eh! . . that was the "mechanically-enhanced" Cleavage Tour. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Oh, the eighties...
Kind of makes you want to grow your mullet back in don't it Hiz?
Oh, sorry. |
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Location: SoCal | Boy, that's what I want for Xmas!!! |
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Location: NJ | A WonderBra???
. . . . I don't think you'd be able to pull it off . . |
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Location: SoCal | In my line of work, I've been a man of many disguises. |
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Location: NJ | Okay, . . . . now it's MY turn to be sick . . . |
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Location: Upper Left USA | "In my line of work, I've been a man of many disguises."
You mean, like an Aloha shirt in blue AND red?
How you guy's can take a picture of a beautiful woman and turn it back to your own sordid, twisted, despicable interpretation of fun just escapes me. I know that Cliff is the only one of us that can control that much hair spray without a paper bag. And Paul, you have nothing in your wardrobe with that much black!
Get real! |
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Location: SoCal | I believe that I speak for Clifford when I say that the above is a compliment. Being twisted, well, it's a gift. One that Clifford has in much greater abundance than I. |
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Location: SoCal | Great pics. It's a bit of a bummer not seeing her play the slothead anymore. |
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Location: NJ | ". . How you guy's can take a picture of a beautiful woman and turn it back to your own sordid, twisted, despicable interpretation of fun . ."
I guess that means that Woodster isn't interested in hearing my method for determining a woman's age . . . .
. . . . oh well . . . |
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Location: SoCal | Does it involve sawing off a limb and counting rings? |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | The ladies' bra sizes is their own business alone, but if their beauty and talent equated to a size, it would be 44EE.....
Roger
1976 Applause AA14-4 6-String
1978 Ovation 1617-4 Legend 6-string
1981 Ovation 1118-1 Glen Campbell 12-string
2001 Adamas 1598-MERB Melissa Etheridge 12-String
2003 Ovation 1777-NAT Legend 6-string
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Location: Midland, MI | // Cliff's montage of The Wilson Sister With The Ovation snipped for bandwidth //
The center picture looks like it came off the 'Barracuda' video they just played on VH1 Classic. I don't know who the guy is that played the Explorer-type guitar, but I want to be him...a couple taps and hammers here and there throughout the song and that's that...the Strat player was getting a workout, though. |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | Haven't seen the video, but the Strat player was probably Roger Fisher, Nancy's squeeze at that time. The Explorer player was probably Howard Leese, who ended up being the last original member along with the sisters.
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Location: NJ | I bet it was not an explorer but a washburn ac 30 |
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Location: Midland, MI | Originally posted by alpep:
I bet it was not an explorer but a washburn ac 30
Hrmm, I can't find any information about a Washburn AC30 on the intarweb. And the closes thing that washburn.com has are those Dimebag Darrel things (at least that I can find). I think if I went for an Exploder-type, I'd have to go with the WHITE FUZZY DEAN Z! :eek: |
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Location: Indiana | I can hardly wait to get my hands on their new CD. I have long been a fan of the girls. As far as Ann being one of the greatest singers in rock history, I've been listening to rock music for over 40 years, and only one voice gives me chills just thinking about hearing it. And it belongs to Ann Wilson. BTW this saturday (June 19) is Ann's birthday. I hope she blesses our ears for many more years.
The best sounding guitar? Any guitar she is singing along to.
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Location: NJ | guys to us Nancy looks like a Hot bim in her forties.....to twenty year olds she looks like someone's hot Mom... |
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Location: Fayetteville, NC | "One Hot Mama..
Let's turn it on and turn it up
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Location: Midland, MI | Originally posted by Stevechapman:
"One Hot Mama..
Let's turn it on and turn it up
lets turn this room into a sauna!! :D :D
Please tell me you weren't the songwriter who wrote that song. :)
One of my other personalities is asking if it's ok to chime in here with his thoughts on how country music of today is really a re-hash of bad pop-rock from the 80s. No, I didn't think anyone would say he could....
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Location: Converse, Texas | My 23-year-old son was watching me read these posts. I asked what he thought of Nancy. He said "Dad... she's old..."
All in perspective, I guess. |
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Location: NJ | Thank you ladies and gentlemen!
Have a great night! Drive safe and don't forget to tip your bartenders and waitresses!!!!!! |
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Location: SoCal | Just as a last note on Nancy, I've got a cd of her playing solo at McCabes in Santa Monica. Ecellent! She's a babe, but she's one helluva musician. As is Ann. |
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Location: NJ | The Lovemongers' CD is good as well!
They do a kickass version of Zep's "Battle for Evermore" and an acoustic version of (of all things?) "Papa Was a Rolling Stone". I haven't listened to it in a while, but I think there's an acoustic version of "Baracuda" as well. |
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Location: NJ | I have both those cd's they are great |
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | This whole thread reminds me of a classic poem that goes somewhat like this "grow old with me and...."
That's all I can remember but it is great to see this kind of loyality to musicians who mixed sex appeal with some good music, I equate the level of showmanship as a good gauge of what will last, but the music HAS to be there. |
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Location: Converse, Texas | Just listened to a couple tunes from Heart's upcoming CD. WOW! Can't wait to get it! LOT'S of GREAT guitar work in it! From Nancy, no doubt... She's H-O-T in several ways! |
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Location: Converse, Texas | Looks like Ann is playing one of the Collectors series in this Lovemongers pic.
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Location: Waurika OK | Just saw Heart on NBC's early morning show. Not an Ovation in sight.
Nancy was playing a Tak. Of course they only played 3 songs, so maybe there will be some O's in a full program.
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | Nancy has played a Takamine 6-string as her main guitar for a while; she uses it extensively in her Starlicks Sessions instructional video. Indeed, she poses with it on the cover!
Also, she endorsed Takamine in an ad in a few music magazines last year.
She does use Ovation 12-strings, though, and used a Custom Legend 12-string for one song on the Starlicks video.
In the last few months, she and Ann have done an endorsement ad for Daisy Rock guitars in Guitar Player. I have some expectation to see her use an electric or two of theirs on tour this year.
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