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Location: So. Cal. | 
Adamas II * Book Mandolin * Adamas I (GC) Nylon prototype |
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Location: NJ | Great Pic!!!!
MAN! I wish I was there for that!!! |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | How 'bout this: "Hey, nice work on that kazoo!" |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | "Two Outstanding Musicians"
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Location: NJ | A Visit from the Guy with the "Scottish Tan". |
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Location: NJ | A Cloning Experiment Gone Awry |
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Location: SoCal | "Two Outstanding.." Which two? I think I've just been insulted (just don't put me in dress). |
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Location: NJ | (yeah, . . . like it'd be the FIRST time!) |
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Location: SoCal | Clfford:
Temp wore the dresses at least half the time!
Actually, yesterday was a great day. If I can't be in a room with beautiful women, then being with those two and some of Michael's guitars was a great second. I walked in thinking "I don't want to be late meeting our wives", and walked out thinking "how do I explain the fact that we are so late in meeting our wives"? Great fun with a couple of great people. |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Two Musicians and a Mando Player
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Location: SoCal | Ok, truth time....
From left to right, two musicians and a small time thug. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Ooops - did I say "Two Outstanding Musicians"?. Well ... you guys figure it out. Actually I've had the pleasure of hearing all three of these guys play in person and can tell you that they are all impressive in their own way (minus the dress, of course). Dave
PS: Queer Eye For The Straight Guitar Player ? |
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Location: NJ | you need more than a queer eye to help that bunch. |
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Location: SoCal | Being critiqued for fashion by Al is like... well it's not like anything I can think of. |
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Location: NJ | There goes the "San Francisco Vote"! |
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Location: Zion, Illinois | Gotta ask, sitting playing my 1613 nylon guitar.
How does that Adamas Nylon sound?????
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Location: SoCal | Soundwise, unplugged, it sounds like a super shallow bowl classical. Not a bad sound, just not much of a sound. I didn't get a chance to plug is in, but I'm certain that this is where it shines.
And having seen Glen Campbell play THAT guitar in the early 80's, it was so cool to play it! It is a beautiful instrument. If Michael ever decides to sell it, I got first dibs! |
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | To hell with the Adamas, my mandolin is now headed to Great Britain. what could be worse than that? Look at the pleasure on those faces of depriving America of a one off mandolin. Other than that they look like they are living up to the OFC tradition and having some fun jammin'.
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Location: So. Cal. | Bailey,
That's my book Mandolin, not Paul T's new acquisition. Nobody is taking any of my guitars to Great Britain! |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | The string section for the new band, the "Ovationettes". |
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Location: NJ | Mike: "Okay guys, what songs do you know?"
Paul: "I don't know, what songs do YOU know"
Paul: "Bloody Hell!, I changed four fooking planes for THIS??!!" |
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Location: NJ | when all else fails.....blues in E |
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Location: SoCal | Actually, Temp tends to go into blues in the key of A by default. |
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | I was counting on you guys playing in E flat so we could see Paul T with his mandolin capo, what happened to that?
Bailey
PS Glad to hear that the US will still have a Book mandolin that I can plot a change of ownership somehow. |
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Location: NJ | I was at a jam one time and a guy sat in on keys. He said what do you want to play. I told him just tell me the key and I will follow him. His response "let's make this easy and play blues in F#" Sue. my wife was sitting in on bass and we both shot each other a look that said "what is this guy F**K**G with us?????" We played blues in F# that night...very strange. |
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Location: UK | Originally posted by alpep:
I was at a jam one time and a guy sat in on keys. He said what do you want to play. I told him just tell me the key and I will follow him. His response "let's make this easy and play blues in F#" Sue. my wife was sitting in on bass and we both shot each other a look that said "what is this guy F**K**G with us?????" We played blues in F# that night...very strange.
Presumably because the pentatonic scale in F# on a piano is all the black notes, I believe?
That would make it easier to jam for a keyboard, and if he didn't play guitar he may not have realised how odd it is! |
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Location: NJ | ". . One time at Band Camp, . . . . . . . . " |
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Location: Scotland | Hey guys, we just got home, motorway traffic was so bad it actually took longer to drive the 300 miles from London than it did to fly from LA, so I'm deadbeat.
It was great to vist with Michael & his incredible collection. We were intending to spend 30 minutes with Michael then go meet the girls for dinner. As we left 2 hours late moody rang his wife and said "Hey honey, we're stuck in traffic" Bear in mind that this man is a PI, would you trust him?
Bailey, the Mando is stunning, & yes I do have a mando capo and I'm not afraid to use it.
Just noticed, in the pic I appear to be having my leg humped by a stuffed dog, how come Cliff missed that caption opportunity? |
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | PT
Glad to hear that you are home OK. I keep bringing up the E flat joke because somewhere in my vast bluegrass collection is a singer who sings in E flat, or they have meddled with his recorded music som it plays in E flat. I visualize him saying "Boys, this is in E flat, and I don't give a shit what you think, I am paying you to play", as the mandolin player reaches for his capo, and the fiddle player bursts into tears. I can't remember who it was, but I do rememember playing with the CD with no open strings and cursing the shithead but loving the challenge of playing a whole song with no open strings, I, being macho, never resorted to a capo, just moved to position 1/2 and played the song, SO THERE! |
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | Bye the way
That was last year, this year is slow guitar songs with no open string problems. Being stuck playing that Tennesee Stud lick has some rewards but Glen Cambbell set the bar too high.
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Location: Austin, Tx | "Adamas hires Mattel toy company team to choose colors for new line of guitars" |
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Location: NJ | ". . . Just noticed, in the pic I appear to be having my leg humped by a stuffed dog, how come Cliff missed that caption opportunity? . . ."
I pondered it for a minute or two Paul, . . . but it just would've been too damn EASY!!!
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Location: SoCal | Hey Cliff:
You're back from vacation. Have a good time? |
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Location: NJ | Had a WONDERFUL time!
(Put a SERIOUS dent in the worldwide supply of Myers' Dark Rum - and limes). ;)
"It's a Small World Afterall" Incident:
Last Monday, the guy who owned the cottage we rented (a very nice Brit chap by the name of Roger Barnsby) drove down the five and half hours from his home in Manchester, CT to prepare the larger, adjacent house on the property for the impending visit from Isabel.
After cordial introductions, he mentioned that he noticed the metal Ovation logo affixed to the back of the Cruiser. Evidently, Mr. Barnsby worked as an engineer at KamanAerospace back in the 60's. He related that when the guitar division went into operation, employees could purchase certain guitars at a discount.
". . .What is it? . . a Josh? . . . White? . . . . is that right ??? . . . "
By the time I was able to catch my breath, I found out that he no longer had it.
Dang!
The effects of Hurricane Isabel were pretty much countered by the effects of Hurricane Ambien, which made for a nice long windy (and much needed) nap.
Other than that, it was GREAT to enjoy some time with M'Lady, my bike, my 12-string, sun, sand, AWESOME waves, a few absolutely SUMPTUOUS meals, and a small handful of Cubans given to me for the trip.
Alas, no visit from Uncle Al :( |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | Glad you had a great time, bro-
was concerned about how the weather would affect ya, but seems ya did just fine.
See ya!
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Location: NJ | [Alas, no visit from Uncle Al :( [/QB]
Uncle Al has been fighting another case of the computer blow ups. This time it took out the hard drvie and the mother board. Well Cliff's phone number was on the hard drive in an e mail and I had no way to get to it, so this time he was spared. I was really looking forward to getting down there and hanging out and enjoying the water. This is my favorite time of the year for the jersey shore.
Cliff you should have called me!!!!!! |
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Moody PI and Paul T. - add your own caption