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Location: South of most, North of few | As some of you know, I am on vacation in the great state of Tennessee now. Anyhow, I was driving down the road and saw this little guitar shop and decided to stop in and see what they had to offer. (I will not mention the name of the shop, for obvious reasons) As I entered, I was met by two guys,one taking a picture of a guitar, so I said, "oh, going to put one on Ebay?" to which he replied, "oh no,we don't deal on Ebay! We only sell high end guitars on our own site" So I asked what type of guitar they sold, and he (very snooty) said,"we sell Collings and Larrivee". Then I made the big mistake of telling them I played Ovation and Adamas guitars, to which the one guy said,"well around here, we call them .....are you ready for this?.....
BEDPANS".
It was all I could do to keep my composure at that point. So I tried one of their "superior" Collings guitars, and at over 5k, this thing really didn't impress me. I think my Adamas II sounds much better, of course thats a somewhat biased opinion. By the way, They also had a full stock of BANJOS there, which may explain a whole lot! |
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Location: Reno, NV | I love that... Apparently they already decided they didn't want your business.
Insulting your potential customers isn't really good business, not to mention just tasteless in general. |
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Location: Yucaipa, California | "They also had a full stock of BANJOS there, which may explain a whole lot!"
....I don't understand.... |
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Location: Reno, NV | i.e. ...Deliverance
- "He's got a pretty mouth" |
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Location: Houston, Texas | I think what he meant was that they probably didn't carry Ovations because they sound like a guitar should instead of a banjo like the guitars they had.
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Originally posted by Tim Chapman:
....I don't understand.... It's okay Tim. It's just the bad boys playing again.
Oh Look! A government car! You like them, don't you? |
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Location: East Tennessee | Jim,
I should have warned you about that store \. I think they look down their nose at Martins and Taylors.
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Location: South of most, North of few | Sorry about the banjo thing Tim, I just report the facts. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Originally posted by Gospel Guitar Guy:
Jim,
I should have warned you about that store \. I think they look down their nose at Martins and Taylors.
Them. |
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Location: Yucaipa, California | ...eh???
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Location: closely held secret | Isn't there a rule about posting offensive material here? ;)
...and what's that big yellow puddle under the chair? |
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Location: Vermont USA | I have played a Collings guitar $2,300.95 and thats one of the many reasons I play an Ovation.
Larrivee if I was to buy an all wood guitar and could afford it I would consider one of those much better than a Taylor IMHO.
Perfect pitch is when you throw a banjo in a toilet without hitting the rim.
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Location: Vermont USA | and what's that big yellow puddle under the chair? Homegrown lemonade.
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Location: USA | where in nashviile was this place? |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Not Nashville, Pigeon Forge. |
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Location: East Tennessee | "The best sound a banjo makes is when the accordian lands on it in the dumpster."
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| I like banjos.
And I love accordions. You just need to play them the European way. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Originally posted by schroeder:
I like banjos.
And I love accordions. You just need to play them the European way. HUH??? :confused: |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | I think it involves Naphtha and safety matches. |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by Styll:
where in nashviile was this place? Originally posted by jpcannon:
Not Nashville, Pigeon Forge. Don't have to call him names, Jim. Really, we've come to expect better of you. |
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Location: south east Michigan | Was it that place with the 12 foot guitar out front? Maybe a couple miles north of town??? |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | Tim Chapman already posted a pic of the yur-a-peein' way. |
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Location: North Carolina | Snobbery is everywhere and we all pratice it to some degree, even if it's that we feel superior to snobs.
These guys are free to dislike Ovations for whatever reasons they might have, even if it's that they've chosen to focus their business elsewhere.
For my part, I'd choose to focus my business somewhere other than their shop. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Originally posted by The Wabbit Formerly Known As Waskel:
Originally posted by Styll:
where in nashviile was this place? Originally posted by jpcannon:
Not Nashville, Pigeon Forge. Don't have to call him names, Jim. Really, we've come to expect better of you. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Originally posted by Slipkid:
Was it that place with the 12 foot guitar out front? Maybe a couple miles north of town??? No, this one is next to a video store just west of the hubub strip. I guess I'm going to go looking for the 12 foot guitar today. :D |
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Location: south east Michigan | It's been a couple years now. It may be about a half hour north of town on the main drag.
A good size building all by itself on the west side of the road. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Originally posted by Slipkid:
It's been a couple years now. It may be about a half hour north of town on the main drag.
A good size building all by itself on the west side of the road. Know anything about this one Mike? |
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Location: Scotland | Collings are one of the best, if not the best of the smaller shop production guitars out there. Neither better nor worse than Ovation, just different. |
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Location: East Tennessee | Originally posted by jpcannon:
Originally posted by Slipkid:
It's been a couple years now. It may be about a half hour north of town on the main drag.
A good size building all by itself on the west side of the road. Know anything about this one Mike?
Banjo's, (sorry), A lot of electrics also.
Not that many Ovations. Some Celebrity's, 1 or 2 LX models and a NEW 1997 Collectors,(narrow neck).
It is a cool store. Very cluttered.
I've found that usually the messier the store the better. A very neat looking guitar store never did much for me. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | I'm still tryin' to figger out how to Forge a Pigeon...
...bleach a crow? |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Hey now... My Mom lives in TN, and I was born in Fort Campbell! (Army Brat, just passin' thru)
Pigeon Forge... Isn't that where Loretta Lynn, or Dolly Parton, or Reba McIntire, or one of them Redneck Chicks are from? |
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Location: south east Michigan | It is a cool store. Very cluttered.
Oh yeah... and bring your dustcloth.
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We rented this cabin for a week a few years ago. We want to get back there again. It's only about 15 minutes from the main drag in Pigeon Forge. It has one heck of a balcony to strum a guitar on while watching the sun set.
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Location: South of most, North of few | Yeah, Brad. I know what you mean. We rented a cabin here about 6 or 7 years ago over Christmas, and got hooked. We"ve done the same every year since. It's nice to get out of the heat of Fl. and, like you say, sit on the back porch and strum a few. Glad I brought the Adamas, I'd hate to see what the temp extreems would do to a wood top Ovation going from the inside to the outside here. Love the smokies! (mountians that is) |
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Location: East Tennessee | Originally posted by Old Man Arthur:
Hey now... My Mom lives in TN, and I was born in Fort Campbell! (Army Brat, just passin' thru)
Pigeon Forge... Isn't that where Loretta Lynn, or Dolly Parton, or Reba McIntire, or one of them Redneck Chicks are from? Dolly Parton. :) |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | You really gotta trust the wife if you're renting that cabin...
"Well Officer, last I saw him, he was sitting on the rail drinking a beer, playing his guitar..."
(and that'd be the truth cause, she closed her eyes as she push'd ya) |
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Location: south east Michigan | "Honey.....have you seen the kids?"
"Not lately... I told them to go play in the back yard..."
In some cases, it's not a joke.
I have a book called "Death in the Grand Canyon". It has happend more than once. "Just one step back, dear" said the man with the camera.
The day we left a family moved into the next cabin over. What did I see them unloading from the trunk? Yep, an Ovation case. |
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Location: Lebanon, TN | Originally posted by Gospel Guitar Guy:
Originally posted by Old Man Arthur:
Pigeon Forge... Isn't that where Loretta Lynn, or Dolly Parton, or Reba McIntire, or one of them Redneck Chicks are from? Dolly Parton. :)
1. Fun performer who moved along with the times
2. Fantastic songwriter with catalogue to die for
3. Amazing philanthropist to her home neighbourhood (Dollywood employs a ton of people and her book gifting charity was way ahead of Oprah)
4. A bizzare and absurd figure of "womanliness" that fueled many adolescent fantasies in the 1970's and 80's :D
In particular if you like well produced contemporary bluegrass style music her Little Sparrow Album is a 'tour de force'
Sadly her disco fever tracks and "assets" got her more attention than her many other talents.
Finally from the category "Bizare and scary" - if you can get a copy of the 7" 45 RPM of Jolene and play it at 33RPM, Dolly changes to a black baritone with the richest most awesome voice!!! |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Finally from the category "Bizare and scary" - if you can get a copy of the 7" 45 RPM of Jolene and play it at 33RPM, Dolly changes to a black baritone with the richest most awesome voice!!!
Okay, this really falls under the heading of 'Too much time on my hands!" |
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Location: East Tennessee | Dolly is, well, Dolly.
She has a done a lot for this area and has earned every penny she's made.
Her song "Coat of many colors" is a true story and she remembers what it feels like to have very little. |
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Location: CT | Originally posted by jpcannon:
"oh no,we don't deal on Ebay! We only sell high end guitars on our own site" They don't sell on ebay, and belittle the walk in customers.... How do they pay the rent?
They could have just said "Oh, really? Adamas? Come and play this model and see how you think it compares... Or something to the effect. You keep your dignity, and they might make a sale. |
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Location: Hiram, Georgia | they probably don't sell many guitars at all. |
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Location: GA USA | GGG, believe it or not, I spent a week in Sevierville about 15 years ago. I went with a team of volunteers to do some fixin' up at Smokey Mountain Church Camp there. |
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Speaking of no respect.....