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Location: New Hartford, CT | worked there from 1987 till 1994....have lived in the area since...I did alot of production work on guitars....and spent the last 5 years ordering all the parts...and shipping them over seas to the other plants that produced the lower lines of Ovations...still have some friends that work there...I stop by every once in a while...was a fun place to work! |
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Location: New Hartford, CT | Like most people I guess, better job...During those years...Ovation was growing like crazy!...It was a great place to work and sometime I wished I still worked there....but, thats how it goes sometimes....you got to move when it's time....But it's all good....I still love the place!...have any of you guys been there? |
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Location: Scotland | Originally posted by theflume:
have any of you guys been there? No. We wish. We beg them every year, around maybe May or June, or in the early days March, to let us in there, disrupt production and annoy everyone, but they just keep flipping us off. What a bunch of assholes. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | What do you expect, we don't want some brit tossers muckin about. They'll leave Coors light cans everywhere! |
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Location: New Hartford, CT | Thats strange...cause...when I worked there...anyone could tour the factory as long as they gave some notice...as a matter of fact...I know you can drive up to the service area and walk right in...ive done it lately!...it's a very small , old new england 5 story brick building that employees nice people from the surrounding areas...and is a very firendly place! |
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Location: Scotland | Flume, I was joking, we've invaded the place for the last 4 years in a row. 5th anniversary coming up. All of us who have made the trek have nothing but the utmost regard for everyone up there.
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Location: Upper Left USA | Check the gallery for the group photos!
Welcome!
"and spent the last 5 years ordering all the parts"
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Location: New Hartford, CT | It's all good!!... no offence taken!!..I found this site by accident talking with some friends tonight about Schaller machine heads...I was searching the history about Helmut Schaller and came acrossed the site and thought I would join...looks like a cool place to be....I still know alot about the factory and the history if anyone has some questions.....just ask away!!!! |
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Location: Alberta, Canada | First off welcome. Interesting you bring up Schaller heads. I have a 1112 at the factory right now and am in conflict with myself as to whether I should up grade the Deluxe Chrome tuners that are on it to to gold Schallers. Just what are the tuners that are on it now? And how do they compare to the Schallers? |
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Location: New Hartford, CT | Looks like an old 12 string uk II....right? |
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Location: Scotland | 1112 would be a non-electric Custom Balladeer. The 1112 was spec'd with Chrome Schaller M6's. Some models had M6N with black nylon casings. The gold versions of the Schaller M6 tuners are identical in every respect to the chrome M6 except that the gold plating corrodes a lot faster. If the gold upgrades are not Schaller, but are Ping or whatever, don't bother. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | OK, first question for you. Hypothetically if someone is placing an order through a dealer for a custom spec'd guitar in the $3000.+ list price range and is willing to pay even MORE to have them OMIT the label on the inside of the bowl, why will they NOT do it? I DON'T WANT A F*CKING LABEL AND SOME GLUE NAZI INSISTS THAT I MUST HAVE ONE AND INSISTS THAT IT HAS TO BE EXACTLY IN THIS CERTAIN SPOT.
Sorry to dump this on you at our first encounter (I'm actually a very nice guy). But THIS is driving me f*cking nuts. I hate the damn label, I hate how it looks, I hate where it's located. I swear to christ I'm going to take a big freaking TAYLOR label and stick it right over the Ovation label and be done with it. How hard could it possibly be to hit me with some additional upcharge and send the damn LABEL guy on break for 2 minutes when my custom order rolls through his work area?
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Location: New Hartford, CT | Thanks for the greeting!!Been a while....but...I believe those old heads have plastic parts on them. I can't remember the brand, I use to know this stuff back in the day, but, plastic breaks over time...buy schaller heads of your choice online somewhere...you will save alot vs buying from repair shop...replace yourself...(easy!)..and never worry about them again! |
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Location: Alberta, Canada | Paul, are you saying the tuners on the guitar right now are the M6 in chrome? The tuners I'm thinking of are the gold tuners that are put on the Custom Legends. Are they the M6's you're talking about?
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Flume what kind of ovation do you own?
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Location: Scotland | Originally posted by colt357:
Paul, are you saying the tuners on the guitar right now are the M6 in chrome? The tuners I'm thinking of are the gold tuners that are put on the Custom Legends. Are they the M6's you're talking about?
Thanks...Dave They should be. If they look like this they are M6
http://www.stewmac.com/shopby/Instrument/Resonator_guitar/Tuners/Sc...
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Location: Alberta, Canada | Paul, yes I "think" those are the same. I have a pic in my gallery of the back of the headstock. Would you mind looking and verifying for me, please? |
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Location: Scotland | Originally posted by colt357:
Paul, yes I "think" those are the same. I have a pic in my gallery of the back of the headstock. Would you mind looking and verifying for me, please? Colt, they're M6. Best machines on the planet unless you need someting open-geared for vintage instruments then it would be Waverly |
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Location: Alberta, Canada | Paul. much appreciated. I really wasn't sure what was on the guitar and the Ovation site just says they are Deluxe Chrome. I have always been impressed with these, now I know why. Thanks.
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Location: New Hartford, CT | WOW!......put a blow dryer on the back, peel it off ...clean glue off with mild nail polish...these guys don't work at the KAMAN helicopter factory!!.......lol!!! Originally posted by Tupperware:
OK, first question for you. Hypothetically if someone is placing an order through a dealer for a custom spec'd guitar in the $3000.+ list price range and is willing to pay even MORE to have them OMIT the label on the inside of the bowl, why will they NOT do it? I DON'T WANT A F*CKING LABEL AND SOME GLUE NAZI INSISTS THAT I MUST HAVE ONE AND INSISTS THAT IT HAS TO BE EXACTLY IN THIS CERTAIN SPOT.
Sorry to dump this on you at our first encounter (I'm actually a very nice guy). But THIS is driving me f*cking nuts. I hate the damn label, I hate how it looks, I hate where it's located. I swear to christ I'm going to take a big freaking TAYLOR label and stick it right over the Ovation label and be done with it. How hard could it possibly be to hit me with some additional upcharge and send the damn LABEL guy on break for 2 minutes when my custom order rolls through his work area?
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Flume, Tupperware is the deranged alter ego who took over the body of StandingOvation, who was also deranged, but at least had a respectable name. He does have a great guitar collection, but it seems to have been overtaken with his tupperware collection. He started collecting real plastic bowls and Martins instead collecting plastic bowl guitars. |
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Location: New Hartford, CT | LOL!!....got it!....Hey....All I know is... I'm gonna ride my motorcycle down rt219 in the morning, take a left after the bridge....circle the building around Ovation....have a beer at Chatterly's....and sit on my dock on west hill pond and play my guitar...I might even play my Hammer!!!........lol!!! Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
Flume, Tupperware is the deranged alter ego who took over the body of StandingOvation, who was also deranged, but at least had a respectable name. He does have a great guitar collection, but it seems to have been overtaken with his tupperware collection. He started collecting real plastic bowls and Martins instead collecting plastic bowl guitars. |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | Hi there Mr.Flume,Welcome :) ,was there any debate about producing a JUMBO a TIERCE (TERTZ)an ALTO or a BASS when U were employed there :confused:
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Location: New Hartford, CT | Yeah....I remember one of the first basses that was made...was made with a carbon fiber top like the adamas....as far as I know ...it's still at the factory...I had it fo a while...but...had to return it!!...(didn't want to)....I thought they still made em.....no? |
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Location: Germany | Hi Flume,
the Schaller factory is a stone's throw away from my home:
Can I you help you with your Helmut Schaller history project?
BTW, I'm toying with the idea to arrange an European OFC gathering at the Schaller factory next year.
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | Welcome, Plume;
You have been thoroughly initiated now in all the orthodox OFC ways; our site is definitely not for the faint of heart or thinner-skinned guitar player. ;)
But, having said that, the folks who visit here are also compassionate, caring, helpful, watchful in the matter of on-line sales, good friends--so please accept this gentler welcome from an Ovation-playing sister.
--Karen and the teeming masses:
1111-4 "Gertrude;" CE868LX-4 "Jewel;" maple Tornado (not named yet); Viper 1271-4 "Blanca;" Guild D-50 "Gilda;" America Strat "Ivory;" Steinberger Spirit 5-string bass "Sugar;" Galiano mandolin "Plink;" Vega 5-string banjo "Twang;" fiddle of uncertain antecedents "Shriek" |
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Location: NJ | This be the one:
The pic is from the '05 Jam up at SkiSundown.
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | OH NO! ...WHY DID YOU HAVE TO SHOW THAT PICTURE AGAIN???
I wanted that thing after I saw it the first time, and had dreams about it for a week. I even called Keller and asked if he'd think about selling it. He said he may consider a trade for a Mercedes. So that pretty-much dashed my hopes. I don't think I could ever afford a custom order on one.
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | CWK2 the real cool shit usually doesn't make it to production. Except the 47RI Oh why is that?are there any plans for a jumbo?do you conduct market surveys,perhaps we could have a poll about it :)
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Location: Atlanta,Ga. | Flume,do you remember a long haired hippy type at the factory named Bill Kaman? And whenever he would go up to the bell tower there was always a cloud of smoke billowing from up there.Cigarette smoke i assume :D :D .Any good "bell tower" stories is what i want to hear..Im sure Bill's nowhere near this site so just give us a couple of good stories.. ;) |
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Location: New Hartford, CT | LOL!!.....I have meet Bill many times, he is a real cool guy...he had a really nice old Caddy convertable that he would drive up to the factory....Don't know if he would remember me....but, alot of crazy things have happend up on the 5th floor, but, I can't say I ever saw Bill up ther smoking anything...I don't remember seeing him smoke cigs.....so your guess is as good as mine about the kind of smoke comming down from up there!!...lol...it's kinda like the attic of the place...we kept the discontinued parts up there...you could build any old solid body ovation has ever made with the parts up there. Originally posted by samova:
Flume,do you remember a long haired hippy type at the factory named Bill Kaman? And whenever he would go up to the bell tower there was always a cloud of smoke billowing from up there.Cigarette smoke i assume :D :D .Any good "bell tower" stories is what i want to hear..Im sure Bill's nowhere near this site so just give us a couple of good stories.. ;) |
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I heard that he'd be 55 this year. Now that is really old, past prime, over the hill, outta touch. Definately makes him a member of the OFC (old farts club, why? is there another OFC?) |
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Location: Atlanta,Ga. | cwk2,thats a pretty good guess but ive seen pictures of Bill and man he has to be "way older" than that.He must be over 60.I think your guess is way off.If there was some way we could find out? |
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Location: New Hartford, CT | I have many great memories of working there!...here's a good one, the skittering bowl reminds me....there was a guy that worked there...probably still does, Frank Morell ....Anyway, back in the day all the screw ups...or scrap, would go into a bin till it was full, then we would distroy all the bad parts....this guy frank was sent to cut, break, distroy some messed up bowls....so instead of cuttin them with a band saw....he decided to lay one on the floor top side down and crush it with a damaged neck....so he raises the neck over his head like he's chopping wood....comes down on the bowl and the neck bounces off the bowl and hits him right in the forehead...almost knocked him out....he had a giant goose egg knot right in the center of his head....that was pretty funny!! |
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Location: New Hartford, CT | Is cwk2......Bill?.....or an imposter? Originally posted by cwk2:
Tough crowd.
I heard that he'd be 55 this year. Now that is really old, past prime, over the hill, outta touch. Definately makes him a member of the OFC (old farts club, why? is there another OFC?) |
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Location: New Hartford, CT | Give that man a carrott!!.lol...yeah, the flume is located in the old shippind dept....it's where the paint and stuff was kept when I worked there.....back in the day when they factory was run on water power....the water was directed through the flume to generate power....I believe at one time sewing machines were made there. |
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Location: New Hartford, CT | I had a feeling this might have been a set up.....don't worry Bill, any old dirt I knew back in the day is locked away....what happens at Ovation....stays at Ovation!!!.lol Originally posted by samova:
Flume,do you remember a long haired hippy type at the factory named Bill Kaman? And whenever he would go up to the bell tower there was always a cloud of smoke billowing from up there.Cigarette smoke i assume :D :D .Any good "bell tower" stories is what i want to hear..Im sure Bill's nowhere near this site so just give us a couple of good stories.. ;) |
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Location: Orange County, California | Originally posted by theflume:
I had a feeling this might have been a set up.....don't worry Bill, any old dirt I knew back in the day is locked away....what happens at Ovation....stays at Ovation!!!.lol Shut Up Flume!! That's what we keep saying about the OFC factory tour we take in the spring, Only *somehow* the pics keep showing up on the internet... :D :p :D :p
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You're coming to the tour next year right? RIGHT?!
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Location: Midland, MI | Originally posted by Jeff W.:
please, now "conjugate" "Llama", Phil. I think that conjugating Llamas is illegal in most states north of the Mason-Dixon line (but not the District of Columbia).
The one l lama, he's a priest,
The two l lama, he's a beast,
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Location: Orange County, California | Geez!! We must have the dumbest super-heroes ever...
Secret identities guys... SECRET identities!!!
:D :p :D :p |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | This post is developing the potential to become one of the all-time OFC favorites! |
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Location: Cicero, NY | HEY! When did everybody switch to badges??? |
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Location: GA USA | Originally posted by theflume:
what happens at Ovation....stays at Ovation!!!  |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | well, that's reason to double my dosage. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Originally posted by Weaser P:
HEY! When did everybody switch to badges??? Badgers?
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Location: Midland, MI | Originally posted by fillhixx:
Badgers? We don't need no stinking badgers! That's right, those Wisconsin pukes are strange. Go Gophers!
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Location: New Hartford, CT | WOW....was it that obvious???....what gave me away? Originally posted by luthier444:
Hey Flume is that you Grant??? Everyone thinks it is.. Im gonna put my 2 weeks in so I can start posting!!!!
Just Kidding Jon.. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I don't even have a clever member name. |
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| parts,,, west hill,,, flume..
Know who I am??? :p |
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Location: Orange County, California | :mad: I said Secret Identities!!! :mad:
Next thing you know they be telling us how they do those cool magic tricks :D :p :D :p |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Maybe I'll have to change my identity to Rubbermaid or something stupid like that. You guys would all think it was someone else from Boise. |
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Location: closely held secret | That you, Taterhead? |
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Location: CT | OMG!!! cwk2 ???? I get it NOW! I'm so stupid! ...need...air...can't....br..eathe.. Now I have to go back and try to remember all the stupid things I wrote in these threads thinking I new a little bit about guitars! :eek: |
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Location: NJ | . . it never stopped me . .. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by brainslag:
OMG!!! cwk2 ???? I get it NOW! I'm so stupid! ...need...air...can't....br..eathe.. :eek: Nearly 300 posts and he's just getting round to it... Riding the short bus in the slow lane. ;) |
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Location: closely held secret | ...the special bus... |
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Location: CT | Duh, sorry. For some reason - with all teasing and junior high school level jokes that go on around here, I thought maybe the Great One would be above it all.
...I'm not worthy...
...I'm not worthy...
...I'm not worthy.... |
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Location: NJ | ". . junior high school level jokes . ."
F@ckYou . . . I take GREAT offense at that remark.
It's THIRD Grade Level (at best). |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | You're a poopy-head, Cliff |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Come on guys....cut him some slack. Just look at the name he gave himself!
Cliff....you are WAAAAAAAAYYYYY overestimating the level of your humor. Potty level at best! (but I love it) |
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Location: CT | Anyway, cwk2 as a site name? C'mon! He could have done much better than that. Like:
"THE GREAT ONE"
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"Kiss My Feet"
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"Bow Before Me"
..or...
"you think YOU have guitars?"
You know, something a little more creative that would have given a hint. |
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Location: Orange County, California | Y'know what this thread really needs now?
More Schroeder!!! :p :D :p :D |
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Location: CT | I don't even want to know what that means..... |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I kind of like "Taterhead." Especially since I'm trying to think how long it took me to figure out who CWK2 was. Maybe a couple months. I had already bought "the Book" though, and had some history that wasn't corrupted by the jokers on this board. |
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Location: Midland, MI | Originally posted by mtnbikerfred:
Y'know what this thread really needs now?
More Schroeder!!! :p :D :p :D I was going to say...
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Location: GA USA | That you, Spudnik? |
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Location: CT | ....you gonna eat those tots?..... |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | ... That's, Mr. PotatoHead Esq. to you. |
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Location: south east Michigan | I don't know how I missed it.
I just stumbled on the Captains animation work a couple pages back. :eek:
*sigh*
I marvel at the God given talent that some folks have.
If only such powers were used for good. :) |
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Location: Upper Left USA | It just goes back to the age old question "If I were an X-Man what powers would I have and what would I do with them?" |
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Location: CT | Sorry guys. I'm still trying to wrap my brain around the cwk2 thing, and can't help wondering if I'll post with a different attitude knowing THE GREAT ONE reads these. It's like you go thru your day, stop and say a prayer, then continue to go about your day. God may answer down the line, indirectly, or not, but he doesn't pop up right next to you when your finished. Picture this: You're home alone, and you turn on your computer so you can scan ebay for O's or read threads on the OFC. You "accidentally" stumble upon a porn site, and have every intention of moving on, but the eyebrows raise, and you look for 5 or 10 more seconds. Then you feel a tap on the shoulder and Jesus is standing there pointing his finger.."I see what you're doing, and I know what you're thinking, so don't try to think up some lame excuse..." |
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Location: SoCal | Bill??? The Great One???? HHHHHHAAAAAAAA.......... |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by brainslag:
Sorry guys. I'm still trying to wrap my brain around the cwk2 thing, and can't help wondering if I'll post with a different attitude knowing THE GREAT ONE reads these. Dude, get over it. He's a regular guy. |
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Location: ranson,wva | i agree the hes a "regular" guy,i met bill at the N.E gathering. "regular" guy with some bad ass guitars..kim keller as well..jason |
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Location: closely held secret | Trust me. He's a regular guy. So much so that I had to edit some of his comments out of last year's DVD. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Also happens to be pretty nice, for a regular guy.
...which brings me to this year's. I realize it's been 5 months, but for some reason this summer has been busier than any in recent memory (I have to rely on 'recent' memory because... well, you know...). I'm almost done with the Jam portion (most of the disk - 29 songs). The classes, lobby stuff and slideshow shouldn't take long compared to that. I'm trying to get it done, honest.
Thanks for your patience and ominous silence. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Actually, Waskel is the only OFC'er I felt the need to kiss up to. He gets to edit the DVD of the Tour! See prior post... |
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Location: Vermont USA | Of course he's a regular guy, he hangs out with Cliff. :cool:
He doesnt know me from a hole in the wall but talked to me like we knew each other.
I am very impressed at the simple fact that he is first and formost a guitar junkie just like us.
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Location: CT | Soo... If I had something not so nice to say about one of his creations, I won't be smite from a lofty pearch over New Hartford? (an image comes to mind of some crazy guy in Bellview ranting about labels...and a calm voice of reason saying.."Dude, just get a hair dryer...") |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by MWoody:
Actually, Waskel is the only OFC'er I felt the need to kiss up to. He gets to edit the DVD of the Tour! See prior post... When are you planning to start? |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by brainslag:
Soo... If I had something not so nice to say about one of his creations, I won't be smite from a lofty pearch over New Hartford? No, he'd be more likely to tell you that you're entitled to your opinion.
...even though it happens to be wrong... |
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Location: Upper Left USA | This is my best behavior! :rolleyes: |
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Location: CT | ..Also, I haven't met him yet, so imagination runs wild. Maybe at the next OFC factory tour, he'll drink too much and pee on my shoes. THEN I can stop calling him THE GREAT ONE, and start refering to him as cwk2. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | There was only one GREAT ONE and Jackie Gleason is dead.
I don't drink, but Ckiff or Moody would be happy to pee on your shoes for you. They've had practice.
And the story really goes that you're at a porn house and waiting in line at the peep window, waiting for this guy in front of you to move so you get your turn, and when he finally moves you see that it's Hay-Sous himself and he gives you a "Whatchu lookin at?" look. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by The Wabbit Formerly Known As Waskel:
Originally posted by brainslag:
Soo... If I had something not so nice to say about one of his creations, I won't be smite from a lofty pearch over New Hartford? No, he'd be more likely to tell you that you're entitled to your opinion.
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Location: CT | A pleasure to finally meet you sir.
Sincerely,
Brian M. Lagace
(aka brainslag)
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Location: closely held secret | Bill, I can't believe you wouldn't be willing to pee on the poor guys shoes. You seem like such a generous sort. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | "A pleasure to finally meet you sir.
Sincerely,
Brian M. Lagace
(aka brainslag)
....I'm not worthy......."
I'm gonna be sick... |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by Jeff W.:
I'm gonna be sick... ...on the shoes! The shoes, you fool!!! |
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Location: CT | See what Santa puts in your stockings THIS year you ungrateful fools.. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | You suppose Cliff wears those rubber shoes with all the holes in them because it's easier to clean the pee off them?
We've had a thread about Dave peeing in his pool and now we have one on peeing on shoes. No wonder I like this board.
So who is going to be the one to break the news to brainslag about Santa Claus? |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Lemme, Lemme!!! |
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Location: Houston, Texas | OK, OK, Yes, I am Santa Clause! :D |
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Location: Houston, Texas | Do I get to pee on his shoes now? |
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Location: The Shop | Grant Brow----? How long has it been since you left? Frank is still there , but works for Hamer now.You wont remember me even if I told you my name. I was just a newbie when you were working in the crib with Ed(right).Now I have 15 years in,and we really arent supposed to post on here. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I'll let him know that stonebobbo is really Bob Seger masquerading as a retired software developer. |
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Location: CT | Originally posted by cms-man:
we really arent supposed to post on here. ...and yet you have almost 160 posts. hmmmm.... |
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Location: The Shop | They were all just silly little posts. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Sir???
thanks but let's get over that and back to the much more important things like peeing on shoes |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | and this is why, Cliff wears Crocs in the first place.... |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Exactly!!!!!!! |
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Location: Tennessee | I'll let him know that stonebobbo is really Bob Seger masquerading as a retired software developer. Please don't SpudPud. Then he'd want to know all the lurid details of how Cheryl Tiegs peed on my shoes. |
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Location: CT | Originally posted by cwk2:
let's get back to the much more important things like peeing on shoes Yes Your Mightiness! I'm on it! |
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Location: NJ | I think you might have Bill confused with Henry . . . |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | EVERYBODY!!!.... DUCK!!! |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Amazes me how some of those characters have withstood the test of time. Even beyond Bugs, Elmer, Daffy, Roadrunner and Porky, the second tier characters like Pepe, Foghorn and Granny are still great to catch. Classic stuff (that is, of course, unless you count the violence that has totally desensitized and ruined the youngsters of today :rolleyes: ). |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Them's fightin' words...
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | My favorite was the Roadrunner and Wylie Coyote. Nothing too mild about those cartoons. He was regularly blown up, crushed, flattened, torched, and smashed. |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | But, by his own doing. That taught me a lesson at a very young age.
If you're gonna do someone in, get someone else to do it for ya! |
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Location: New Hartford, CT | I lost touch with alot of old friends when I left in 1993....I have great memories of the old place and the people that worked there...I did run into a few peeps still working there since I've moved back....I stay pretty busy at my job now, and don't go to the factory....I do ride my motorcycle through the parking lot once in a while...glad to hear Frank is still cranking out the magic for Hamer...I need to get in touch with Rick H...we had alot of fun back in the day!! Originally posted by cms-man:
Grant Brow----? How long has it been since you left? Frank is still there , but works for Hamer now.You wont remember me even if I told you my name. I was just a newbie when you were working in the crib with Ed(right).Now I have 15 years in,and we really arent supposed to post on here. |
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