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Joined: June 2002 Posts: 6197
Location: Phoenix AZ | Please tell us all about your party ... |
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Joined: January 2002 Posts: 14127
Location: 6 String Ranch | Come on Paul.......... |
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Joined: January 2002 Posts: 14127
Location: 6 String Ranch | Oh yeah, I forgot, Cliff and Jeanette want to know too. |
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Joined: March 2002 Posts: 15664
Location: SoCal | To say that I'm married to the most perfect woman I can imagine, would be an understatment. Last night (well, all day yesterday) was the one day of our lives that we were both 50 on the same day. Yesterday (12/30), she turned 50, and today (12/31) is my 51st. We had a huge party last night with the theme of Hawaii 50 and turned the house into the Tiki Bar. In the middle of all this, she gets everybody's attention and leads me to a wrapped box that I instantly know is an Ovation guitar box.
When I opened it, my short list of "really want" guitars went down to zero. My wife, Jerrie, with the help of Mr. Witko and a few others (I'll find out if I can name them later today), got me a Folklore Deluxe! I am, to say the least, stunned! It's beautiful, wonderful to hold and play, of course, the best thing about it is the sound. Very unlike any regular production Ovation.
To all who participated, to all who knew and kept quiet about it, and to all who have these guitars, and raved about how wonderful they are and who whetted my appetite, thank you.
The last 4 months have been incredible with 3 new addtions to the Moody stable --the 87 Collectors, the 1773 LX/PM, and the the FD 14. I have been blessed. |
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Joined: July 2004 Posts: 338
Location: Omaha | pics...
(...of the guitar[s]...)
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Joined: April 2004 Posts: 13303
Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | What a great birthday and to be blessed with a thoughtful wife and friends that were willing to work hard to fullfill a dream!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAUL! |
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Joined: February 2005 Posts: 11840
Location: closely held secret | Congratulations and Happy Birthday, Paul & Jerrie!!!
Paul, allow me to say, for all the members, we're honored to have you in our exclusive club, "Men who married up".
(We want pictures!!!) |
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Joined: March 2002 Posts: 14842
Location: NJ | Screw the Guitar!! . . . .
. . . any pics of your neighbors naked?? |
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Joined: September 2003 Posts: 9301
Location: south east Michigan | Gee Paul...How good can it get???
Happy Birthday. |
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Joined: November 2003 Posts: 11039
Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by cliff:
Screw the Guitar!! . . . . I find the hole is just too big on the FD14....but...
Congratulations. And Welocome to your New Year... |
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Joined: June 2002 Posts: 6197
Location: Phoenix AZ | This was 2 years ago at my house. Phase one of "appetite whetting" ...
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Joined: March 2002 Posts: 14842
Location: NJ | ". . I find the hole is just too big on the FD14 . ."
They installed an endpin jack just f'you, Jeffrey m'Boy!! :D
CONGRATTS, Mood!!!
(&HappyBoitday!!) |
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Joined: December 2004 Posts: 4394
Location: East Tennessee | Happy Birthday. :)
See getting older isn't so bad after all. :D
Pictures when you can put down the guitar long enough to take them. |
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Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1445
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada | Congratulatons, Paul...life is good!
Wayne |
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Joined: November 2003 Posts: 11039
Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by cliff:
They installed an endpin jack just f'you, Jeffrey m'Boy!! :D
Oooo, doggie style! |
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Joined: January 2002 Posts: 14127
Location: 6 String Ranch | Make sure the battery is disconnected first..... |
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Joined: November 2003 Posts: 11039
Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | |
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Joined: June 2002 Posts: 863
Location: Central Florida | Congratulations, Paul, and happy birthday! What a way to close out the year. You truly are blessed! :) |
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Joined: August 2004 Posts: 709
Location: Germany | Happy Birthday, Paul, and welcome to the FD14 club!
Karl |
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Joined: May 2002 Posts: 3005
Location: Las Cruces, NM | Happy Birthday Paul
GREAT STORY, enjoy those things that you can share, and it will only get better.
Remind all these twisted souls that good guitars are made so we can sing songs about and to our true loves. Without love of a woman there would never have been any guitar, Ovation or otherwise. The guitar is a prelude to the sex act, certainly not the culmination for any normal sex addict.
Bailey |
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Joined: December 2004 Posts: 2150
Location: Orlando, FL | Congratulations! There is nothing better in the world than a loving supportive wife. |
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Joined: November 2004 Posts: 4413
| "There is nothing better in the world than a loving supportive wife."
Very true. Unfortunately she lives 2 houses away with a good friend..... |
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Joined: November 2004 Posts: 4413
| Forgot to say Happy Birthday Paul - does it get any better?
You are going to have to find something to put on the list. Hamers could offer a whole new world of want. |
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Joined: December 2005 Posts: 1234
Location: Tidal Mudflats of Virginia | Happy Birthday to you both & congrat's on the FD14. Sounds like the Hawaii50 was a great success.
The wife and I share similiar dates and just rolled 42, mine's 11/4 her's is 12/3...for 29 days every year she ribs me for me being the oldest.
FD14 :eek: Guess that means the hunting to get me one just got that much harder! :D |
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Joined: December 2004 Posts: 2150
Location: Orlando, FL | Actually what I meant to say earlier was:
Congratulations! There is nothing better in the world than a loving supportive wife WHO BUYS YOU GUITARS! :D |
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Joined: October 2005 Posts: 5330
Location: Cicero, NY | Originally posted by schroeder:
"There is nothing better in the world than a loving supportive wife."
Very true. Unfortunately she lives 2 houses away with a good friend..... Then, apparently, second on the list would be a good friend who works a lot! ;) |
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Joined: November 2003 Posts: 11039
Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by Weaser P:
Then, apparently, second on the list would be a good friend who works a lot! ;) ...or likes to watch...
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Joined: August 2002 Posts: 8307
Location: Tennessee | Am I ever sorry I couldn't crash the luau, Paul. Sounds like a magnificent evening all around. Having a true love around to make dreams come true is something to be very grateful for. Loud Neighbor on the 27th! |
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Joined: March 2005 Posts: 12758
Location: Boise, Idaho | Happy Birthday. Sounds like you didn't even have to change your shirt for the party. |
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Joined: April 2003 Posts: 2503
Location: Fayetteville, NC | Happy Birthday Paul. Sorry I didn't wish you that sooner, But I've been on Vacation and just got back to the office. I know you're very happy with the Folklore Deluxe.Happy 51st. Hope you have at least 51 more. |
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Joined: March 2002 Posts: 15664
Location: SoCal | Guys, thanks for all the great comments. I've now got one last one to make myself. Having been playing my FD 14 pretty well non stop for the last 3 days, a comment that I posted on the board two days before I received it seem to ring particularly true. I stand by these comments:
Currently, this guitar stands alone on my short list of guitars that I really want to own. I've been authorized by my wife to grab it when one becomes available.
I'm not a fan of the tortise shell binding and rosette. If I could have one to my specs, I'd put wood binding around the body, gloss the neck and headstock, and I don't know what I'd do regarding the rosette. Heck, I don't even know if I'd want electronics in it. It's not a guitar that I'd be taking out to plug in.Currently, this guitar stands alone on my short list of guitars that I really want to own. I've been authorized by my wife to grab it when one becomes available. |
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