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Location: Tuscany, Italy | Yesterday was held the very first mini OFC gathering in Tuscany.
We took advantage of the very nice weather and meet up.
My friend brought in two sweet guitars; a Legend and a Custom Legend both in sunburst.
I got in place my armada of nearly 11 Ovations and we had a lot of fan. Read the news here below ..... ;)
For those that doesn't know me, I'm the one on the right (with the glass in place).
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Location: Hanau, Hessen, Germany | lol AWESOME, Riccardo! What a great cake :D |
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Location: Suisun City, Ca | Nearly 11 O's? |
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Location: Waurika OK | Great!! Thanks for sharing.
Always good to have a face with the name.
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Location: Vernon CT | All it takes is 2, right?
Glad you two had a great time!!!
Any Pic's to share? |
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Location: Tuscany, Italy | Originally posted by AstroDan:
Nearly 11 O's? Normally I do not name them, but yes I own
two '77/'78 Applause (really amazing guitars)
one '80 Matrix,
one '80 Legend,
one '70 Legend,
one '80 Folklore
one '90 Adamas II
one '08 Elite LX series
one '80 Ultra deluxe
one '67 Deluxe Balladeer shiny bowl
one '70 Custom Balladeer
I love them all ...... |
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Location: Jet City | Originally posted by xnoel:
Always good to have a face with the name.
Now there's an OFC gathering I would have loved to go to!
Tuscany is on my short list of places to go.
Maybe next time Riccardo! I'll come say hello to my old 1117 Deluxe Balladeer (still have it?) |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | Tuscany has always been on the bucket list here too. Road trip, Damon! |
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Location: Nashville TN. | Kool
hope ya had fun |
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Location: Tuscany, Italy | Sure Damon, I still have that wonderful guitar. You know it is a VT braced but it sound terific. I just change the saddle with a compensated one and put on a Thomastik string set, also fixed a loose brace ... and it plays like a dream. Maybe it sound strange to someone but it has a more open and deep sound than my '80 legend. Could be the air of Tuscany? ? Who knows.... :)
@xnoel; HERE for more pics of me ;)
@BT717;
Yes just two of us. I'll post some pics soon.
Maybe one day we will arrenge a real Euro OFC gathering together with our friends from Germany, France, UK ..... |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | It's been 6 years since we've been there. Although the cities are full of art, I enjoyed the peacefulness of Montecatini. |
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Location: Jet City | I remember Mark really loving the tone of that one too. It has an ODD VT bracing unlike any others I've seen. The bracing in the upper bout especially.
I remember it being loud!
As for Tuscany, well... I must say, it's the wine of the region that's calling me! |
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by marenostrum:
Originally posted by AstroDan:
Nearly 11 O's? Normally I do not name them, but yes I own
two '77/'78 Applause (really amazing guitars)
one '80 Matrix,
one '80 Legend,
one '70 Legend,
one '80 Folklore
one '90 Adamas II
one '08 Elite LX series
one '80 Ultra deluxe
one '67 Deluxe Balladeer shiny bowl
one '70 Custom Balladeer
I love them all ...... |
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Location: Wichita, KS | May it be the first of many (and larger) gatherings in Tuscany! |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | The wine is OK, the music is so-so, the art is great, but almost overwhelming, but taking the fanicular (tram) up to Montecatini Alto or to the top of Capri to share a glass on our last trip before our daughters left home was tough to beat. |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Hope you both had a blast!...Thanks for sharing...now it the time to start planning for the next one... ;) |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | Cool meeting, however, unless one is an OFC member or a fan of "O"s... Ovation was never mentioned!!! |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Maybe you were thinking about eating instead of reading that frosting, Colin. |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | DOH!!! |
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Location: Newington, CT | Nice! What a great thing! |
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Location: Tuscany, Italy | Here few pics of the event |
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Location: Flahdaw | So, if my wife I come to Tuscany, do we have a place to stay, eat, drink wine, and play nice guitars? :D |
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Location: Germany, where delicious wine is growing (Rheinh) | Hi Riccardo,
I was in Italy, too, the last week. Not in Tuscany, but you know, in the "Alto Adige", the Dolomits, having some days of wellness. It was fantastic.
That is a great idea with a Europian gathering, may be next year in summer. Hey guys here, any ideas???
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Location: Suisun City, Ca | Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
Originally posted by marenostrum:
Originally posted by AstroDan:
Nearly 11 O's? Normally I do not name them, but yes I own
two '77/'78 Applause (really amazing guitars)
one '80 Matrix,
one '80 Legend,
one '70 Legend,
one '80 Folklore
one '90 Adamas II
one '08 Elite LX series
one '80 Ultra deluxe
one '67 Deluxe Balladeer shiny bowl
one '70 Custom Balladeer
I love them all ...... |
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Location: Nahant, MA | Does everybody on this board have one of Damon's guitars? I'm starting to think so... |
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Location: Jet City | Originally posted by Carol:
Does everybody on this board have one of Damon's guitars? I'm starting to think so... I wnet through all my "ex-guitars" a few weeks ago.
It seems I've gone through over a hundred the last few years (and kept about 25 of 'em).
The search continues, but I've been craving wood recently as well as carbon fiber (see Al's re-issue post), so... Something's got to give... or I need to move into a bigger place. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | I think we're about even on which of us has or had the others stuff.
That Red Blanket can make some motivating sales! |
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Just a two of us,.... but