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Location: Alagoas, Brazil | Hi folks!
I have just registered, and this is my first post. I´ve been checking this board for a while and I would like to introduce myself: I´m a Brazilian Police Officer, 44 yo, and live by the beach in the beautiful state of Alagoas (aka Secret Paradise).
I bought my first Ovation a couple of days ago - a nice W597 Grafite Adamas. I´ve been carrying it around since then and playing as much as I can. My wife just smiles and mumbles: "new toy". Go figure.
Anyway, it is good to be here.
Best Regards,
Miguel :D |
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Location: Munich, Germany | Welcome Miguel!
And what a great start an Adamas is for a soon growing and growing collection (I promise, you'll remember my words).
Have a great time around here,
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Location: Brisbane Australia | Welcome Miguel
If you are going to buy an Ovation may as well start with a good one!!
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | live by the beach and play an Adamas.
Life can sometimes be so cruel! :cool:
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Location: France | Welcome Miguel.
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Location: Tuscany, Italy | Welcome to the OFC and enjoy your new Adamas !
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Location: Vernon CT | Welcome Miguel,
My first Ovation was a Balladeer, you got a great start with the Adamas! Now you can only go backwards! ;) |
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Location: New South Wales, Australia | G'day from downunder Miguel, and welcome. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Welcome Miguel! Like Kurt said, it's only the start of a collection. Make sure your wife understands that now, so it won't be such a shock later. :D |
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Location: GA USA | Welcome! Of course, once you post pictures of the new guitar "over there" , we can all enjoy it.
Who's up for a Brazilian beach gathering? |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | Brazil is just a dream for me right now. It's about 19 degrees outside.
Welcome Miguel! I love Brazilian music ... I just wish I could play more of it. |
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Location: Michigan | Welcome, and congrats on the new Ovation! |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | welcome |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | Welcome Miguel.
And congrats on the new "A".
What other guitars do you have and what's your favorite music to play? |
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Location: East Tennessee | Welcome Miguel,
A great bunch of guys and gals hang out here. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Welcome! Nice way to break into the world of Ovation/Adamas.
Brazilian sand between the toes and an Adamas on the lap... SWEET! |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | The beach and an Adamas are meant for each other. Welcome, Miguel. |
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| Welcome! What an ideal situation, to live by the beach and have a new Adamas. Life can't get much better. |
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Location: Utah | Welcome aboard, Miguel. |
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Location: NW of Philadelphia | Welcome. |
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Location: Alagoas, Brazil | Originally posted by cholloway:
Welcome Miguel.
And congrats on the new "A".
What other guitars do you have and what's your favorite music to play? I usually play Brazilian music, especially samba and Bossa Nova. Now I´m trying my hand on some rock and roll, blues and jazz.
I have a Di Giorgio concert guitar (nylon strings, acoustic), a Cort Source, an Epiphone SG, a Giannini eletro-acustic (also nylon) and a Yamaha APX-T. The Adamas came by accident. I was looking for an American Ovation, but could find only the Adamas between the dozen assorted Celebrities. Since it was in the store for about two years, I got a nice discount. Tough choice.
Alas, life is sometimes hard.
To all of you that are thinking of white sand beaches with a beautiful sea, I have to confess: right now I´m on vacation. Nothing to do except linger under the sun.
Yes, life can be very hard sometimes.
Oh, yes, we are just starting summer here in the Southern Hemisphere.
Cheers and best regards,
Miguel |
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Location: big island | aloha and welcome, miguel! |
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Location: Yucaipa, California | Cheeze it! da cops! |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Welcome Miguel, good to have you along.
I always thought we should get a Brazilian.
But I was thinking a Brazilian Dollars.... |
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Location: Indiantown, Florida | Welcome aboard Miguel. i'm fairly new here, but these are some fine folks. |
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Location: Nashville TN. | Welcome aboard Miguel.
Nice guitar you started out very well. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Welcome... Nice New Toy. :cool: |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | Welcome Miguel. I had a W597, you will love it. |
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Location: Alagoas, Brazil | yes, it is a very nice guitar. My biggest surprise came when my father (who always thought that guitars are for lazy characters that won´t get a real job) heard when I was playing and commented how beautiful it sounded.
Please, mark that I´m not a rich man, even by Brazilian standards. I was saving hard to buy a nice electric-acoustic guitar, because my small Yamaha is, of course, small.
I went to the shop to check on an C778LX they had there. Then the guy asked if I wanted to try the Adamas. I said that I would love to try, but had no money to buy that (the 778 was my absolute financial limit). He said: "try it, then we talk later". What happened was that this Adamas was for more than a year in stock, and they wanted to sell it, but people usually buy guitars for such lower prices that they couldn´t sell it. Then we reached an agreement, and he sold me the Adamas for a lesser price than the Ovation C778LX (a whole hundred dollars less). I had to change the strings, because they were OLD, but the guitar is very beautiful and sounds great. It came with the old OP-50 preamp, but that´s a plus for me.
I will work on a small video and post it later.
Best regards,
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by Miguel - BR:
he sold me the Adamas for a lesser price than the Ovation C778LX. I had to change the strings, I would of had to change my shorts! That's a terrific deal. |
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Location: Alagoas, Brazil | And he GAVE me the strings to change (Elixir phosphor-bronze) as part of the deal. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Way Coool Miguel!
Now y'know you Must post a photo, right?
Oh!... and Welcome! :cool: |
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Location: Alagoas, Brazil | Ok, after my daily practice I took a pic to share with you. The guitar is still on my practice room, as you can see:
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Vacations on the beach.
First Ovation is an Adamas.
Figured out how to post pictures on 6th post.
Got a law degree.
You're a lot smarter than that other lawyer who frequents this board, Miguel. Hang around. |
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Location: closely held secret | Mark, you have to admit the bar wasn't set very high... |
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Location: Alagoas, Brazil | Maybe because I´m not a lawyer. I´m a cop. We usually are sooo much smarter than lawyers... But then, maybe the bar wasn´t really set at all.
best regards,
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Originally posted by Miguel - BR:
I´m a cop. We usually are sooo much smarter than lawyers...
best regards,
Miguel You sound like a cop. I've had some fun with a couple who thought they were smarter than me. |
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Location: Alagoas, Brazil | Well, I´m not sure if I´m smarter than anybody here in this board. Anyway, we´re here to talk about guitars and music right? Let´s leave these other matters for worktime.
And yes, I would be very happy to have any of you fine folks in this board here in my neck of woods. Then we could discuss the real important things of life while resting on the beach.
Best regards,
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Location: Boise, Idaho | We do have a tendency to stray off topic. I've noticed it especially with people taking cheap shots at lawyers, but maybe it's because I'm just so sensitive. (Sarcasm is also popular here.)
I was serious about your ability to post pictures, though. Nice pic of a nice looking guitar. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Troublemaker. Got one that shows me setting you up with a soft pitch? |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Miguel, in case you missed it, we have a lot of fun with each other here. Sometimes at each others expense....but hopefully only with those who can take the jesting in the tone in which it's meant.
I worry sometimes that some humour doesn't cross different cultures sometimes.
Then say, "What the hell! Laugh anyway!" |
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Location: Chicago | Bemvindo, Miguel.
Now you need to post a song! |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | If he does that on post number 7, I'll be really embarassed. |
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Location: SoCal | Mark, it's not because you're a lawyer that we pick on you!
Miguel, we have fun here. If you've been here awhile and you're not getting picked on, it means nobody likes you.
And we've got a wide group of people here. From lawyers, to cops to private cops to preachers (one who affords his guitars because he's on the pad and another who affords his guitars by doing a lot of funerals -- draw your own conclusions), to engineers, salesmen, you name it. So you see, we sink from the low down to the very low. There's even one guy here who sells gear for a living and never closes.
Go figure...... |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
Mark, it's not because you're a lawyer that we pick on you!
Dang! That was the easy answer. Now I'll never figure it out.
I have 3 younger brothers. They'd be happy to know that it's coming back around. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Banjo pickers, Drummers, Taylor owners, (c)Rappers, Young kids, Old farts...
We pick-on lots of people. We're fluid. :cool: |
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Location: Alagoas, Brazil | Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
If he does that on post number 7, I'll be really embarassed. Ok. I´ve been trying to improvise a set-up to make a suitable video, but my living room is noisy and the sound is just awful on the camera. So, I´m posting a video of a song that I like a lot. Enjoy .
I´ll post my own video as soon as I can figure out a way to produce a suitable one. |
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Location: Alagoas, Brazil | Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
Mark, it's not because you're a lawyer that we pick on you!
Miguel, we have fun here. If you've been here awhile and you're not getting picked on, it means nobody likes you.
And we've got a wide group of people here. From lawyers, to cops to private cops to preachers (one who affords his guitars because he's on the pad and another who affords his guitars by doing a lot of funerals -- draw your own conclusions), to engineers, salesmen, you name it. So you see, we sink from the low down to the very low. There's even one guy here who sells gear for a living and never closes.
Go figure...... Yes, I noticed that. He prefers to sell nice equipment instead of collecting it :eek: . But I´m new to this forum and I´m just trying to abide by the rules, at least until I figure how I can bend them :D without being caught.
Anyway, I think it is better to stop picking on lawyers, because next step would be to start sharing our Brazilian Special Jokes about Lawyers. That maybe would be considered way off the board standarts.
best regards,
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Location: Avondale, AZ | The problem with lawyer jokes is that while lawyers don't think that the jokes are funny, other people don't know that they are just jokes. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | You're way ahead of me Miguel. 8000 posts and I still haven't figured out how to do a link to YouTube. That makes me want to learn some more S&G this weekend. |
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Location: Alagoas, Brazil | Don´t worry. Part of my main investigation work is about internet scams, frauds & general computer crime. I´ve learned a thing or two along the time.
Best Regards,
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Location: Maine | I haven't been a member all that long and I spend much more time reading than I do posting. I can tell you first hand, you'll learn a lot on this board. Nice to meet you. |
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Location: Alagoas, Brazil | One thing I´ve learned already: I´m in dire need of a second ovation, this time one with solid AAA spruce top and only one big hole in it, preferably black. Oh dear...
these things are really addictive!
Miguel |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Sounds like you need an Al Dimeola or a Custom Legend. |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Mark's right. Check this out and then email Al. |
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Location: Alagoas, Brazil | You both nailed it. I´ve got this in my sights. Unfortunately, I´ve got to clear with my wife, and she already stated that she needs a new refrigerator. Probably I´ll have to wait next Xmas so I can give it to me.
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Location: Flahdaw | Originally posted by fillhixx:
Welcome Miguel, good to have you along.
I always thought we should get a Brazilian.
But I was thinking a Brazilian Dollars.... My girlfriend has a "brazilian" ;) |
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by darkbarguitar:
Originally posted by fillhixx:
Welcome Miguel, good to have you along.
I always thought we should get a Brazilian.
But I was thinking a Brazilian Dollars.... My girlfriend has a "brazilian" ;) |
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Location: Flahdaw | Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
Originally posted by darkbarguitar:
Originally posted by fillhixx:
Welcome Miguel, good to have you along.
I always thought we should get a Brazilian.
But I was thinking a Brazilian Dollars.... My girlfriend has a "brazilian" ;) |
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Location: Flahdaw | Originally posted by darkbarguitar:
Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
Originally posted by darkbarguitar:
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Originally posted by fillhixx:
Welcome Miguel, good to have you along.
I always thought we should get a Brazilian.
But I was thinking a Brazilian Dollars....
Jeez, Moody....let me finish!
My girlfriend has a brazilian friend who plays guitar. Maybe it's Miguel.
(everyone else, keep your 3rd eye on Moody, especially around your wives and girlfriends) |
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Location: Cicero, NY | "Jeez, Moody....let me finish!"
Hit a Tour. Moody ALways finishes first.
But we accept 'im nevertheless. |
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by Weaser P:
"Jeez, Moody....let me finish!"
Hit a Tour. Moody ALways finishes first.
But we accept 'im nevertheless. It's a gift..... |
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Location: Utah | Originally posted by darkbarguitar:
My girlfriend has a "brazilian" ;) Best first post ever. Welcome aboard. |
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Location: Alagoas, Brazil | Originally posted by darkbarguitar:
Originally posted by darkbarguitar:
Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
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Originally posted by darkbarguitar:
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Originally posted by fillhixx:
Welcome Miguel, good to have you along.
I always thought we should get a Brazilian.
But I was thinking a Brazilian Dollars....
Jeez, Moody....let me finish!
My girlfriend has a brazilian friend who plays guitar. Maybe it's Miguel.
(everyone else, keep your 3rd eye on Moody, especially around your wives and girlfriends)
if it was me then she probably would not be your girlfriend anymore... |
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Location: Flahdaw | Best first post ever. Welcome aboard. [/QB]
I've nearly been kicked off of other forums....I needed a new outlet. Oh, and I do own an Ovation, so I'm legal. Thanks for the welcome. |
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Location: Flahdaw | Originally posted by Miguel - BR:
[/qb] if it was me then she probably would not be your girlfriend anymore... [/QB]
Yes, she did talk to me about you, but don't worry.....nothing a little Viagra won't cure. :D |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Near as I can figger out
Rule #1; No Politics. (unless it's so oblique most won't notice.)
Rule #2; Mildy risque is just about okay.
Lewd is rude...there's ladies and the occasional child present.
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