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Location: boulder | dO i HAVE TO SPELL IT OUT FOR YOU?
Pre earth day party at fugots house.
Boulder, co. 80303 saturday april 21st...
noon till Dark (ya don't have to go home-ya just gots to go)
Here is what I have to offer..A grill , some grill foods, a cooler, some refreshments to be kept in the cooler...a back yard, a bunch of guitars!! Actual musicians may be there.
Ok , my house is not huge, but as long as we're just acoustic- I see no problems :rolleyes: , well unless 1000 people show up.
If you think you can make it, post here in this thread. (It will also give me an idea of if I will be sitting by myself, or if i should warn the neighbors) I will pm folks back with directions. (Essentially i live off of Baseline road and foothills parkway, about 1 mile east from CU campus).
That's it. Just a get together. What's everyone think?? peace mike
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Location: NJ | So. . .
Who's all coming to this soiree?? . . .
Mike;
I need your address.
The Professor & Maryanne both have my cel # . . . |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Four of the five folks pictured below will be there, and the fifth, too, if he calls to confirm before Saturday morning.
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Who you callin Maryanne, whiskers! |
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Location: SoCal | Well, if those women are going to be there, maybe I can make it...... |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Cliff, check your "adamas" email...I sent you some information.
Paul, you are a slick one. The wives will be pleased and when they are happy......... |
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Location: SoCal | Hey, it was just a thought.... Beautiful women are wonderful. Heck, I married one myself.... |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | specially the ones that let us buy guitars. |
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Location: boulder | I hear some spouses actually buy guitars for there significant others... almost seems like a fairy tale though.. like living on a warm tropical island...
Paul, come on over-it's just a plane ticket-we can talk PI stuff and then it is a business trip-
Get together is still on..hoping for warm weather-Show up anytime, as long as it's between 1 and 6??
I will have some grill foods, salad, and some microbrews. Pretty casual. I will email/pm directions.
Oh and next time I will be way better at this...really ...peace mike |
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Location: NJ | Mike;
Jeanette and I stalked yer house yesterday afternoon . . . ;)
Talk t'ya later. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | So the bugs and camera are placed? |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | but no grass skirts or coconut shells! |
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Location: Colorado | OK folks - I plan to come...well...I guess it really doesn't matter that I show up - but rather that SH #43 shows up. SOmeone email the address at elginacres@aol.com - or pm me the address...or text it to 303-503-6493. Sorry I cannot make it until about 4:00pm and will not be able to stay too long...I am high school principal - and it is our prom day....pretty busy...no - I will not be in a tux.
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Location: boulder | pm'd ya mark.
Funny the cops keep driving around the neighborhood today....I wonder if someone reported someone suspicious yesterday??? |
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Location: Colorado | Hmmmmm...Cliffy's in town |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Yes, he's in town but I kept him out of trouble last night by having dinner with him and Jeanette.
What a terrific couple!
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Originally posted by stephent28:
What a terrific couple! Sure, but what's Cliff like?
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If he's holding a gun to your head right now and made you type that, make some sort of secret post. We'll send help a.s.a.p. |
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Location: Colorado | Enjoyed it - even if it was for an hour...there were some very nice guitars there...upon reflection..it was weird - while we were playing something...and I had to flip my guitar up so I could tell which guitar I was playing...pretty weird since at that point in time they were all slotheads - either ReI's or originals. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | and where was CWK2????
Rumor had it that he was going to make a surprise, guest appearance! |
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Location: NJ | ". . . We'll see you up there Cliff! . . ."
I took that as SLIGHT hint that he might POSSIBLY come out t'visit some kin . . .
Mebbe next time.
Bill, I was gonna call ya' yesterday t'find out where your son was working & take him out t'lunch (we were up 'round those parts). Then I figured why in the HELL would wanna lunch w/some ol' fart???
Jeanette & I had a FABulous time!!
Many thanks t'Stephen & Lia for dinner last night.
Got t'meet the Professor and his LovelyLady.Thx,Guys!!!
ElginAcres
THANKS for the car!!! I LOVE it!!!! ;-)
And to the EVER generous Fugot and his WONDERFUL ExtendedFamily for the EXcellentFood, Guitars & Company!!! THANX,Bud!!!!!
I think we gotta plan a RockyMountain/SouthWest Regional GetT'gether in the future. The hotel here has been GREAT, is VERY reasonably-priced, is QUITE accomodating, and has a lounge with a STAGE!!! (We've also gotten in "good" with the owner;-)
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | What a fun time! Makes me want to try even harder to make the tour (despite the uke seminar!)
Cliff sounded great and led the charge although I think he felt the effects of our very dry climate...(although some tequila helped immensely with that.....thanks Jeanette for being the instigator of that little side trip!)
Thanks to Mike, we showed that the Colorado museum of fine O's & A's is alive and kicking. He has some outstanding guitars (if only he would keep them close to tuned! :rolleyes: )
The only non-O's were the Tak classical that Cliff brought and the Baxendale 12 fret 12 string cutaway.....which stayed in pretty good tune despite the changing weather until ProfessorBB started banging on it! :eek:
It was great to get everyone we could reach together all in one place....and at the end of the day we were treated to Mike's friend Mary who wowed us all with her playing and singing.
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Location: SoCal | Great pic, but who is everybody? |
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Location: NJ | Those are the guys from across the street who threatened t'kick our ass for making all the noise (the guy in the tie was their BailBondsman). |
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Location: NJ | StephenT, Moi, ProfessorBB, ElginAcres, Fugot. |
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Location: closely held secret | What a bunch of slotheads!
(Nice guitars, though...) |
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Location: NJ | btw;
THIS is the car (ElginAcres')in the pic:
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Location: SoCal | What's the car, a late 60's K-Ghia? With Flofit seats in it? |
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Location: NJ | I believe he said it was a Seventy . . . . Four??
For a DailyDriver, this thing is in imPECcable condition!!! . . .
(btw, the pic makes it look Dark Blue, but it's really a Deep Purple . . .) |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Thanks much to Mike (Fugot) for sharing his time, home, food, friends, and incredible guitars for all to enjoy. Here are some pics:
Group shot L to R: StephenT, Cliff, ProfessorBB (Brad), Elginacres (Mark) and Fugot (Mike)
Cliff with Tak classical found in CWK's basement, ProfessorBB with Backensale Custom 12, Fugot on his 47RI, and Stephen with Slothead #42
Three of the Boys at work:
Some incredible guitars being played here including a 47RI and original Slotheads No. 42 and 43.
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Guitars in the vintage Karman Ghia include (L-R) 47RI, Original Slothead No. 42, Original Slothead No. 43, and the Ute. While all these guitars were wonderful to hear and play, we were all really amazed when we went indoors and heard the booming sound of the 2080/12. |
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Location: NJ | I concur with the Professor.
For a 12-string, THIS thing just STONKS!! 
When you're just "strumming" it, it's not unpleasantly "boomy" . . .
. . . but when you get ON it, this thing just thunders!!! |
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Location: NJ | No, but (according to fugot) it's the FIRST 2080-12 the Factory made . . .
(this DID btw, make everyone wonder what T's LongNeck 12's gonna sound like when it arrives . . .) |
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Location: NJ | Also, when Jeanette took this shot, she purposely left the headstock out of it, as Mike still has the MinniePearl hangtags on it.
We didn't get around to trying this one out til almost the end of the day, till someone (YoursTruly) FINALLY muscled-up the gumption t'get this thing tuned-up . . . |
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Location: Alberta, Canada | Good friends, good guitars = good times. Sounds like you had that in spades! |
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Location: Colorado | The car is a '74 Karmann Ghia...not mint - but like Cliff said - for a daily driver - it's in great condition...Guitars and Ghias..hmmm might be a bluesy country song in there somewhere...Bill since this car came off the line in 74...were the Adamas's any sort of reality yet...? Just wondering when the idea started taking a reality turn.
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Location: Colorado | Fugot - thanks for hosting - Cliff - good to see you and the Mrs. again, Professor - good to see you and the Mrs. again, Stephen good to see you and to meet your better half...sorry I only had about an hour...but that's about all the music I know anyway... incredible group of guitars in one place.... |
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Location: SoCal | Karmann Ghia's were great little cars. Our family had a '64 that stayed in the family from '66 to about 1980.... |
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Location: Colorado | Runs like a champ...better -n- me sometimes |
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Location: NJ | 2080 12
the first one AND a monster |
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Location: boulder | Hey all,
First , many thanks for a great time. I had such a great weekend i went to the mountains on sunday. And then jumped right in to watching two godsons while their parents are off in costa rica..
I think the rumour is next spring we are having a rocky mountain OFC gathering, and having it at the hotel where cliff stayed. A stage. a pool, and lots of time to plan.
thanks again for making a good memory-have a great day everyone, peace mike |
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Location: boulder | oh and I can't wait to have another tuning party myself. |
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Location: south east Michigan | Spring?? Maybe to close to the OFC Tour.
How about late summer or fall? |
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Location: NJ | Tuning Party:
Mike had about a dozen-and-a-half top-of-the-line Ovations/Adamases lined-up along the walls of one of the rooms in his house . . .
All JUST taken out of storage.
All detuned.
All devoid of batteries.
LOL!!!
(at least they had strings on 'em;-)
The hotel was really cool, and really cheap ($69).
Located right at the foothills of the Rockies, nice indoor pool, and a really nice bar w/live Blues Thursdays thru Sundays. Jeanette and I "hit it off" with the management, and I'm pretty sure we could convince him t'use the stage for jams before the RealMusicians show up . . .
I was thinking that it's "somewhat" centrally-located (to the region) and it might be cool t'do a SouthWest Gathering (maybe in the Fall when the aspen trees have turned).
Maybe get the folks from Colorado, Arizona, California & Texas t'gether . . .
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Fall would be a splendid time of year, and I'll be happy to assist in the planning effort. However, we'll need to be real cautious not to plan it on a CU football home game weekend. |
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Location: NJ | yeah, . . I know.
That's why we went out LAST week.
Another week or two, we woulda' been locked-out by Graduation . . . |
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Location: big island | Originally posted by cliff:
...Maybe get the folks from Colorado, Arizona, California & Texas t'gether howz about some hawaiians? i dig those Flatirons! |
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Location: Andover, Hants, England | I'm REALLY envious!
....Why can't I find your kind of party/tuning/happening/fun-time over here in the UK??!!
Sounds as though you guys know how to enjoy yourselves and I just wish I wasn't so far away!
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Randy, of course you are more than welcome to come over and entertain. Maybe you can figure out how to make it a tax write off! |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | Am I the only one here thinking a nationwide tour of those who can go to at least the state next to them would be a very cool thing? |
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Location: big island | Originally posted by stephent28:
Randy, of course you are more than welcome to come over and entertain. Maybe you can figure out how to make it a tax write off! as CEO (and only employee) of Premiere Video and Entertainment Services, i imagine i could get quite creative in figuring out a way to write a videography and entertainment trip to colorado off. |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | If you need an accountant to explain how that works, Randy, I'd be glad to meet you halfway...say, oh, I don't know...COLORADO? |
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