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Location: Upper Left USA | Alpep.
Professor of Profundity, Elicitor of Eloquence, Doctor of Expoundation and Friend to small children sends me an email.
"it's here
wow"
That about says it all, don't it?
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Location: Athens, GA & Gnashville | It or they? |
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Location: big island | al used about all his words up on the mike dowling clinic thread. |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | Is it a Sunburst ?..with one or many Soundholes..
Vic :cool: |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Teardrop Sunburst.
Multi-hole. |
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Location: Rocky River, Ohio | no caps?
he typed WOW with my balladeer.... |
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Location: Upper Left USA | The caplocks was probably stuck... |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | ..I bet it was made by a guitar outfit located in Hartford Connecticut.. :D
Vic :cool: |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Teardrop Burst
Multi-hole
Custom Ovation |
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Location: Central Massachusetts | Long Neck
Pink Llama inlays
Contour bowl with custom zebra striping
Trussrod cover delete
gonna be a sweet ride! congrats! |
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Location: Upper Left USA | 
My nomination for a band name:
"Out for Delivery" |
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Location: NJ | hmmm I should be getting a phone call soon |
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Location: NJ | Nomination for a band name:
"Lost in Transit". |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | "Claim Form" |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | "FOB Origination" |
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Location: closely held secret | "Shipment Rescheduled" |
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Location: Vermont USA | "C.O.D." |
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Location: Upper Left USA | It was delivered!
It is at my local UPS Store while I am here in Cubicle Land with an impossible workload.
Anybody feel sorry for me?
Wait, scratch that question - I just remembered who I was talking to... |
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Location: Vermont USA | MWoody it must make you sick to think your guitar is home while your at work, now go home till you feel better.
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Location: Up North | Couldn't you have them ship it to your work?
We'll need to see pictures right away!
congrats, Woody |
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Location: closely held secret | Mike, your plight has touched my heart.
I can be there in about 3 hours. I will retrieve it for you, and care for it as if it were my very own.
You can pick it up from my home at your convenience, knowing it has been nurtured and loved.
...when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers... |
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Location: Vermont USA | when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers And everybody thinks I'm crazy.
Pauly |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Thanks guys... I think. :rolleyes:
Helpful hint - I used the services of my local UPS Store this time so that A) the package went straight indoors and was secure, and B) If it arrived with Tire Tracks on the box it would be documentable.
$5 for this service. |
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Location: Central Massachusetts | He left out the all important element there for some of you.... C) you have control over when SWMBO sees it (or doesn't, as the case may be) ;) |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Baritone scale is the one for me! It feels so right and it sounds so good. Gotta figure out the directions for the OP studio though.
Threw some quick photos in the Gallery.
G'night all. |
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Location: big island | long, sleek and beautiful, mike. congratulations!
i have not tried a baritone yet but believe i will first chance i get. |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | Mike - that looks gorgeous! Congrats on your new baby. |
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Location: Central Massachusetts | Mikey, incredible! Love that burst and bling. |
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Location: Athens, GA & Gnashville | What a beauty! I now feel baritone GAS exploding within. |
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Location: Up North | Awesome colour! what a beauty. Congratulations. |
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Location: ranson,wva | i feel baritone adamas gas coming on!!!!!! ohhh the choices and so litle aviable funding..lol
thast beautiful mike,i bet it plays like a dream....jason |
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Location: Orange County, California | :eek: Wow!! :eek: |
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Location: Rego Park, NY, | Very nice Woody!! |
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Location: NJ | please note this was the first time Ovation ever made abalone d scale markers |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | My Woody very impressive. |
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Location: PDX | Originally posted by Jeff W.:
My Woody very impressive. I'm sure it is Jeff. But don't you think that's a bit more information than is required? ;)
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Location: Upper Left USA | Jeff,
Haiku can take several other forms but the three metrical units of 5, 7, and 5 syllables seems to work best. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Originally posted by alpep:
please note this was the first time Ovation ever made abalone d scale markers What are the regular side markers on the DS768, etc., made out of? |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Originally posted by MWoody:
Threw some quick photos in the Gallery.
Which album? |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | MWoody |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Found it . . .in his "Ovations" album. That is one beautiful instrument! |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Woody, that's a GREAT guitar! One suggestion (you have probably already done it) - ditch the TRC and make yourself something cool in it's place. Maybe try to match one of the woods in the epaulets. VERY NICE MY FRIEND!
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Location: Upper Left USA | Dave, you're scaring me!!!
Last night I pulled out some Padauk... |
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Location: closely held secret | Only you two could look at a beautiful, brand new just out-of-the-box custom guitar like that, and say, "you know, if it only had...".
It's an illness. Must be congenital, your parents probably had the same thought when they first saw you. |
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Location: big island | large LOL! perfect moniker for you john...nah, you need to revert back to "waskel" |
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Location: Upper Left USA | RE: "your parents probably had the same thought when they first saw you."
Ahem, hence the circumcision...
So I think what Al was alluding but not blazenly broadcasting - as well as what I have been purporting is that you can get an LX D-scale now and have Abalone inlays as well.
Now to start planning the next custom... |
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Location: Upper Left USA | I was tipped off early... |
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Location: GA USA | Woody, did you sketch out the teardrop for them or specify that it should reach all the way to the neck? Usually they have a lot more black. It's like a whole new breed of burst, a non-Gibsony TDB.
That's beautiful. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Actually I thought it would have more of the Gibson-esque black. I looked at as many examples as I could and settled on Teardrop. I think the depth of burst is dependant on the "artist" with the gun at the time.
I knew that whatever I got would be within certain parameters. It grows on you. I want to see it in a Stage lit environment!
As I turn and look at it now I am seeing more figure in the middle tones than I noticed before. Did I mention it kind of grows on you. |
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Location: Central Oregon | Wow, that's pretty Mike! |
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Location: NJ | it is a very beautiful instrument.
all the bling you can think of is on that guitar. |
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Location: SoCal | Just an absolutely beautiful guitar. Bet it sounds wonderful as well. I could see the wheels turning in Woodrow's head last year at Stonge's house when he played Stonge's long neck 12 string.
I love the sound of long necks, but it screws with my mind. I can capo up the neck with the best of them, but trying to figure out chords going the other way is almost painful for me. But Woodrow, if you'll send the guitar down to me for say, 6 months, I'll try and figure it out...... |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Paul, if I make another Custom order soon I may end up bringing a few guitars down with me and having to stay at your house !! LOL
Al said "all the bling you can think of is on that guitar.".
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Location: NJ | ok one last piece
I have a 30's epi with that inlay in the fretboard the snowflake is always one of my favs |
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Location: Upper Left USA | I do believe that if I hadn't involved Al I would still be whining about Ovation needing to make an LX Longneck.
Remember, no matter what anyone tells you, never destroy those negatives! They may come in handy later... |
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Location: PDX | Nice Mike! It's hard to tell from the pictures but it looks like the epaulets are inlaid. Is that the case?
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Location: Central Massachusetts | Greg, I think all wood-top epaulets are inlaid these days.. part of the "LX" moniker. I suppose you could special order the old style. |
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Location: PDX | Ah! I see, thanks David.
Pretty cool. The only inlaid epi's i had ever seen were those on Spot. They add a really nice "finished" look to the guitar.
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Location: south east Michigan | Mike... that is one damn fine looking instrument.
Damn fine.
I downloaded the pics to use as a desk top.
The only thing I would have done different would be to have the 5 piece neck stripes show on the headstock. Leave the face of the headstock black, but show the skunk stripes.
That top looks awesome.
I know you won't be able to make the tour this year. :(
Is there any possible way your guitar can attend?? ;) :D |
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Location: Central Massachusetts | Speaking of Spot, I'm boxing her up today for a trip to the Spa for some "despeckling".. hopefully will be hand-carrying her home from the tour.
Wander thru the Guitar Center near Washington Square one of these days, they actually have quite a few USA O's. Lots of inlaid epaulets and beautiful finishes. No bursts, though, last time I checked. Haven't really seen anyplace else around PDX that has O's. |
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Location: GA USA | Sam's wood box handmade Adamas top guitar has inlaid epaulets. He was gonna glue them on and the luthier told him they just had to be inlaid. It's beautiful work. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | So I am reading Jerome's Newsletter and I look into the VXT pictures when it hits me like a ton of bricks...
VXT TDB
There's my burst!
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Location: Central Massachusetts | So I am on Jerome's website all the time and I completely overlooked the newsletter signup. thanks.
By the way, you're right that does look familiar.
The difference between your -TDB and my old -1 is more subtle than I would have expected. Both are very purdy...
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Location: closely held secret | The top one (David's?) follows the body shape. The bottom one (Mike's?) has the shape of a guitar pick.
Both attractive for different reasons. |
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Location: GA USA | Hey, it was my burst before it was your burst! |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Are we now "burst" snobs? LOL |
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Location: south east Michigan | I thought of another feature I would do with a custom made longneck.
Along with the unusual longneck fret markers I'd put dots or "snowflakes" in between them. That way if I'm capoed up to concert pitch I'd have my reference points. I know, I know... if I was a better musician I wouldn't need them. Well... I'm not and I do.
I hope there is a longneck at the tour.
I gotta try on of those things. |
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Location: Central Massachusetts | Originally posted by Captain_Lovehandles:
Hey, it was my burst before it was your burst! Jas, I think the distinction is that Woody's burst comes to a point under the neck, just like the VXT. Yours happens much closer to the bridge... which I think is the more traditional TDB pattern.
I'm bummed that I won't get to meet you at the Tour. Some day! |
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