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Location: Reno, NV | Inspired by the post - "Am I that old?"
It might be interesting to see what age the Ovation products appeal to as well. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Okay, since I kinda started this, I 'fess-up.
This might be informative/fun/scary... |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | I'm in the 46 - 55 group (just) but I'd have a shot at predicting that the 46 - 55 age group (followed closely by the 36 - 45's) is the biggest group.
Or should I re-phrase that to read - 'the most populated group'.
Probably still the 'biggest' group as well. |
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Location: SoCal | So far, only 13% (2) over 55...a bunch of puppies dominating the board? Wait a minute, forgot what we were talking about...anyway, I feel young.
A favorite song is Simon's "Old Friends"... |
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Location: Isle of Man, UK | 26-35.
Slap bang in the middle, in fact. Hitting 30 in July.
Although when I was 25, I'd been playing Ovations for over 5 years and had 4 of them, so I was tempted to vote lower...
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Location: South of most, North of few | Tony, I guess it's just you, me, and Mike (GGG). We're just "aged" ;)
Com'mon, the rest of you old guys, put your glasses on and vote. |
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| Don't you 3 guys wish you were young like me?
I can't believe in 3 weeks time I'm going to be officially old by OFC rules.
al, Miles - delete this thread immediately. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Young whipersnapper! |
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Location: Yucaipa, California | pushing hard on 56...humph! Geezers 'R Us! |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Well, we're up to 4 now....but we lost 2% |
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Location: CT | What a bunch of old farts we are! |
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Location: Hicksville, NY | no comment ...
after all, age is only a number and I don't act it even if, sometimes, gets in my wife's nerves. Besides, when I'm at work, my colleagues tell me that they see another child, especially when I'm with the child(ren). :) I take it as a compliment :) |
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Location: East Tennessee | At least I can use Social Security to fund my guitar purchases.
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Location: Upper Left USA | Once again I'm in the majority for what its worth.
I believe the ability to spend, play and sit at the PC is a right reserved for semi empty nesters. |
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Location: cincinnati, ohio | I'm 56 years young. Still play out 2 to 3 times a week, work a 40 hour a week day job, and teach 12 hours of English and Writing classes a week at a local college.
In between I write and work on solo and band CDs, and sometimes I sleep - a schedule that would, I daresay, crush even some of the young whippersnappers around here.
I can't do anything about growing old, but nobody says I have to grow UP!
As one-time hometown favorite Pete Rose once said, "How can they say I've lost a step? I was never that fast to begin with!" :D |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Just wear a hat, and don't tell people that the J. Geils Band played at my high school, quit snivelling about missing Woodstock, Don't tell them which war you were protesting...
Everyone will think I'm 27. (Right!) |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Another interesting poll would be how long have you been playing ovation guitars. And then another one would be how long have you been playing the guitar. |
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Location: Reno, NV | I agree.. I'll start 'em |
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| Great Poll, now I can relax, I'm 52...(and I've been playing Ovations since 1971 and couldn't care less to play anything else...so shoot me! ) :) |
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Location: SoCal | Looks like a number of people here should be asking Ovation for AARP or senior citizen discounts.....
not me, of course |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Originally posted by MWoody:
Once again I'm in the majority for what its worth.
I believe the ability to spend, play and sit at the PC is a right reserved for semi empty nesters. I am 56 now, with a 9 year old boy. I'ts going to be a while before I have an empty nest. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I'm a bit older than Steve and over a year until I hit the 55 and over old fart group. I don't feel as old as I did yesterday. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | In comparing notes with some of you I see the following trends:
- Learned to play as a teen because guitar was cool.
- Got married and had babies in early twenties and sold or stashed guitars.
- Kids are moving out and spare time/money flows back in.
- Need something to occupy my time and keep me out of Momma's hair! |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | That pretty much nails it, Mike, except I didn't have kids till I was 30. |
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Location: Omaha, NE | At 43, I'd say I have never been happier. Life has a way of settling in. Woody pretty much summed up my path...although I never put away the guitar. I just played a lot less.
The best thing I ever did was start my new band last year. Talk about getting your money's worth out of a mid-life crisis! We are having a ball. This is the most fun I've ever had. |
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| "The Olde Geezer Guitar Club"
"Geriatric Pickers Unlimited"
"Pickersnappers" |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | Woody nailed it.
...the ability to spend, play and sit at the PC is a right reserved for semi empty nesters. The only category that I would add to that is people who work out of their houses when they're not on the road... which I fall squarely into.
With a 10 yr. old, I've still got a few years left before the nest empties out. |
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| on the upper edge of the 36-45 and will be in the largest semi-old group in a couple of weeks..
wow... another turnstile to pass through.
nice to still be around tho.... didn't expect to be, but glad I am.
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Location: NJ | ". . spare time/money flows back in . ."
HaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHa!!!! . . . . . .
The only "Time" and "Money" that I have,
are the two PinkFloyd tunes on our SetList |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | Oh yeah - 44yrs old. A couple of more til I hit the majority.
BTW - what time do the 0 to 25's wake up and respond? |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | How many years can we stay 55? |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Cliffy, Is there a drop dead date for the Alimony or does someone need to drop dead? |
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Location: Upper Left USA | "How many years can we stay 55?"
As many as SWMBO can stay 29, 39, 49, etc... |
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Location: NJ | ". . Is there a drop dead date for the Alimony or does someone need to drop dead? . ."
The latter, and I'm the PrimeCandidate . . .
(unless she decides to re-marry, but I doubt she's willing to derail the GravyTrain)
I've made it my Mission in Life to die at the microphone as opposed to just keeling over at my desk (unless of course, I fall forward and my head hits the "delete" button on the keyboard and someone else has to re-do all my work . . . having "the LastWord" is real big w/me . . . ). |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Why's that? |
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Location: NJ | becuz. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Really? Interesting...
(compared to really interesting) |
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Location: Round Rock, TX | But with the right therapy, you can get better. |
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Location: SoCal | Looks like a number of people here should be asking Ovation for AARP or senior citizen discounts.....
Heck with the AARP, I want a 50% discount!
You young whippersnappers can carry the load!
:D :D :p :p :D :D |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Originally posted by Steve:
"The Olde Geezer Guitar Club"
"Geriatric Pickers Unlimited"
"Pickersnappers" OFC-- Old Farts Club!
Don't fret young'uns, Honorary Old Farts are needed to help the real Old Farts cross the street and carry their gear. |
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Location: Tucson, AZ | ...1944 was a vintage year to my Mom & Dad during the War. |
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Location: big island | "Stairway to Heaven" was my junior prom's theme song in 1973. Has it been that long already?
Here I am at 50 with a long way to go till our nest is empty. Got two daughters, ages one and two, givin' me plenty reason not to act my age any time soon. They are also reasons to stay active and healthy and to play music! And the beat goes on... |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Originally posted by Old Man Arthur:
OFC-- Old Farts Club! :D :D LMFAO :D :D
Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
...except I didn't have kids till I was 30. I didn't start 'til I was 40. My oldest is just 7. |
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Location: ms | I turned five the day JFK was shot(do the math). I also have two daughters, mine are 23 and 15 and a 20 month old son. Like Lanaki i need to work a little harder on my health so i can be around a while longer, but i think Lanaki wins the prize with kids that young. |
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Location: Reno, NV | It looks like so far we have nobody under 25 that has voted. Am I the yougest here.. at the age of 27? |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | We had a young guy from Portland that showed up at our NW gathering. Forgot his name. Nice kid. Haven't heard from him since I gave him advice on how to impress girls. Maybe pulling out your false teeth and showing them to her wasn't a good idea. |
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Location: Nîmes, south of France | 47 the coming June |
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Location: atlanta | I'm 62.
My daughter Kaki (OFC # 861) is 27. |
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Location: SoCal | You guys are old. I'll be 35 this year. |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Wait...are we talking dog years? |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
You guys are old. I'll be 35 this year. again |
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Location: Utah | Where's all the young ones?!
I bought my first Ovation in 1975 - a custom balladeer. I was 21.
Did Glenn Campbell have that much affect on us at the time? |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Did you want my "nails and teeth" age or my Posting age? |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | MWoody hits 7500 posts since December 2003 right after G-Guy hits 8 since December 2004. Do we get to guess which one has a real job? |
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Location: Berkeley, CA | Wow.... after 106 responses, I'm the only one who's 25 or below.
Sad.
For me.
I don't even have my Ovation yet. |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Originally posted by muzza:
I'm in the 46 - 55 group (just) but I'd have a shot at predicting that the 46 - 55 age group (followed closely by the 36 - 45's) is the biggest group. Geez, I wish I'd put a few bucks on it now. |
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Location: south east Michigan | Some worry wart at the factory is looking at these results and freaking out.
What happens in 25 or 30 years when the "Ovation Boomers" start checking out??? |
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Location: Berkeley, CA | What happens in 25 or 30 years when the "Ovation Boomers" start checking out??? Maybe they'll do something like those shoes that young(er than me) kids have... where you can pop a wheelie and skate on them.
Hell, maybe they'll even make Ovation sleds.
... Or partner with a burger chain and make a McDamas model. |
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Location: south east Michigan | Or.... maybe the "younger" OFC members need to "get busy" and refill the ranks. :D |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | 72tour was the young guy I was thinking about. We haven't heard from him in a few months. Maybe he was successful in finding a girlfriend. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Originally posted by Slipkid:
Some worry wart at the factory is looking at these results and freaking out.
What happens in 25 or 30 years when the "Ovation Boomers" start checking out??? That's the kind of data that I love to plan for.....and make decent sales with!
But I'm sure we're not the only geniuses in the house...
You make a very serious mistake in assuming that people in charge know what the hell they are doing.
Rafe Mair; axiom #1
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Location: Round Rock, TX | The young O players (like my son) are out trying to get their bands (he's in three) gigs. They're on MySpace checking out who's listening to their songs, etc., etc. They are IM'ing their girlfriends.
They are NOT checking on to a bulletin board to find out what a bunch of guys, most of whom are old enough to be their fathers, are talking about (no matter how cool we know we are). |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | We have turned into our parents. |
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Location: ranson,wva | im 23,been playing on and off for a bout 10yrs...my playing skills are defintly not worthy of the guitars i own....jason
see ya's in a few weeks when i gteover this damn flu........ |
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Location: Isle of Man, UK | Originally posted by johnny cash 83:
im 23, Originally posted by Jacob:
Wow.... after 106 responses, I'm the only one who's 25 or below. Get the young 'uns! After them!!
Jason & Jacob - could you not run so fast, please. We are trying to keep up...
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Location: Round Rock, TX | Originally posted by Tupperware:
We have turned into our parents. Worse - we've turned into their parents. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Originally posted by Tupperware:
We have turned into our parents. Your dad must have been quite a character when he was your age, Dave. Except for our lack of hair, turning all the lights out on people and saying "we made good time" after every trip over 5 miles, my dad and I have no similarities. |
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Location: south east Michigan | Originally posted by wilblee:
...... (no matter how cool we know we are). Of course.... how true! |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
saying "we made good time" after every trip over 5 miles I seem to remember you saying this both times I rode with you - from the airport to your house and from there to the bus station. :D |
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Location: Tennessee | Originally posted by Tupperware:
We have turned into our parents. My Dad was a very cool dude right up to the time he died. He got back to playing music professionally (semi) after he "retired" (as if). He had a great life. I hope I'm that lucky. |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | Old OFC members don't check out--they just get restrung. ;)
(Although there have been a few times here and there when I have definitely been unstrung.)
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Location: Tucson, AZ | Originally posted by Jewel's Mom:
Old OFC members don't check out--they just get restrung. ;)
(Although there have been a few times here and there when I have definitely been unstrung.)
--Karen ...we just gotta "watch out" for those Whammy-Bar "dive-bombs"-of-life along the way! |
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Location: East Tennessee | Originally posted by The Wabbit Formerly Known As Waskel:
Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
saying "we made good time" after every trip over 5 miles I seem to remember you saying this both times I rode with you - from the airport to your house and from there to the bus station. :D  |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Wow, 93% of 'O' cultists are over 35. Almost half of us (49%) fit into a ten year spread.
Doesn't look good for the future. |
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Location: south east Michigan | Collectivly known as....
FOG-POG
Fat Old Guys Playing Ovation Guitars |
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Location: Orlando, FL | FOG-POG!
Hey I'm not fat! Oh, never mind...
Well, I'm not old, ummmmm, oh crap!
What were we talking about again, I forget. |
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Location: Indiana | Next wednesday I will be a mere 19,723 days old. |
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Location: East Tennessee | Originally posted by Slipkid:
Collectivly known as....
FOG-POG
Fat Old Guys Playing Ovation Guitars Honey,
Does this guitar make me look fat?
Only when you hold it backwards. :D |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Originally posted by beatlejuice53:
Next wednesday I will be a mere 19,723 days old. Then will you change your name to beatlejuice 54? Did you count leapyears? You may be older than you think. |
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The average age of the OFC.... (poll)