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Location: closely held secret | Ok. I am now officially excited. Lady Waskel has surprised me once again with a "that one's pretty, why don't you go ahead and buy it?". What a great wife and Christmas present!
Mine, mine, mine... |
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Location: Midland, MI | Nice score. That's not much more than I paid for my Elite. |
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Location: Oakville Ontario Canada | Waskel,
Merry Christmas, nice lookin axe!
Enjoy
Cheers |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | WHAT ??? What's this with all these wife's "giving" ovations to their husbands for xmas. textured topped adamas, John Lennon reissues, etc. Man, I'll be lucky to get a hot meal. |
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Location: Parrish, FL | Great Grab. If it is anything like a 1681 you will love it. I feel guilty leaving the 1537 in the case as much as I do, but the Adamas plays soooo much smoother.
Merry Christmas! |
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Location: East Wenatchee, WA | Whoa....very nice indeed. Makes me feel as though I paid too much for my "A".
It must be an Oregon thing with this giving wives huh Waskal.
Looks like both of our Churches will be Adamasally Blessed this Christmas season. Hope my pastor doesn't try and wrestle me for it. Oh wait...he doesn't like round backs....mine, mine all mine. |
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Location: closely held secret | Thanks, everyone!
I'm really pumped about this one. I've set my sights on a 1581, and ever since that last one on ebay slipped through my reluctant fingers I was afraid I would have to wait until a reissue was within my grasp.
I was worried about the sellers zero feedback, but I discovered he's a very reputable TV producer and a very nice guy. Plays mostly fingerstyle and has had the guitar since '95. Spoke to him for a bit and worked out a deal.
Many thanks to Mike (fugot) for giving me his blessing to steal this one from him! :D :D :D
My wife has indeed brightened an otherwise cloudy Christmas this year! |
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Location: Rego Park, NY, | WOW NICE!! :) :cool:
A nurse at my hospital told me that she is going to Dallas this week. I asked her to bring me back a cheerleader. If only I had the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader CalendAR. I could have pointed to one and said"Gee That one's PRETTY!" .
I can't wait till she gets BACK! |
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Location: Fayetteville, NC | Congrats waskel! She's a Beauty! What a great wife you have.. I'll be lucky to get a guitar pick! :rolleyes: :) |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Wow! We're really close to Oregon, but this thing with the wives doesn't seem to have crossed the state line. I bought my wife an exercise machine for Christmas, just so she wouldn't do the same for me. That may explain her lack of enthusiasm. I still expect I'll get an elliptical trainer, since she keeps telling me I'm out of shape. It will be really difficult for me to look thankful. If she said OK to an Adamas, I might actually have to stop buying guitars for a year or so. |
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Location: Orlando, FL | Very nice! Great price too. Congrats! |
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Location: Rego Park, NY, | Can't wait to see pictures!! |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
I bought my wife an exercise machine for Christmas Nice, Mark. Why didn't you just get her some Richard Simmons' videos and a subscription to Weight Watchers to go along with it? :rolleyes:
Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
If she said OK to an Adamas, I might actually have to stop buying guitars for a year or so. Well, yeah. I have a feeling that was kind of implied in my deal, too. |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by Phil Wong:
Can't wait to see pictures!! The best I've got till it arrives...
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Waskel, I've figured out that I'm not too good at this buying gifts for the wife business. I'm not even good at begging. I will be going to Portland a bunch this next year and will try to stop at least once and see Jeff and you and your Adamases. You could bring yours up to the Porsche Parade in August and see how you and it look in a blue Porsche. |
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Location: East Tennessee | Waskel,
Very Nice. :cool:
BTW how's that Country Artist you sent to the mothership? :) |
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Location: closely held secret | Oh, thanks for reminding me, Mike. I need to get some pictures of it. The 1624 is alive and well and hanging in my music room. The MS did a wonderful job of repairing the delamination and reattaching the neck. The top has a few finish cracks, but it's still beautiful to look at, and the tone is great. I didn't have them replace the bridge, which is not original, so I'm going to put a K&K classic pickup system in it and run it to the original preamp. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Waskel, that is sweet.
If it sounds anything like my 1581 reissue, YOU WILL BE BLOWN AWAY!
Is she gonna make you keep it in the case until Christmas day :eek: :eek: :eek: |
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Location: closely held secret | No. She loves me, and wouldn't want me to be stuffed in that case with it for 2 weeks. |
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Location: Vermont USA | Beautiful, just plain beautiful.
Congratulations Paul |
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Location: closely held secret | If anyone's interested, the seller also has a Taylor 655ce 12 string with the Fishman Blender. Looks nice, but I got the better deal. |
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Location: south east Michigan | Nice get John.
That type of guitar is the next one on my wish list also. |
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Location: closely held secret | Thanks, Brad. This one's been at the top for some time now. Somehow managed to pick up 4 O's while waiting for it... |
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Location: NJ | Gweat gwab there, Waskel!!
This your first Adamas?? |
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Location: closely held secret | Yep. And probably my only. |
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Location: Parrish, FL | That's what WE all say! |
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Location: closely held secret | I know. But you never know who might be listening... |
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Location: Parrish, FL | Be werrry quite! |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | Congratulations! I was gonna' say you're gonna' be very happy with it, but I think you already are.
I love my 1581, and I don't think there's another guitar I would want more than that. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Do the double epaulet cutaways and single epaulet cutaways ones have the same model number? Dave |
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Location: closely held secret | I don't know. I'll ask Dave, he knows everything. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Check with Dave. He is an expert on those kind of things. |
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Location: NJ | Dave Knows. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | It's Craaaahgp
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Location: closely held secret | I love sellers like this! Negotiated, accepted, paid and shipped in less then 24 hours. Now the long wait for the big brown truck. |
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Location: East Wenatchee, WA | Hey Waskel...we wait together. Mine is scheduled for the 20th.Fed Ex. And now I am worried about the effects of cold weather.
Maybe you can worry with me too....oh we are supposed to live by the 1Peter5:7 thing aren't we? |
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Location: closely held secret | Jeff, I'm not too worried about the cold. If it was a wood-topped guitar, yeah, but not these things. They'll handle that fine. I worry more about the loading gorillas... |
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Location: NW NJ | Waskel:
Great score - use it for the good race!
Boy, Oh Boy, Oh Boy! WE have great wives. Mine got me this one for my Christmas present.
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She only let me check it out to make sure it was OK. Has a little bridge pull going on like Eriewan's, but my goodness, it sounds like an orchestra when you play it ... I love my wife, I LOVE my wife, I love MY wife, I love my WIFE! |
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Location: closely held secret | Congratulations, Robbie, that's beautiful! Someday we'll have to get it and my 1759 together and play a duet. |
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WOOHOO! It's mine, it's mine, it's mine...