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Joined: June 2004 Posts: 375
Location: Rocky River, Ohio | Hey there....just got back into town...what a great weekend...great to meet all you wonderful people...
After lunch wandering around to find a restroom, I stumbled across the room where all the finished guitars are lined up getting ready to be cased and shipped. I got one shot off before the door was shut in my face !!...
It's in the ERNIEWAN gallery under OFC 2005. Enjoy.
This is one room I could have spent a lot of time in, but then the fine Ovation people would have had to supply drool cups and towels..
Take care, Ernie |
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Joined: December 2003 Posts: 13987
Location: Upper Left USA | Looks like an acre of 12 strings to the left!
Oooooooooooooooooh!
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! |
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Joined: September 2003 Posts: 9301
Location: south east Michigan | This needs to be shown right here.
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Joined: June 2004 Posts: 375
Location: Rocky River, Ohio | Thank you....Didn't know how to do that...
Ernie |
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Joined: June 2002 Posts: 6197
Location: Phoenix AZ | Isn't that a photo of Kim's living room ??? |
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Joined: March 2002 Posts: 15664
Location: SoCal | His spare bedroom. |
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Joined: February 2005 Posts: 11840
Location: closely held secret | Except it isn't that organized...
...and probably has more guitars in it. |
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Joined: March 2002 Posts: 14842
Location: NJ | . . . and DEFINITELY has more "vintage" stuff . . . |
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Joined: February 2005 Posts: 11840
Location: closely held secret | yeah, especially if 'vintage' includes 'supposedly never made'. |
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Joined: December 2003 Posts: 13987
Location: Upper Left USA | So this brings me to a point raised at the last Tour.
Anyone pilfer anything interesting (besides the Adamas) or pick up some spare parts whilst walking through the tour?
I hope to remember the "Looking for a bathroom" thing! |
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Joined: July 2004 Posts: 474
Location: Anchorage, Alaska | Heaven on earth... Wow! |
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Joined: September 2003 Posts: 9301
Location: south east Michigan | Ya know....I thought about it. There were bins and bins of scrap 5 piece neck material. It was asked a few times what they did with it. The answer was that alot of the employees have wood burning stoves. I heard later that a least one piece was saved from the fire. But I was to chicken to take one. |
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Joined: February 2005 Posts: 11840
Location: closely held secret | Somebody handed me one, it was just a scrap cutoff, but it has the 'skunk stripe' in it. I stuck it in my camera bag becuse I was too busy at the moment to deal with it. Found it after I got home. It's about 3" by 4". |
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Joined: September 2003 Posts: 9301
Location: south east Michigan | To the bold go the spoils.
If I had one I would machine it into a even shape the put a glossy neck type finish on it. Oh well, maybe next time.
But I did bring home the booted Celebrity! |
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Joined: February 2005 Posts: 11840
Location: closely held secret | I think you got the better deal. All the way to Connecticut and all I got was this dumb block of wood and more GAS. |
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Joined: March 2002 Posts: 14842
Location: NJ | Last year they had given us some Sitka spruce "coasters" which were the "drop" that came from cutting soundholes. These were laser-etched with the Ovation logo and had the '04 TourJam date, etc.
Last month, I was finishing some MusicRoom panels with tung oil, and before I chucked each rag, I'd wipe it across each of the coasters. Really made the grain detail (and the etched lettering) "pop" . . . |
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Joined: September 2003 Posts: 9301
Location: south east Michigan | Sounds like what I got at the Martin tour. |
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Joined: March 2002 Posts: 14842
Location: NJ | Really??
Did they cross out "Ovation" and write "Martin" with a crayon?? |
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Joined: January 2002 Posts: 14127
Location: 6 String Ranch | magic marker |
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Joined: March 2002 Posts: 14842
Location: NJ | my mistake. |
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