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Location: NJ | cliff
do you do flames... one day when I get my 55 ford pick up together maybe we should talk |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Not trying to be cynical here with the 5-10 year thing. If you like it and it's you, go for it. It's just that I've never been inclined to wear feelings on my sleeve, whatever they may be. Events like what happened will push things past normal limits and I see SO many people waving flags, houses, cars, clothes, guitars, amps, anywhere. I'm not saying this is bad, just that this is way past what the norm has been. Will things go back to what they were before?(the appathetic public) Hard to say, but judging from the past things will tend that direction. We probably won't go all the way back to pre 9-11 but somewhere in between.
My only point was that while I'd be moved to play a guitar like that now, in the future somewhere I might be moved to play something different that is pertinent to that time frame. |
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Location: SoCal | cwkII, I understand exactly how you feel. I'm not a fanatically redneck, I don't follow trends, and I tend to laugh at life a lot more than being intense about my beliefs.
But I've always gotten a bit misty eyed when it comes to the flag. I'm one of the few in my neighborhood who flys it every day. I don't know why, it's just something that I feel strongly about. Doesn't make me better or worse than my neighbors. It just makes me, well, me. |
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Location: NJ | I agree with Bill.
While I feel that it's ABOUT TIME that there was some type of overwhelming pride in the country/flag. I think that it should also be tempered with respect and good taste.
Yes, on Sept. 15th I called the flag/banner manufacturer that I deal with in San Antonio to order myself a custom made flag for the balcony of my apartment. I fly it proudly and respectfully. But I also fly it in accordance to the rules for flying a U.S. flag. The landscape's become proliferated with dirty, sooty, faded, frayed flags that have wrapped themselves around a cheap pole and haven't been touched since Christmas. On more occasions than I'd care to count I've stopped in the midst of my "rush hour crawl" to pick up a cheap tattered flag on it's snapped, cheesy plastic standard to bring it home to dispose of properly. NO flag, no matter how expensive or well made can stand up to being buffetted to 60+ mph winds. Do me a favor and buy a magnetic flag decal for your tailgate, and if you MUST fly a flag from a vehicle - buy a friggin' SAILBOAT!
The only thing I found more sickening than walking the perimeter of Ground Zero was the cheap, tacky, disrespectful merchandise being hawked by nefarious people who couldn't speak the language but could readily make change (because they weren't charging sales tax).
(Sorry about the soapbox)
Is the Adamas site "up" yet? |
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Location: NJ | cliff I agree
sept 13 neighbor a puts up a flag
neighbor b them buys on twice as large
a then buys a larger one puts the other on his pickup
b then buys one larger an displays that on his garage..
sue and I displayed the same ones we had for the 4th flag day memeorial day etc that we always displyed while no one else on the block had any makes you wonder dosen't it |
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Location: Converse, Texas | I appreciate all your input. Sooo ... should I get it now and pay $1600 for it, or should I wait a year or so and buy it used for half the price? :confused: |
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Location: NJ | buy it now and enjoy it. who knows where we will all be in a year.
[ July 09, 2002: Message edited by: alpep ] |
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Location: NJ | I agree.
Besides, I seriously doubt (and HOPE) that it wouldn't depreciate THAT much over the course of a year or two. |
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Location: Dallas | HIZZ --- DO IT ! |
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Location: SoCal | Hizz, I think you should get the guitar. But if you do decide to wait, can you loan me $500 for a Thunderhead that's for sale on ebay? |
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Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana | Dear Folks:
I agree with Alex (Alpep). Whatever happened to good old normal, humble, genuine, quiet American patriotism? What was once a simple gesture has now become what I call a "war of the flags"...my flag is bigger and wider than yours, so I'm more patriotic than you! (ad nauseum, ad nauseum.)
Just my two cents on this issue.
Proud to be an American and lover of things Ovation! |
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| There were just under 100 flag models made.
Of all the post 9-11 patriotic guitar jobs this one is about the nicest, and is worth every penny of the price. That is especially true when you look at some of the other attempts, including that liberty tree thing.
It is a true custom paint job and very well done. It looks as nice up close as it does from a distance. |
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