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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Originally posted by schroeder:
Stunning guitar.
Why did you choose not to have an ebony board? I really like the way the maple inlays on the walnut fretboards look on my other four Adamas'. Kind of a "peanut butter cup" effect. |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | Alison,
It is indeed a beaut. A close up of the epis is a must when you get your hands on it. That puppy is going to rumble - it's going to be like a long neck 1680 with the deep bowl and unfinished carbon fibre top. |
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Location: eastern united states | that's a beautiful guitar alison. one of the most stunning examples of an adamas i've ever seen! my jealousy level is at a 10.5 ! |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | "Why did you choose not to have an ebony board?"
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I think it looks a bit more symetrical with the brown going from the headstock down, and repeated at the bridge. Is there a story behind the swans, or do you just like swans? |
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Location: Jet City | It looks nice and all, but... I WANNA PLAY IT!
I bet that baby'll boom.
Alison, can I come over to your house to play? |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Can we do another Black Hills Jam? I loved that trip and hope to do it again if I ever retire. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | BVince, I've never met a Swan I didn't like. :D
And yeah, we will do another Black Hills jam. I was going to do one this past summer, but I wanted to wait until this came in. I had hoped I would get it by the END of summer at least, but it took just shy of a year. I think they had a hard time with the skinny little necks on those swans. And I know toward the end, the supplier was late getting the epi material to them.
Anyway, my UPS guy told me yesterday that it might come early because they have so many extra trucks running at this time of year and it hasn't gotten that busy for them yet. According to the tracking number, it left Minneapolis at quarter to five this morning. It's about eight and a half hours from Minneapolis to Rapid City, and another hour between Rapid and here. That means it MIGHT, just MIGHT come this afternoon.
Probably not though. I'm TRYING not to get my hopes up. |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | Don'tcha just love the "waiting for the truck" game? |
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Location: eastern united states | don't know if i coulda waited for a truck on that beauty. knowing my impatience at such things, beaking it in at the mothership wouldn't have been a bad idea to me. but thats only 6 hrs away to me. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | It's about three or four days for me. Besides, when I moved away from Connecticut, I left the traffic jams and pollution and rude people and yes, believe it or not, huge snowstorms, behind forever.
Now I live in a place where people never lock their doors, everyone waves and says "hi", the air is the cleanest in the country, and although it does snow some in winter, those snowy days alternate with bright sunshine and 60 degrees, all through the winter.
Besides, as all who attended the Black Hill jam last year will tell you, we have BEAUTIFUL scenery. And it's about to become even prettier here - I think the greys and browns of that guitar will fit in nicely! :) |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | She's right. The Black Hills have some great scenery. We went there on our honeymoon in 1977. The roads didn't seem as steep, narrow and windy after 33 years of living in the mountains, but maybe it was because we were driving a Porsche this time instead of a 71 VW van. |
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Location: Jet City | we have a new 4 door Mini Countryman Cooper S we're itchin to drive somewhere.
Mark, we were almost headed in your direction the week after Christmas, but looks like we're adjusting our plans some. Victoria Island is looking like the destination. |
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Location: Utah | Originally posted by stepchildusmc:
don't know if i coulda waited for a truck on that beauty. knowing my impatience at such things, beaking it in at the mothership wouldn't have been a bad idea to me. but thats only 6 hrs away to me. A year ago I couldn't wait for the UPS truick, so I took a trip up to Alison's to pick up a Patriot. It was well worth the effort. |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | So Alison,
WHERE ARE THE PHOTOS?
:) |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | :D I can't take the pictures until I get it. It won't be here until Monday afternoon. |
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