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Location: Pueblo West, CO | Old Man Arthur - 2018-08-03 5:06 PM
Great Work Dan.
I just saved all those photos in an album on my computer so that I can share them with folks who already think that I am nuts about all these Ovations.
But this is just a piece of History.
So Kewel to see this. 
Thanks, Art. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | You also need to bring a camera when you return the guitar to Jen.
So there will be a video of the "reunion".
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Location: Pueblo West, CO | Considering she lives in Brooklyn, NY and I live in Lake Forest, CA, I don't think I'm going to be there for the reunion. 
But, I will ask her for video of her playing it. Kewl? |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Absitively. Might contribute to harmony in the cosmos, too. Excellent work, Dan. Your karmha account is in-the-black. |
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Location: Pueblo West, CO | Jen got the guitar yesterday. She's pretty thrilled, but now she's got a predicament.
Does she play the Martin or the Ovation.
I like those kinds of predicaments. LOL! |
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Location: Pueblo West, CO | I also wanted to share with everyone some great news from Jen.
She and her band, the Jen Chapin Trio, are recording a new album. For more information, please visit: https://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/jenchapintrio.
And, she and her band will be in a live stream on August 14, 8pm EST. See: https://www.concertwindow.com/12641-jen-chapin. |
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Location: SoCal | DanSavage - 2018-08-08 6:55 AM
Jen got the guitar yesterday. She's pretty thrilled, but now she's got a predicament.
Does she play the Martin or the Ovation.
I like those kinds of predicaments. LOL!
What model Martin? |
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Location: Pueblo West, CO | moody, p.i. - 2018-08-08 7:51 AM
What model Martin? It looks like a D-18 to me, but then I don't know that much about Martin guitars. 
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Location: Canberra, Australia | DanSavage - 2018-08-09 12:55 AM
Jen got the guitar yesterday. She's pretty thrilled, but now she's got a predicament.
Does she play the Martin or the Ovation.
I like those kinds of predicaments. LOL!
It's a shame you couldn't have been there in person to watch her reaction. I reckon that would have been priceless.
Fantastic job on the restore, Dan. I'm sure she'll love it for years to come. |
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Location: Pueblo West, CO | Thanks, Geoff |
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Location: Pueblo West, CO | Jen posted a video to facebook of her playing the guitar.
https://www.facebook.com/jen.chapin.5/videos/1905112579552597/ |
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Location: Seattle | Well done Mr Savage...another example of the an human connection through music.
We live a time where these connections can be passed on, amplified, and documented for all.
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Location: Yokohama, Japan | DanSavage - 2018-08-12 1:20 AM
Jen posted a video to facebook of her playing the guitar.
https://www.facebook.com/jen.chapin.5/videos/1905112579552597/
Thanks for sharing Dan, and a very hearty congratulations to ya! Jen just upgraded your status to "Master Luthier"! A title to which I wholeheartedly agree (due to 1612 ownership!). Thanks for sharing your journey, and for posting highly educational BFLG threads! Can't wait for your next project! Next time I'm in California (assuming I'm not intruding and assuming we both have time) let me buy you a drink!
Just a job very well done!
P.S. Wasn't expecting such a jazzy expression from Harry Chapin's daughter. Really pleasantly surprised. She seems so down to earth just like her Dad!
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Location: Pueblo West, CO | Thanks everyone.
Ken,
Yes, next time you're in CA, let's get together for a drink and a couple of songs.
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Location: Pueblo West, CO | Jen sent me a note. She joined the OFC but her posting permissions haven't been enabled yet so she aske me to post this on her behalf:
Thanks to all of your for your kind wishes for the restoration of my
dad's guitar. This has been somewhat overwhelming and I'm at a loss to
adequately express my gratitude to Dan, Steve and the wider community
for all the support for this process and for my having a "brand new
40-year-old guitar." I started to get reacquainted with it at a couple
gigs this past weekend and an accomplished photographer took some posed
photos there that he will forward to me and I will pass on to you all
soon.
My dad was very self-deprecating about his guitar playing but of course
he was excellent and had worked hard to develop his unique
finger-picking style. I've been erratically focused at moving my own
playing forward and use the guitar more as a tool for songwriting and to
lay the barest sketch of my songs down for my virtuosic and sensitive
band to color in. So it's a bit embarrassing for me to have the
privilege of repossessing this wonderful guitar that I don't quite
deserve! But I will continue to try to put it to good use in crafting
thoughtful songs and spreading the word about my dad's legacy as still
vibrantly alive through the work of WhyHunger (http://whyhunger.org), on
whose Board I serve.
With gratitude, Jen
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Location: Pueblo West, CO | I watched Jen's live show last night. She and her trio played some really cool songs. She played her Ovation exclusively. 
She has a new CD coming out soon. She's going into the studio next week. I think I heard her say last night that the songs she was playing were going to be on her new CD. |
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Location: Yokohama, Japan | DanSavage - 2018-08-14 11:30 PM
She played her Ovation exclusively.
Glad to hear "the Martin or Ovation" predicament was short-lived! Lol! |
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Location: Ozark, Arkansa | Paul, just wanted to mention that the pic that shows Jen playing with all the cracks in the top was from BEFORE the fall.
I had been watching Jen play on a YouTube video from a Ted Talk, and I noticed the cracks in the top as the stage lighting reflected off the finish. I thought, "Holy Cow! If she doesn't get that dealt with soon the guitar will be a total loss."
So I emailed her, really not expecting a response, but a day or two later she replied and told me about the fall and totally destroying the top. It had been sitting in the closet unplayable, but because it was her dad's she really couldn't bear parting with it.
That was when I told her about Dan, and asked if I could contact him about possibly repairing it. She said she had taken it to her luthier in New York and he wouldn't even attempt a repair. She gave me permission, and the rest it is history. She played a gig at a house concert in Indiana, and left the guitar there for me to pick up. I sent it on to Dan when I got back to Arkansas. |
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Location: SoCal | This thread came up due to Oldvation Guy's post and comment on something I had said. As a result, I read thru the whole thing again over my first coffee of the day. Relived the thrill of the first time thru it and of seeing The Chapin before and after. I suspect that over the next couple of days I'm gonna read thru more threads on Dan's work, starting with the 2 guitars he did for me (which, by the way, get played every day in search of that elusive 4th chord)..... |
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Location: Pueblo West, CO | Paul,
Today is the day for finding that 4th chord. (May the 4th be with you) |
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| I saw this post on one of the time-waster websites I visit and thought it was interesting about Harry Chapin. Interesting fact about Harry Chapin
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Location: When?? | Really, Daren... time-waster websites.. you got that right. It just sucked up a whole hour.
So anyway, where was I...
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