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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Eric Laakso who played for the Miami Dolphins has passed away at the age of 54. His father Ole used to work for Ovation. He was a great guy. Any of you who have older Adamas' can look down at the wooden volume and tone knobs and see his work.
I used to love going upstairs and visiting with Ole. It was a joy to watch him work, and he had lots of interesting stories to tell. Ole is gone now, and his son Eric has joined him. May they both rest in peace. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Ole did the work on the slotheads. While he worked for Ovation he was 100% adamas.
Too bad they're both gone. |
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Location: Eaton, Indiana | I second that notion.
scott lamperd b c (before computers) |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | Sad news... very young.
Was it Ole that did all the pre-production carving? |
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Location: Nashville TN. | too young to go |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Ollie, pronounced O-Lee, did the tooling for the pantograph machines that carved the pegheads and heels. The original design came from Chuck McDounough. Ollie took that and made it fit the neck and went from there. He was a tool maker by background. Norweigen I think, maybe Sweedish.
He also made the masters and the tools for the rings, and the doors. And he built prototypes and worked on the production when he had nothing else to do. Safe to say his fingerprints are on every one of the 34 slotheads. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Too bad.
The dance card to starting to have a lot of crossouts on it. I hope people miss me even half as much as I miss some that we've lost recently. |
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OT: RIP Eric Laakso
