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Location: SoCal | So Alison, you've never said what work you did at the factory.... |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I love these personal history stories. Maybe it has something to do with aging.
When I was in Colorado a few weeks ago, I was having dinner with someone from Boise and we were talking guitars. I had just picked up Stephen's #47 and that led to a discussion of Ovations. The guy told me his father in law worked for Kaman and kept trying to get him to try Ovations, but he had an old Martin and never wanted to try those plastic backed guitars. Anyway, he tried the 47 and really liked it. I'll find out the father in law's name and get a little more history and see if it brings back any other fond memories for you. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Moody, I worked in quality control at the Moosup plant. Ron Holden was my supervisor, I was group leader, and Lance Deitz, Rob McCloud (who is still with Ovation), Glenn Doughty, Dave Orlomoski (who is a member here and still works for Ovation), John Berwald, and Joe Campbell rounded out the crew. A great bunch of people, and most of them are still my friends today. Oh, what good years they were! Changed my life and helped make me who I am today. |
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Location: New Hampshire | Beal what a fantastic thing you did, Allison congrats on the new guitar, I'm still in awe at how many people are on this board and almost daily you hear a story like this going on from all different members on this forum, I'm proud to be apart of this! |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by EricandSuebee:
almost daily you hear a story like this going on from all different members on this forum Then there are the countless special 'treasures' that fly below the radar. I know; I've been a fortunate and most grateful recipient more than a couple of times.
What makes this event SOOOO special is that it touches ALL of us that love and/or have an interest in the Kaman heritage and care for our 'family' members!
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Location: Reisterstown, Maryland | Wow, just think some of the members here could have actually worked on some or all of my old Ovations. How great is that?!
No wonder this place is so full of knowledge and great people.
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Location: Nova Scotia, Canada | Very nice...are other guitar forums like this? I think not. |
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| Allison, it's true what they say: "What goes around comes around". From reading about what you have done for others, it's nice that someone (Beal) has done something nice for you.
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by CanterburyStrings:
Moody, I worked in quality control at the Moosup plant. Ron Holden was my supervisor, I was group leader, and Lance Deitz, Rob McCloud (who is still with Ovation), Glenn Doughty, Dave Orlomoski (who is a member here and still works for Ovation), John Berwald, and Joe Campbell rounded out the crew. A great bunch of people, and most of them are still my friends today. Oh, what good years they were! Changed my life and helped make me who I am today. Joe Campbell? I know a professional guitar player here in CA named Joe Campbell. Probably not the same guy.... |
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Location: Corning, NY | class all the way around...nice. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | OK, I FINALLY got some pics up on my ning page. They're not the greatest, but I'll try to get down to Cascade Falls to get some with a nicer background this weekend.
I am LOVING this guitar! I bring it home every night and bring it back down to the shop with me every day. In the morning we have coffee together, during the day we jam with the gang. After hours I give guitar lessons with it, then we go home and play on the front porch 'til bedtime. Tomorrow night we will be playing at the Flatiron. I was going to take it down last week but I had just gotten it that afternoon and wanted some alone time with it.
I have a couple of nice little guitars - the Aria classical and the Yamaha beater.
I have four really good guitars - the old 1617 Legend, the 2077LX, the new Parlor guitar, and my Hamer.
I now have three GREAT guitars - the 2 Bean Blossom Gettysburgs, and now the Adamas.
Humbling. But I guess these are some of the rewards that come with age. Who cares about a little grey hair when you can play such great guitars? |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | I agree completely!
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | HEHEHE...A guy from San Jose just stopped in the shop. I always ask people what they have for guitars. This guy got a smug look and said "I have a Taylor 6-string Leo Kottke". I showed him the Adamas. He was flabbergasted. Kept saying "Wow!" He'd play a little more and say "WOW!". Then he said "I like this even better than my Taylor." Didn't surprise me, but it sure did surprise him. I mentioned Lost Vintage Art, and he's going to be checking it out when he gets home from vacation. ;) :cool: :D |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | I just LOVE the "Ovation Ambush." They never even see it coming. Figure something that unconventional-looking can't possibly be worth playing--until they get started. (I love to buy new ones just to take 'em to bluegrass so's our lead fiddler will try them; he's a great guitar player, too, and has a ton of guitars--but he just drools over my O's, especially the 1758 and the Parlor Princess.)
Nice job "bush-wacking," Ali. ;) :D
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Location: Right now? | Congratulations Alison, and God Bless Beal! |
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I'm blown away!!!
