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Location: Nashville TN. | Has anyone heard of Kaman made Graphite topped
that wasn't an Adamas??? That was developed
in 1980's.
Does any have have that roundback hybrid acoustic-electric made in 1966???
I tried to tell the Hartford Courant Reporter
he blew parts of the story.
I tried to tell him
1) 1966 the roundback Balladeer was
acoustic guitar
2) 1971 the pizzio electric pick-up was patented.
It was called acoustic/electric but was still
an acoustic guitar; just one that could be plugged too be amplified. Its not a hybrid
3) Graphite topped is called Adamas and started in 1976 not the mid 80's
Grumble
and the reporter won't admit he did understand
what Frank Untermyer told him. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Never let facts get in the way of a good story. 99.9% of the readers won't even notice and so what if they did. It changes nothing about the story per se. An innovative guitar concept was developed home grown in CT as a personal interest of the founder of a major industrial aerospace company. Decades later the founder and his son have long since left the company and the remaining corporation has sold off the musical instrument division to a well respected name in the musical instrument business, under whos financial and strategic leadership the small town guitar company that we know and love, will hopefully grow and flurish. Let it go.
Dave |
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Location: Nashville TN. | Bad reporting urrrks me
not just on this. |
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Location: North Carolina | Anytime I have seen a news story regarding a subject on which I had direct, first hand knowledge, the story has always been wrong in some way. Always. No exceptions. Since I have met more than a few reporters over the years, I see it kinda fits. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | News agencies get every single story wrong. Without exception. It is a reflection of the practical limits of communication.
To fully understand a given situation would require reading (or hearing, or seeing) the equivalent of two copies of the Sunday New York Times dedicated to one single issue. Few people want to actually understand, they want to believe they understand.
SO the media gives a quick overview, a new 'in word' (buzz, spin-doctor, wind-shear, stress fracture.) and the consumer walks away happy in the belief they understand the world around them.
There are over three billion stories in the world and only 20 minutes of hard news time available in a hour hour newscast. You do the math.
These same people eat at fast food restaurants believing they have some concept of cuisine....! |
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| Tupp,
The key word there is 'hopefully'..
Now, I'll grit my teeth and try and let it go.. :) |
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OK so
