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What The Heck Is THIS ????

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Standingovation
Posted 2003-05-18 9:38 PM (#208911)
Subject: What The Heck Is THIS ????



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I've heard of multiple personality syndrome, but this is going a bit too far. Dave

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2532195098&category=33029
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Paul Templeman
Posted 2003-05-18 9:50 PM (#208912 - in reply to #208911)
Subject: Re: What The Heck Is THIS ????


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That is the weirdest yet. The extra soundholes are homemade, no doubt, but the rest of the guitar doesn't make sense. It appears to be a Country Artist but has a steel-string bridge. Very strange.
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TRboy
Posted 2003-05-18 10:01 PM (#208913 - in reply to #208911)
Subject: Re: What The Heck Is THIS ????



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Hey Dave,

He thinks it's a Celebrity but it's not a cutaway :rolleyes:
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He says it's a '79!! - Kind of reminds me of a Johnny Cash song....He got it "One piece at a time"....It's a '79,'80,'81,'82....He got it straight from the factory - cheaper that way!!
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Some folks just have to much time on their hands
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Mike :cool:
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TRboy
Posted 2003-05-18 10:23 PM (#208914 - in reply to #208911)
Subject: Re: What The Heck Is THIS ????



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Looks like:
***Country artist neck and peghead!
***Elite "epaulets!"
***Custom Legend top,bridge,soundhole ring,and whats left of the MOP binding!

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No telling what the bowl came off of!!

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Mike :confused:
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BCastle
Posted 2003-05-18 10:30 PM (#208915 - in reply to #208911)
Subject: Re: What The Heck Is THIS ????


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Umm.... Err... RoboGuitar? A prop from Road Warrior 3- The Musical? :confused:
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cliff
Posted 2003-05-19 11:48 AM (#208916 - in reply to #208911)
Subject: Re: What The Heck Is THIS ????


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This is just proof-positive that some people should NOT be allowed to own guitars!
(or power tools for that matter!)
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moody, p.i.
Posted 2003-05-19 12:36 PM (#208917 - in reply to #208911)
Subject: Re: What The Heck Is THIS ????


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I think this thing would be worth buying. Take of the tuners and toss the rest.
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Standingovation
Posted 2003-05-19 4:07 PM (#208918 - in reply to #208911)
Subject: Re: What The Heck Is THIS ????



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Shame on all of you for judging this guitar by it's looks alone! Maybe it sounds AWESOME. It would be a long shot, but who knows. Imagine the first person who ever saw an Ovation Balladeer way back when. "Yuk - It's got a round plastic back. Must be a piece of junk." How wrong they all were. Dave
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Beal
Posted 2003-05-19 5:10 PM (#208919 - in reply to #208911)
Subject: Re: What The Heck Is THIS ????



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Vomit on Toast.
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Standingovation
Posted 2003-05-19 6:23 PM (#208920 - in reply to #208911)
Subject: Re: What The Heck Is THIS ????



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Bill - In as few words as possible please tell us what you really think. Dave
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BCastle
Posted 2003-05-19 10:09 PM (#208921 - in reply to #208911)
Subject: Re: What The Heck Is THIS ????


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Originally posted by Standingovation:
Shame on all of you for judging this guitar by it's looks alone! Maybe it sounds AWESOME. It would be a long shot, but who knows. Imagine the first person who ever saw an Ovation Balladeer way back when. "Yuk - It's got a round plastic back. Must be a piece of junk." How wrong they all were. Dave


But Dave, if it sounded awesome would you do it to one of YOUR guitars? Not trying to pick a debate, just a humorous (I thought) observation... :D
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TRboy
Posted 2003-05-19 10:35 PM (#208922 - in reply to #208911)
Subject: Re: What The Heck Is THIS ????



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Hey Dave,

Do your Folklore that way!! :D

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *


Mike ;)
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Standingovation
Posted 2003-05-19 11:10 PM (#208923 - in reply to #208911)
Subject: Re: What The Heck Is THIS ????



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Just got home from Home Depough with the necessay drill bits. A few shots of JD and I should be ready to start the transformation of my Folklore. Umm, well, on second thought maybe I'll stick to using the drill bits for some other cause like fixing the kitchen drawer. Dave
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Bailey
Posted 2003-05-20 1:00 AM (#208924 - in reply to #208911)
Subject: Re: What The Heck Is THIS ????


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I guess we know where this bunch of "progressives" stand when real innovation shows up. I'll bet none of you ever bought an American Motors car of the future that looked like an egg that had been set upon. (I can't remember what it was called).
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willard
Posted 2003-05-20 5:09 AM (#208925 - in reply to #208911)
Subject: Re: What The Heck Is THIS ????


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Hey Moody,
You can have the tuners..send me the case, picks, and strap.
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alpep
Posted 2003-05-20 7:59 AM (#208926 - in reply to #208911)
Subject: Re: What The Heck Is THIS ????


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Bailey that would be the AMC pacer.
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seesquare
Posted 2003-05-20 12:49 PM (#208927 - in reply to #208911)
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Doh-dee-oh-doh...send my heart way down South, and give my love to Rose..... send me the saddle....oh, I'm back in the saddle again....now, where DID I put that medication.....
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Bailey
Posted 2003-05-23 1:56 AM (#208928 - in reply to #208911)
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Pacer, that's what it was, my deceased brother was an AMC dealer in the metropolitan town of Conneaut OH, and used to drag race an AMX, another AMC innovation a monster engine in an ugly car. Getting drunk and leaving burnout tracks in front of local landmarks was their way of making a statement. The AMX was a winner for a short time.
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alpep
Posted 2003-05-23 7:09 AM (#208929 - in reply to #208911)
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Bailey
when I was a teenager I worked for a hi fi store and one of the co owners owned amx's he had about 6 of them. A friend that lived acrosss the street from me also lived there and wound up buying an AMX to restore. he never did and sold it out from under me without ever asking me if I wanted to buy it.
I am pissed still to this day!!!!
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Standingovation
Posted 2003-05-23 9:17 AM (#208930 - in reply to #208911)
Subject: Re: What The Heck Is THIS ????



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Ahhh ... The Pacer, The Matador, The Gremlin, The Hornet, The Concord, The Javelin. American engineering and marketing at it's finest. Check out this link.

http://www.arcticboy.com/

Did you know that ADAM-12 drove an AMC police car. "One Adam 12, One Adam 12, see the man in the AMC Pacer". Check out the AMC police cars link. Really sweet 1975 Pacer Police Cruiser.

Dave
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cliff
Posted 2003-05-23 9:38 AM (#208931 - in reply to #208911)
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Learned to drive (and took my road test) in my older brother's '70 Javelin. Had MANY sexual exploits in the back seat of a red '72 Javelin owned by an old girlfriend named Louise (sigh!).

Had a good friend (who was a mechanic by trade) that owned a dark blue '70 AMX. That car ROCKED!!. Since it had no "ass end" (hence no traction), every winter it was garaged, the engine was pulled and totally rebuilt - EVERY Winter! For all I know, he still has it.
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Standingovation
Posted 2003-05-23 10:04 AM (#208932 - in reply to #208911)
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Hey Cliff, My Wife's name is Louise and she said she had many sexual exploits before I met her in the back seat of a red '72 Javelin. Does that make you and I almost related ??? Dave

PS - Do you remember the TV commercial where they fit a 6 foot sub sideways in the backseat of a Pacer?
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cliff
Posted 2003-05-23 10:23 AM (#208933 - in reply to #208911)
Subject: Re: What The Heck Is THIS ????


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Say what you will about Pacers, but I thought they were pretty cool cars! I had a friend at work that let me take his out for a spin. His came with stick-shift and it moved pretty good.
With their wide wheelbase and low center of gravity, they could "out-corner" a Porsche!!

Hey Dave, give my best to Louise . . . .

. . . . never mind, . . . I already did! :D
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alpep
Posted 2003-05-23 12:20 PM (#208934 - in reply to #208911)
Subject: Re: What The Heck Is THIS ????


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as you may or may not knows amc came out of rambler which came out of nash willys and jeep

their 6 banger was the same motor from the thirties in the amc cars with some updated stuff hung off them. They were rock solid motors that you could not kill. excellent on mileage and built to last.

BUT amc's had HORRIBLE front end. YOu always needed to replace tie rod ends and ball joints.
My sister had a rambler american painted bright yellow with racing stripes and it was a six banger and I could replace tie rod ends on it in my sleep. great car until my now brother in law cracked it up...
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Bailey
Posted 2003-05-24 1:08 AM (#208935 - in reply to #208911)
Subject: Re: What The Heck Is THIS ????


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Verrry interesting!

This sounds like a crew that should be bidding wildly on the initially posted guitar. My brother also had the dealership for the Checker sedan, any back seat experiences out there in it's existance as a taxi, or otherwise. Sorry I asked.

Dave

I just visited that AMC site, sheer nostalgia, amazing.
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