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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Not Me!
I just went looking on their site, and they ain't even got them listed in any way-shape-or-form anymore! :eek:
But Art, ("I am your sales engineer at Sweetwater"), told me that they would get them on May 11th.
I realize that that is Mothers' Day, but that's what he said.
[But my 2058T is on the Truck! :D ] |
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Location: Warren,Pa. | I thought they had 4 of them which sold fast and they ordered another 10. Nobody here got one of those original 4? |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Earlier, (4/24 thread) I mentioned that Art Hill at Sweetwater told me that there was One left of the Ten.
He recommended that I "Tell All My Friends"... So I did.
They are all gone now, but I got one coming...
And so do a few other OFCers. |
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Location: Warren,Pa. | Including me, and I still haven't told my wife.
John <>{ |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | My understanding after speaking with Brian @ SW is that they received one as a 'sample'. They then ordered ten more. Brian said that he was uncertain if any more would be ordered. At that time I was #2 on the list.
I think Brad got the 'sample'... |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Guess who's #1... ;)
I think I remember them saying the 16th of May or so. Not sure. Everybody just relax. They will be here soon enough.
On another note, I just ordered a new Composite Acoustic 7i (GX with an offset sound hole ala Mcpherson) in tobacco burst finish. That one is due in about 6 weeks, hopefully.... |
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Location: ms | That means Traders will be for sale by june 1st.... I hope..... |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Now realizing I'm less knowledgeable of Acoustic guitars....
Is it really a Koa "Elite T".
Isn't the point of an Elite T that it is a stripped down, painted, Elite. Wouldn't a "Koa" Elite T, then in fact be a stripped down "Elite."
I think I'd rather have one of these..
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Location: SoCal | The few videos of rock stars playing it and the appearance in general...always thought it was supposed to have a "raw", anti-culture image...oh, gentrification marches on; soon to have inlaid abalone? |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Aw... I just got mine for the Contour Bowl. For the same price they threw on a bit of Koa.
I can blame the Trader-Man... I was just trying to get the 2058T 12-string on the cheap, and he says
"Have you seen one of These?!"
Later on in Life, I will take it out in front of people who have never been to the OFC, and they will be impressed! :p
Be nice if it had a VIP, Miles... But!
PS-- Art Hill sez I'm #3! |
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Location: SoCal | Smile, you got a good guitar and a good price. |
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Location: Tennessee | Miles, this particular version under discussion just has a Koa epaulette over the bass side holes. The rest of the guitar is pure T with the texture paint finish, maple neck, etc., including a contour bowl. SlipKid got one a couple of weeks back and posted this picture:
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Thanks stonebobbo.. that makes sense..
An Elite-T with some bling... I can get behind that. |
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Location: south east Michigan | Originally posted by 2ifbyC:
I think Brad got the 'sample'... Not "the" sample but "a" sample.
I found mine right here in town. The Kaman(?) rep was carrying it around with him and Huber-Breese bought it right out of his trunk.
Psst.. hey pal... yeah you, da guy wit da funny lookin' guy on your shirt. Ya wanna buy a guitar outta my trunk? |
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Location: big island | 'scuse me, but you guys in michigan have some real funny lookin' trees. the ones in the foreground have no branches and the ones in the background have no leaves.
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Location: south east Michigan | The leaves came out this week.
I got the itchy eyes to show for it.
The KoaT performed quite well at Folkin' Friday a couple days ago.
Meant to have a couple pictures taken... but forgot camera. Geez... sounds like a Boise excuse.
There was a Roland rep there. Brian & I talked to him for a while. And guess what??? I didn't even get him fired!!
And BTW...
on second thought, I'll start another thread. |
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Location: big island | Originally posted by Slipkid:
The leaves came out this week.
I got the itchy eyes to show for it so, when do the branches come out, and what will happen to you to show for it then? |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by Slipkid:
Not "the" sample but "a" sample. Ah ha, so there's at least a dozen...
Thanx for the correction!  |
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Location: south east Michigan | Not braches... ropes. Then the ropes latch on to boats that drift by. |
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Location: big island | are drifting boats a frequent problem on this canal? |
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Location: south east Michigan | Does a chicken have lips???
And just a reminder guys... My KoaT is not a contour bowl. But I still just HAD to have it. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | That makes yours more Unique. |
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Location: big island | the textured top on these elite T's offer a very nice sounding brush percussion that i get by extending my fingertips to make contact with the top while strumming. sounds quite nice with certain strum styles. |
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Sweetwater Koa Elite T
