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Location: NJ | I just got off the phone with Rick Hall and we talked about the Ovation Open House.
Rick does not want to skip a year but wants to postpone the 08 Open House until the Fall. I had a few ideas for a special event and Rick mentioned that He and Paul Damiano would like to go all out this year and make this one special.
What they need is time to absorb what Fender is doing and to integrate all of what is happeing.
For you conspiracy theorists. This by all means does not mean that Fender did not want to have the event or anything like that. It just means that while looking at the calendar and considering dealings in Europe and Asia, they need more time to get it together and make it happen.
Rick and I have some ideas to make it really great and hopefully they will come to fruition.
A Fall date has not been set. It will take some time to get that to happen.
You can stop the calls and e mails now
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Location: SoCal | Thanks Al!
...but I am looking forward to Tuppy's Conspiracy Theory. |
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Location: south east Michigan | nice...
I'm in. |
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Location: SoCal | ditto... |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | Ohh, yeahhh!!
Thanks, Al and Rick! |
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Location: Vernon CT | I'm looking forward to my first and meeting the
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Location: Feeding Hills, MA | Great news!!! I'll clear my calendar for the Fall....Thanks Al and Rick. |
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Location: big island | sounds do-able! thanks, al. |
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| Fall it is, I'm there. Thank you Al (and Rick) for your efforts to put this together again.
Hey Beggin', this clears the spring for Southern Style II - get crackin'! |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by noah:
Thanks Al! ...but I am looking forward to Tuppy's Conspiracy Theory. Conspiracy theory is that this summer Fender will sell off the factory to some private investors and the fall OFC event will be THEIR headache, not Fenders. The investors are rumored to be Al and Miles.
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by alpep:
You can stop the calls and e mails now What about rumors? Can we keep posting rumors and libelous innuendo?
And what about hearsay? (Someone told me Moody said he heard we could keep doing that).
Thanks for the good news, Al. By fall my wife may have forgotten about the little trip I'm taking in March... |
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Location: Central Massachusetts | hmmm, fall in New England.. I like it! |
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Location: NW Washington State | Originally posted by Tupperware:
Conspiracy theory is that this summer Fender will sell off the factory to some private investors and the fall OFC event will be THEIR headache, not Fenders. The investors are rumored to be Al and Miles.[/QB] I've heard that Tupperware will be the new Marketing Czar (not displacing any current employees) and responsible for organizing the event. Should be great! |
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Location: Tennessee | Originally posted by numbfingers:
I've heard that Tupperware will be the new Marketing Czar (not displacing any current employees) and responsible for organizing the event. Should be great! Can't wait to see the recommended attire list. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | I think getting to see all the colors of New England in the Fall is AWESOME!
Plus, with Amelia Island in March, this makes it so much better for budgeting!
I think I am really gonna try and make it this time! |
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Location: NJ | ". . By fall my wife may have forgotten about the little trip I'm taking in March . ."
Not after she gets the pictures in the mail, she won't . . . |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Sounds great...I'm in!
Thanks Al! |
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Location: Rego Park, NY, | New England in the fall sounds nice. The weather was on the cool side during the previous tours. It sometimes felt like it was fall. |
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Location: closely held secret | ...as long as it is scheduled for the week after the pool is closed... :rolleyes: |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Thank you Al!
You are a nice person.
A lousy salesman, but a nice person regardless.
Autumnal OFC Gathering... |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | I'm definitely in. The fall is much easier for me as well. It'll set the southern jam apart...could be quite the event on it's own.
Thanks Al! |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Woo-hoo! Outstanding. |
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Location: Madison, Wisconsin | Will transportation be provided from the hotel to the factory? |
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Location: closely held secret | Only if your insurance is paid up. Rick Hall usually drives... |
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08 Open House Announcement
