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Location: Texas | I was in my local Guitar Center last week and they had a 1995 Balladeer, all acoustic, for sale. Since I own an all-acoustic 1972 Balladeer, S/N 001697, I picked it up and played it for a few minutes. It was barely the same guitar as mine. The first difference, is it felt like it weighed about twice as much, even though I'm sure that's an exageration. Second, the neck was entirely different ... gone is the slender, fast neck that I love so much.
The changes are dramatic, but it is still labelled a 1111. Just curious ... does anyone know when the dramatic change came to pass? |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | over time they follow the trends in the market. |
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Location: closely held secret | Hey, things change.
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Am I the only one here that suspects that certain members have archives of picture files all nicely organized and sortable for any occasion? At the drop of a hat they can reach in to the files just like a quick draw shooter pulling his sidearm from the holster and almost instantaneously display the needed visual proof for any occasion.
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Location: Central Massachusetts | LOL having a deja vu moment.. this is the view out my window right now: (neighbor's car)
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Location: Warren,Pa. | I'm guessing you have a TRC on your '72. That guitar would have a more traditional neck w/ truss rod. The '95 has a Kaman Bar in the neck. Do some searching around and you'll find a pic. The bar was large and, though made of aluminium, it was heavy. It made for a VERY stable neck and bolted well to the bowl.
The bar required a change in the neck profile to allow for the depth of the bar. If you try to remove much of the "vee" in the neck you hit aluminum (UK: aluminium).
With the arrival of the new neck design there's no more Kaman Bar (I'm guessing there's one in cwk2's basement), and a shallower neck profile is back.
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by Tupperware:
Am I the only one here that suspects that certain members have archives of picture files all nicely organized and sortable for any occasion? At the drop of a hat they can reach in to the files just like a quick draw shooter pulling his sidearm from the holster and almost instantaneously display the needed visual proof for any occasion.
Dave You caught me, Dave. You are spot on. I have a HUGE archive of photos which I can draw on anytime I need a suitable picture to make a point or perhaps amuse you.
I call it Google Images. |
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Location: ranson,wva | al-u-mini-um...i thinks thats what the brits call it...lol jason |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Originally posted by brainslag:
LOL, ah-loom-in-EEE-um. :D Now that you can pronounce it properly, we'll have to work on your spelling.....
though it's even more accurate to pronounce the 'min' as the stressed sylable.... |
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Location: NJ | nah, it's "fookin' mheh-uhl!" . . . |
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Location: Australia | ....down under it's called al - you - mini - um |
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didn't know that til i bought one in 1983. worst auto purchase i ever made thanks to the lucas electronics company. |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | Down on the farm, we just called it "tinfoil"...... :D
NICE 2005/2006/2007 Mustang GT..... :cool:
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | Forgot to mention, dvd's neighbor's car looks EXACTLY like my first car, a 1964 1/2 hardtop. Maybe now I know what happened to it???? :eek:
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Location: Hiram, Georgia | except dvd's neighbor's is a '66 |
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Location: south east Michigan | I read that Mustang sales are down 16%.
They are going to bring back "British Racing Green" to help boost sales.
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Location: NJ | ". . They are going to bring back "British Racing Green" to help boost sales . ."
Yeah, . . . THAT'll do it.
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | I doubt if just switching plates on that fastback will hide it from the authorities! :cool:
All together now "Off We Go Into the..." |
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Location: CT | Stick? Stuck maybe. Looks like he's trying to birth a baby calf out of the tailpipe. |
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Location: south east Michigan | Of course it was a stick.
That was a damn fine little car.
They hope the green will remind you of the Steve McQueen thing. |
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Location: NJ | ". . Of course it was a stick. . ."
AttaBoy!!!! |
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Balladeers - When did they change?
