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Location: SoCal | 1587-7. Acoustic electric, deep bowl, cutaway, beige. 2 knobber? Bass side sound holes only? Outie, not innie?
Bet it sounds great. Pictures please.... |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | CBSprings....does that git have a slight GAS aroma to it?
Beal's an alright person ain't he, give 'em a little time in BM and he'll be talkin' like me! :eek:
ENJOY it CBS, I hope ya don't get any sleep for a good while now. ;) :cool: |
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Location: big island | what a wonderfully warm grin i am experiencing at this moment. i'm happy for both of you, beal and alison, and all of us who get to share in this glimpse into the way all of life should be. sweet! |
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| The Southern Samba boys just caught up with this thread, and all we can say is - YES! Alison, congrats, can't think of a more deserving person. Beal, nice! |
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Location: Central Massachusetts | Nicely done, and well deserved. Congrats! |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | 1587-7. Acoustic electric, deep bowl, cutaway, beige. 2 knobber? Bass side sound holes only? Outie, not innie?
Bet it sounds great. Pictures please....
Alison is busy playing...and I don't blame her at all...she'll get around to it...
Meanwhile, to satisfy the curious and GAS sufferers,here's one from Jerome's site: 1983 1587-7 from Jerome\'s Site
Take your time Alison! Enjoy! :D ;) |
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Location: Location Location Location | How heart warming. I've told several people about this. What do they call this? A random act of kindness? Wonderful. |
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Location: Flahdaw | What a great forum. What a great collection of people. Funny, generous, talented, knowledgeable. I'm fortunate to have found it.
Nice, Beal
And Alison, as Beal says....."play it" |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Yes, it looks like the picture from Jerome's site, excet it does NOT have the two knbs. It looks kind of like the op24. Black controls on a chocolate brown background set up like this:
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The O's and o's and 0's are the knobs, and I couldn't get the sliders, but you get the idea.
My friend with the camera came in yesterday but didn't have the cord with to put them into my computer. Soon, I promise. |
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by CanterburyStrings:
but you get the idea.
Well, actually, no. Or maybe. Is it one of these
http://www.ovationtribute.com/Pr%E9-amplis/Ovation%20Preamps.html
If so, then Beal upgraded somewhere along the line.... |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Yeah, that's it, it's the Optima. And I've got the pics now so I'm going directly over to the ning site and post them now. Thanks Moody. |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Originally posted by darkbarguitar:
What a great forum...Funny, generous, talented, knowledgeable... Db...pUH-leeze...stop...I'm blushing already...
Oh and enjoy it, Allison. Around this place, people are kinda famous for paying it forward...(very nice, Beal.) |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | Bravo Beal. What a great gesture. Alison - you deserve it. Play that little sucker. |
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Location: East Tennessee | Beal,
NICE. :cool: |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Grand gesture to a Grand Lady!
Congrats to both of ya'll...
Now wear it out!  |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | That's the way I found that guitar in the basement. |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | That's the way I found that guitar in the basement.
I hate it when that happens...lol :rolleyes: |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | I wish my basement was like Beal's. I never find any misplaced Adamii in mine. |
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Location: Nashville TN. | sniffle....
I do not even have a basement |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | Well, it's not really a basement. More of a garage. |
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Location: SoCal | Bill,
Good job...you could have just faded away.
Yet, your support for the OFC, Ovation factory tours, Amelia get-togethers, Matt Smith chop shops, current and past employees, individual members of the OFC, questions ad nauseam, et al., have been invaluable.
All of us have benefited from your outreach. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Thanks, Alison's a special person and so was her father, now enough of the back patting and let's get back to how she likes the new guitar. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | OK, just a LITTLE more back patting. Beal, when you mentioned in your e-mail, the contributions my father made to the company, well, it meant more to me than recieving the guitar. You are honoring my father by doing this, and if anyone deserves honor it's my Dad. I'd like the members here to know a little more about him.
He went to work at "Kaman Aircraft" in the late 50's. He was a tool and die maker who never stopped going to school. While he had nothing to do with designing guitars, (that was Charlie, Beal, and the great Jim Rickard), once the guitar was designed, it was up to my Dad to find a practical and cost effective way to actually build it. Dad created the tools and machines that made it possible. He was proud of the guitar shop and the part he played in it. And the time I spent working there with him was a gift. I remember when I first started working there, two different ladies who didn't know who I was came up to me and told me that if I ever had any problems I should go ask "Swannie", because he was so smart, and the greatest guy. I said, "I know, he's been helping me all my life."
So thanks Beal, for honoring my Pops. |
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Location: big island | who could believe this thread would get any better? sweet! |
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Location: Las Vegas, NV | Beautiful! |
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I'm blown away!!!
