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Location: big island | speakin' of aussies...i've had two of them promise to send me tim tams and here it is over a year later... |
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Location: Brisbane Australia | Mate, can do that, no worries, what flavour would you like?
Not sure they would be edible when you got em
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Originally posted by lanaki:
speakin' of aussies...i've had two of them promise to send me tim tams and here it is over a year later... Umm...
That would be me :rolleyes:
(the other one's disappeared off the face of the OFC)
Sorry Randy. I'm weak. Succumbed to temptation on 2 separate occasions. I've got to buy them on the way to the post office, or I'll eat em!
I've still got your address. I'll have another try this week.
(Message to self - be strong... be strong... be strong...) |
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Location: big island | chocolate! i've been told some were bought and intended for me, but tim tams are so good and tempting, they just never made it to the post office. that's probably the truth but not very ridgy.
man, this magnum bass is tempting too. wish i had one just like it. :D |
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Location: big island | oh...one of the culprits chimed in as i was composing my last post. :rolleyes: |
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Location: Brisbane Australia | Randy, the North Coast contingent is obviously edibly challenged.
Can't have that as a representitive of the Aussie OFC.
PM your addy and I will deliver
AJ :D :D |
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Location: big island | hmmmm...aussies appreciate competition. we could make a little game outta this...
man...what a bass, huh? |
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Location: big island | saynotovorderman, do you currently play in the band, "harry hack and the big g"? i heard a few clips on myspace. are you planning on using the magnum for gigs? it would look great on stage. |
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Location: Newcastle, UK | lanarki. no, i've not played in a band since 1980..that Big G band was from 76 to 77(the "G" was a gram of speed in memory serves me :D )
i am about to get our original studio master demo tape baked and copied digitally with a view to releasing a mini album :cool: (30 years too late)
my son is touring Germany and Austria with his band in April and there's every chance he'll borrow it for the tour and possibly for his USA and Canada tour in the spring(he's the main singer, bassist and guitarist in Shitdisco). he plays a Fender Jazz or a cheap Peavey bass live, and a Gretsch with Roland synth thingy or his Roland G500 (but that's a bit tricky to take on planes) |
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Location: Newcastle, UK | here's a few more pics i took when it arrived
bit sad photographing the case i know but it too is smart :cool:
while I'm on here's a few of my other guitars
the Ibanez Rick copy
The Maranello
hope i'm not breaking board rules posting so many photos...do tell me someone, if i am |
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Location: big island | i was curious about your handle so i had typed "saynotovorderman" in my browser. one of the links took me to harry hack and the big g webpage on myspace. |
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Location: Newcastle, UK | The Epiphone Non Reverse Thunderbird
63 Hagstrom Futurama
Twin Necker I shipped from the states for my son
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Location: Newcastle, UK | i was curious about your handle so i had typed "saynotovorderman" in my browser. one of the links took me to harry hack and the big g webpage on myspace. it should really have been just The Big G..that was my ineptitude when i set the page up..i think it looked strange or something when i tried Big G..can't really remember now :D
as for the handle...it's a reference to a lady called Carol Vorderman who appears on UK TV solving maths problems on a daytime programme called Countdown..there's tons of stuff on her if you google..anyway, she does these TV ads for consolidating your loans which i think are dreadful ( i do voluntary work with the Citizens Advice Bureau and see tons of appalling debt cases, many of which are made worse by these damn loans)...i'm just a grumpy old man really :D |
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Location: big island | i saw all the references to carol too. i figured there was a connection there.
excellent looking guitars you posted above. no, you are not breaking any rules by posting them. we all love guitar pics. thank you for them! there is a member's gallery that you can see the link to above in "member access". that is where members post many of their pics also.
i've heard those italias are great for the money... |
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Location: Newcastle, UK | to be honest the Italia has sat in it's case pretty much since I got it..my son expressed interest in borrowing it after he tried it so it must be ok
it is stunningly beautiful though, which is why i bought it really..the back is Pearloid and it feels really well made
Carol Vorderman is a bit of a sex symbol over here in the UK..amongst a certain age group
Countdown is worth checking out..it's bizarrely addictive |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Welcome sayno.. and GORgeous bass.
I think it crys out to be in an early 60's pop/instrumental band (Freddy & the Dreamers, The Honeycombs, The Shadows, et al) But what do I know, I'm just a really grumpy old man....? |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Great color. It fits nicely with the auto colors Fender began using in the 1960s. |
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Location: Montréal, québec, Canada | Very nice bass, keep on playing !!
Bernard
Breadwinner
Tornado
Ibanez firebird (firebrand)
Seagul m6 cw
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Location: Newcastle, UK | plot thickens...someone has posted these pics of what looks very similar to the one i have...maybe it's the same or maybe there were a few done like this
not mine
mine
not mine again
mine in case
and not mine in its case
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Location: NJ | FWIW:
Yours Is Nicer . . . |
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Location: Newcastle, UK | once i'd worked out what "FWIW" meant...i agree
:-)
I've just noticed the dampener thing is different as well as the scratchplate and knobs
bit too much of a coincidence to have the same Calton case that mine has..but then again i have no reason to doubt the story of the guy i got it from.
i've sent an email to someone on ebay that was suggested to me on another forum as someone who might know more...will keep you posted if i get a reply |
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Location: Scotland | The damper has been removed on the second version. I've done the same with mine, |
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Location: Newcastle, UK | never got any info from the ebay contact...but someone on another forum posted this
"I believe that is an Ovation standard issue color. They made some Breadwinners in the blue as well but not many - which is why the blue ones hold they're value in the collector's circles. The guy you're looking for is Miles (sunnyledges) Baron. "
does this ring a bell with any of you re the colour? and has Miles already replied on this thread?
does anyone have an email address for Mulder and Scully? :-) |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | Miles goes by Mr Ovation and is one of the founders and administrators of this site, along with Al Pepiak (AlPep). I'm sure you'll get some response from either one soon - keep trying. Miles might be out on his bike but Al never closes! |
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Hi. new and just bought a Magnum
