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Location: Detroit area | Canton, MI (west of Detroit)
Church Administrator
See very cool website here...
After playing drums for years I got the bug to write songs and sing. Started in early 90's.
What kind of music you like/like to play.
Rock, worship, rockin' worship... I'm a child of 80's rock, so anything that can give me goosebumps is a winner - but please No rap and No country (my apologies to about 90% of the OFC!).
What kind of guitar(s) you have.
1769 Custom Legend CGB, American Fender Tele, 1617 Legend (on it's way - thanks Noel!) |
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Location: closely held secret | Stonebobbo, you were in the NW and didn't say hi to me or Woody? |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Didn't come to Idaho either. That's one Californian that we kept out. |
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Location: closely held secret | Oh, he went there. But like a bad odor on a windy day, he vanished... |
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Posts: 11039
Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | I saw a bumper sticker in New Hampshire it read...
"Welcome to New Hampshire.
Now, get the hell out!" |
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Posts: 4413
| Kent, England, very close to London.
40 years ago I talked my godmother into buying me a guitar so that I could become rich and get laid. I am still that shallow. I achieved neither.
Temporarily retired jazz guitarist, although I have a new found part time job where, as soon as it gets dark, I go sit ona lily-pad and croak.
post be-bop flamenco.
these days only my Country Artist. The best O there is and not to be confused with those multi-coloured, multi-holed collector's items. Some of which are overweight in the lower bout department (as indeed are many of the OFC if you look at the tour pics). Although I'm developing a real itch for a Wechter. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by schroeder:
I'm developing a real itch for a Wechter. Might, I recommend some medicated talc for that?
my Country Artist.The best O there is and not to be confused with those multi-coloured, multi-holed collector's items. Some of which are overweight in the lower bout department (as indeed are many of the OFC if you look at the tour pics).
I would like to think it's his current prescription that makes him say such things...but I'd just be foolin' myself... |
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Posts: 1116
Location: Keller, TX | Say something like where you live.
Texas.
What you do for a living.
Family Practice Doctor (most people call us Quacks)
How you started playing the guitar.
Dad and Grandpa would sit around an play three cord songs (G,C,D). I joined in. I have been trying to teach myself to play for 30 years. Have gone for upto 10 years without touching a guitar. Still learning.
What kind of music you like/like to play.
Not much. Just gave in and started lessons.
What kind of guitar(s) you have.
Ovation C778LX (Custom Elite)
Celebrity CC057 (daughter plays)
Adamas 1681 (coming from StandingO)
Squire Fender Strat
Ibanez POJ |
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Posts: 1922
Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | Say something like where you live. --- Far western suburb of Detroit, bordering on country.
What you do for a living. --- Engineer for one of the two big American car companies.
How you started playing the guitar. --- Started playing when I was in high school in 1970. Learned on a Sears Silvertone lipstick pickup Danelectro-made solid-body with the amp-in-case.
What kind of music you like/like to play. --- I like rock/pop/blues/country/bluegrass/trad and some jazz. I play whatever I feel like playing, mostly trad, country, blues and old pop/rock.
What kind of guitar(s) you have.
1976 Applause AA14-4 6-string
1978 Ovation Legend 1617-4 6-string
1981 Ovation Glen Campbell 1118-1 12-string
2001 Adamas Melissa Etheridge ME1598RB 12-string
2002 Ovation Collectors Series 6-string
2003 Ovation Legend 1777-NAT
2004 Ovation Balladeer GCS771-C (cedar-top) 6-string
2005 Ovation Collectors Series 6-string
2005 Martin 000-16RGT (token all-wood guitar)
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Posts: 651
Location: Australia | Interesting thread....
Brisbane, Australia
Fashion wholesale company
My brothers Beatles records 1981
Mainly rockabilly, jazz, early RnR, 70's acoustic stuff.
All of the above
1687 Adamas
1719 Custom Legend
6120 Grestch Nashville
6119 " Tennessean
6128 " Duo Jet
350v63 Rickenbacker
360/12CW "
Fender 50the Ann. Strat
D'Aquisto Jazz Line |
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Posts: 2850
Location: Midland, MI | Say something like where you live. --- Mid-Meeshegan
What you do for a living. --- Practice the black art of UNIX voodoo
How you started playing the guitar. --- Picked it up, formed a first position Em7, strummed it. Without knowing what I was doing, I managed to work up a little ditty that was really a I-IV-V using that open Em7 and the barre chord form thereof.
What kind of music you like/like to play. --- This song I wrote that's a I-IV-V starting with an open Em7. Just kidding...blues, jazz, jazzy blues, bluesy jazz, zydeco, cajun, classic rock. Just about anything as long as it's a I-IV-V in E or G.
What kind of guitar(s) you have. --- Nice ones. Well, OK, a 1989 Ovation Elite 1868, a 1996 Hamer Studio FM, a 1986 Steinberger GP-4S (modified to be a 7S by a previous owner), Peavey Cropper Classic, Peavey strato-copy. Shortly, the Ovation, the Hamer and the Cropper will be going on the block to finance my next Ovation purchase (and Al doesn't even know it's coming....yet). |
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Posts: 231
| Southeast Missouri
Started playing guitar about 35 years ago.
Also play fiddle and mando.
Mostly Bluegrass and Acoustic Music
Got my first Ovation back in 1982. Still have it.
1117 Legend 1982
1117 Legend 1985
1619 Custom Legend 1986
Blueridge BR-70 2003
Martin HD-28 1998
Fender Deluxe Tele. ???? |
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Posts: 613
Location: Zion, Illinois | Say something like where you live.
Zion, Illinois. Home the the largest state park & a nuclear power plant right in the middle.
What you do for a living.
Systems Analyst
How you started playing the guitar.
Sex, pure & simple. Chicks dig guitar players, I became a guitar player
What kind of music you like/like to play.
Mostly 60's, early 70's stuff. The Beatles are #1.
What kind of guitar(s) you have.
I USE to have lots of Ovations I sold off my 1537, my Adamas II, my Glen Campbell 12-string which I owned since 1974. Currently I have...
Ovation Custom Legend
Ovation 1613 Classical
Ovation UK-II Electric
Ovation 12-string Elite
Ovation Ultra Bass
Haida Gwaii Mini-Jumbo #34
Haida Gwaii Parlour #35 - both hand made by former Larrivee luthiers
Paragon Maple Mini-Jumbo #104 - same as above
Breedlove MJ/E Ebony Jumbo 12-string
Paragon #161 - Still being made. Redwood top, claro walnut sides and back. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | I live high in the mountains of God's Country.
I'm a peddler
Fell in love with Pat Boone, then Elvis, then Beatles, etc (and later the girls, girls, girls).
Played the harmonica on TV at age 6 but switched to guitar at age 7.
Had almost all my gear stolen in the early 80's, got disgusted and didn't play for over 10 years.
Love Prog rock, power pop, good old style country (Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash, Jim Reeves, etc) and country rock.
Too many guitars to list but most of my current herd can be seen in my OFC gallery.
Currently having Scott Baxendale make me a matching set of guitars (a 6 & 12 string 12-fret slothead cutaway). |
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Posts: 78
Location: Avondale AZ | I live in a van down by the river.
I make a living by collecting cans and bottles.
I started playing guitar to pass the time in prison.
I play the blues. |
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Posts: 120
Location: Gardnerville, NV | Say something like where you live.
Northern Nevada, just over the hill from Lake Tahoe; nowhere near Vegas
What you do for a living.
manage a company that installs electronic security
How you started playing the guitar.
in 5th grade I had a teacher who was convinced I needed to play music to be a complete human, I quit playing guitar after a year, then about 15 years ago realized she might have been right and started playing again.
What kind of music you like/like to play.
I like all sorts of rock/folk/jazz/blues; I play all sorts of rock/folk/blues as long as it's really simple and played slowly
What kind of guitar(s) you have
2005 collector; aa12; Gibson spirit II; fender tele |
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Posts: 1300
Location: Madison, Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin
Operations Manager for Electrical Wholesale House
I wanted to be the guy at the campfire playing the guitar (Girls again)
My first song was probably Blowin'In The Wind followed by Where Have All The Flowers Gone.Played lots of Simon and Garfunkle in college then got into Eagles, Emmy Lou Harris, J.D. Souther, and Dan Fogelberg. Currently I'm playing mostly of contemporary Christian music.
See guitars below. |
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Posts: 370
Location: Isle of Man, UK | My name's John, and I'm an alcoholic. Woah - hang on, wrong board. Sorry about that.
I live on the Isle of Man. A "pittoresque" haven slap-bang in the middle of the Irish Sea. Come and visit, guys, it really is a lovely place. I work in Finance, as do most of the rest of the Island, playing with numbers for much of the day. It pays the bills. I don’t believe I’m any relation to John B from these boards, but anything is possible, I guess…
I started playing in the name of relaxation whilst avoiding revising for exams when I was 16. Ah, the things you can get away with when you cite 'stress'! My first song was “Alberta”, courtesy of Eric Clapton’s Unplugged album (three chords – still love those songs!). Now, 12 years later, I like playing everything from Glenn Miller through James Taylor via Hootie and the Blowfish to Queen. It’s all good. I’d like to be associated with the “No Rap” remark of earlier, but I’ve been known to get a little bit Country on occasions…
(for those of you in the UK, please stop thinking of “the Preston joke”).
Guitars-wise, I’m told I have too many. Most of their pictures are in the gallery, although I really need to update with new arrivals over the last couple of months. Going by the old adage “if it ain’t broke…” all my acoustics are O’s, as are a couple of my electrics.
Interesting thread. Good idea, that KittySox dude
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Location: Warwick, RI | My name is Ron.
I live in R.I., which is about 2 hours from the factory.
I started playing a crummy Kay archtop when I got knocked out by "Apache" and "Walk, Don't Run." Still can't play those songs, and I still like them. Many years later got motivated to play again by "Blue Collar" (BTO) and first Straits album. Picked up a Strat a few years ago and started to play, determined to move beyond basic folk chords.
Now I have Ovation 771 with a cedar top and an Elite LX. These are the nicest acoustics I've ever owned, and I have a pair of G&L copies of Strat and Tele, through old Champ amp.I play mostly blues, love Bloomfield, Peter Green, and Robben Ford.--Ron |
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Posts: 170
Location: The Shop | I live at the mothership(spend more time there than at home)
I live in CT
I started playing bass,cause i couldnt figure out how to make music with six strings!
I help build the guitars that you all seem to love.
I pretty much like all music
and I have a custom made elite-t bass and a hamer bass. |
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Posts: 812
Location: Hicksville, NY | My name is Gil.
I grew up in Syracuse, NY ... now living in Hicksville in Long Island -- pretty much, I followed my wife after graduating from college!
I am currently employed as a special education teacher for children with developmental disabilities at an educational facility in Flushing, Queens, NY.
I started playing guitar after hearing Jim Croce's "Time In A Bottle" on the radio. At that time, it was the most beautiful song I ever heard, that I pushed the piano aside, and picked up a guitar. My parents got me my first guitar -- made by Harmony -- but they decided not to pay for lessons, since I wasted so much from abandoning piano lessons. Pretty much, I taught myself how to play.
I appreciate all kinds of music (classical, jazz, rock and pop, etc.), and I love listening to most of them, but I tend to be selective with some "ghetto" style rap and hip hop stuff. Playingwise, I like folk mostly with the likes of Jim Croce (obviously), James Taylor, Neil Young, etc. The first strumming chords I played were D-G-D-A, and learned "Teach Your Children" by CSNY. Soon, I got to fingerpicking, and the first song I learned was Jim's "Photographs and Memories."
Jim has/had always been my influence. During his time, he played mostly Martins and Ovations, so I decided to do the same. It may not afford to own the guitars that he once played, but at least, I possess both brands. |
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Location: Poplar Bluff Mo | My name is Buddy (Actually William is my offical name)
Say something like where you live. Poplar Bluff Mo.
What you do for a living. I' m a band director at a Community College
How you started playing the guitar. I was a percussion major in college. I've always admirred Ovations, not getting any younger ...
What kind of music you like/like to play. Working on John Denver (Anthology for Easy Guitar) , Simon and Garfunkel, Peter, Paul and Mary (Around the Campfire) and The Allman Brothers (The Best of Allman Brothers Band) having fun.
What kind of guitar(s) you have. Alvarez Classical 5001, Alvarez-Yari DY 52 acoustic and my 1778 Elite LX bcb! My Ovation makes me want to play, it's a beautiful instrument.
Your students will thinks your great when you play guitar for them!!!! |
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Posts: 417
Location: Cicero, NY | Ignimbyte - you have mail! |
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Posts: 383
Location: Indiana | In an itty bitty town(pop.1500) in NW Indiana.
Machinist in same itty bitty town.
I started playing guitar when I was 11. My brother bought a guitar and a friend of his loaned him a "Learn to play with the Ventures" album. It worked for me. My brother still has not learned.
Fave music to listen to:The Beatles(duh!), Kansas,Heart,LeRoux,Pink Floyd,Toto, Eagles.
Like to play:see above
Guitars:As I am mainly a bass player, I have lots of both guitars and basses.9 fenders(6 basses,3 guitars), 9 O's(all A/E guitars), 5 Steinberger,2 Ricks, 2 G&Ls,1 MM,1 SD Curlee,1 Mod Graf,1 Alembic(all basses),2 Martins(1 bass 1 guitar) several gibsons(all guitars) and a bunch of others to add up to 51. How can I have so many and still have G.A.S. attacks?
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Posts: 338
Location: SE Michigan | Say something like where you live.
St. Clair Shores Michigan, NE of Detroit, on the shores of beautiful Lake St. Clair...DUH!!
What you do for a living?
I am an Engineer for a large National Telephone Company. The Evil Empire. I am an indentured servant, chasing the elusive carrot-on-a-string pension promise....so close, so close.
How you started playing the guitar.
In High School, wanted to impress girls, my friends were also playing, plus the early to mid seventies had to be the absolute pinnacle of guitar expression. Who could ignore such music?
What kind of music you like/like to play.
60s-70s-80s-90s acoustic rock. I love great vocals in a song as much as great guitar work. Great music is a recipe of multiple ingredients
What kind of guitar(s) you have.
Ovation 2005 Collectors
Adamas W597 CVT
Martin D-28
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