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Location: When?? | Elginacres.. VERY NICE! And congratulations on ALL of your household 50s!
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Location: Colorado | A couple quick comments: The Mustang is my wife's (Tho I gave it to her for her 50th birthday). In spring of 2007 Mike Cook (Fugot), Cliff, ProfessorBB, StephenT, and I got together for a few hours in Boulder to share a few guitars (understatement), and the Karmann Ghia made its first appearance there. Cliff took the expected and encouraged liberty of documenting the attendees and some of the guitars in the Ghia. Then my daughter and I drove the Ghia to the Rocky Raccoon event Allison hosted in Hot Springs, SD. It was a heated close competition between the Ghia and Mark in Boise's Porsche to determine the smallest amount of storage space allotted for guitars at an OFC event...kind of the opposite of that photo going around of some van full of guitars, or Beal's famous SUV deliveries in Amelia. So I figured I'd start the new ones off in a car. Mark - the trip was a hoot, but Denver to Salt Lake to Boise to Seattle and back in the Stang would have been sweltering, and neither of us probably could have afforded stopping every hour for Hi-Test. Gotta love a car that gets 8 MPG, and the manual says 105 or higher octane. BTW, I mainly got the guitars to make sure the OFC got in on the allocation of them, not sure what form that needs to take now...I do like them...I don't need them - any suggestions? Maybe some brotherhood or sisterhood of traveling guitars. Nancy got one of the Bear Claws...any one get one of the Black and Golds? Btw, the guitars are both #3 of 50....kind of fraternal twins. Kevin Cronin got #1...only one other out there before these. Al's service was stellar. |
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Location: Colorado | And down the memory lane we go...2 slotheads, a Reissue, and a UTE....not sure what to call the boys...and the top of the infamous GHIA...
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | How come I haven't known about that Mustang before now, Mark? |
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Location: Colorado | It showed up last April...Both my wife's and the Mustang's 50th birthdays...probably been 3 years since we've seen each other.... |
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Location: Cologne/Germany | Love O Fair - 2016-04-09 1:34 AM PS: red-twins.. after re-reading what I said, I didn't mean "you shouldn't be" as in YOU.. lol.. I meant just people in general. don't worry, I got that when I read your first post  well described LOF. This colour mix thing is.... like a toy, yepp. But where are the Adamas strings which were announced to be one the guitars? As I wrote here before, they are available in Germany already, so there should be a few sets at the mothership.... BTW, congrats to those who got an anniversary O or A so far |
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Location: Always beautiful canyon country of Utah | 3 years since you've seen your wife?? Such things do happen! |
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Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota | nerdydave - 2016-04-09 6:34 PM
3 years since you've seen your wife?? Such things do happen!
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Geez, Mark. You got dressed up for those guys? I understand the old car on long trips thing. That phase is over for me, along with craving for my old Javelin. We just got back from a 300 mile day trip for lunch in John Day, Oregon, driving Linda's Cayman. She thinks it's uncomfortable, but I could drive it all day, and did. Most of a tank of gas and got almost 30 mpg, driving pretty fast. An old car just won't do that. Enjoy it around town and close. I'd love to see more guitar and car pictures. Seems like I was the only one doing that, although Professor had a great one with his motorcycle a few years ago. |
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Location: Colorado | Truth is I was "working" that day...it was a Saturday...about 3:00, I was the principal at a high school and prom was that night...so I kinda had to multitask, and yes old cars are fun, but by today's standards they are not comfortable. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Out of town in Austin right now (where's the studio, Beal?), but I'll take some new guitar/bike/old car photos when I return. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | That trip to Fugot's that day cost me a lot. |
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Location: undisclosed | You need to drive the right old car, last month I drove my 65 Volvo 122S to LA, back up the coast to SF then home for a 2500 mile trip. I got from 25 to 30 miles per gallon, depending on how flat it was and did the speed limit, 70 for long stretches. Of course going 70- 75 everybody passes you at 85. |
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Location: Colorado | It gets driven all the time, my wife takes it to and from work, just thought 2000miles across the desert and over the passes was more comfortable in the van....had I been one my own - might have taken the mustang...kinda like guitars...you make choices.... |
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Location: undisclosed | You probably would have started the trip alone but the Mustang is a babe magnet and like 12 mpg that sort of trip can get expensive what with all the extra stops and layovers...... |
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Location: Minneapolis, MN | Love the top on these! Reminds me of the custom top they made for me in 2003. 
It had to be custom-made as they only were producing cutaways... They kept the form on file for me so I could have more made; wonder if they used it for these? The sound hole(s) are cut afterward, so any style is possible. I'd like to know because I paid extra for it!!!
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Location: SW Mintsoda | BillÆ - 2016-04-11 1:57 PM
Love the top on these! Reminds me of the custom top they made for me in 2003.
It had to be custom-made as they only were producing cutaways... They kept the form on file for me so I could have more made; wonder if they used it for these? The sound hole(s) are cut afterward, so any style is possible. I'd like to know because I paid extra for it!!!
Cheers,
BillÆ
That gorgeous lefty is really making me drool... so *some* custom lefties are possible... |
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Location: SF Bay area, California | Mark in Boise - 2016-04-09 8:15 PM
... just got back from a 300 mile day trip for lunch in John Day, Oregon, driving Linda's Cayman...
I went through there a couple years ago, on a motorcycle trip to White Bird, ID. To quote one of my motorcycle buddies: "Any road in or out of John Day, is a good road!"
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Location: Suisun City, Ca | elginacres - 2016-04-07 10:21 PM The wife turned 50, the car turned 50.5, Ovation turned 50, alll great events. Enjoy...I will comment after you guys do So, how are those beauties sitting there. Propped on the seat and the visor? I cringe... You're almost as bad as Patch! Should I post mine next to my Pony when (if) it arrives? 
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Location: Colorado | Yep - just the sun visor and the seat...gravity still works well. |
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Location: Cologne/Germany | The probably biggest guitar and music dealer in Germany offers all six anniversary guitars on its website....
Supposed delivery in May, some beginning, most end of the month.
Prices are 4180 € for the O's, 6000€ for the two Adamii. €, not $......
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Location: Canada | So who else on here has got one? And how do they play/sound/compare to older equivalent models? |
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Location: Cologne/Germany | It became very silent about the anniversary guitars....
I wonder what's going on there - or not... no news to be shared?! |
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Location: Suisun City, Ca | Waiting... |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Two are in the house. Third one is in the mail. Will post more in due time ... |
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50th anniv guitar arrivals
