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Location: Fort Worth, Texas | Ok, folks, according to the scroll bar, still plenty of spots available. If the tour and jam itself isn't enough to entice you, don't forget all these events that Cliff will be running:
The Hawaiian Shirt Fashion Show
The Al Pepiak Lookalike Contest
Chambermaid "Bobbing for Green Cards"
Barstool Dominoes
The "Guess the Bra Size of the Other Hotel Guests
as They're Checking In" Tournament
and the "Paul Templeman Naked PiggyBack Rides"
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Is any information about travel, etc, forthcoming? What aiport do fly to, etc.
Just seven weeks and counting.... |
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Location: NJ | The airport is Bradley (Hartford) Airport.
Last year we stayed at a Radisson(?) hotel in Wondsor Locks, CT which is near the airport.
Shuttle busses were provided to/from hotel/factory/jam venue.
I would assume that lodging booking information will be forthcoming.
SIGN UP NOW!!!!
btw:
I don't run/arrange any of those event . . . they just seem to happen on their own, thank you. |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Al and I will be getting and passing along the final details soon. |
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Location: Fort Worth, Texas | Great, thanks guys.
Cliff, knew you were payin' attention, but surely at least judge some of the events!
:)
On another subject, I stopped at Ridglea Music in town last Thursday, it's mainly a high school band, get lessons, sheet music type of store, but they have few guitars. They had three Ovations on consignment, one was a '82 collector's edition. I just called them to make sure, said the owner was asking $700.00, and that it had been there a long time, if I made an offer I could get it for cheaper. It had one noticable dink on the top.
Just curious as to y'alls thoughts.... |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | In my opinion there have only been a few real "collectors" in the collectors series. The '82 is definately one of them. Most of the other collectors are just variations on the same theme. Sorry, but to me a new color and a new pre-amp does not make it a "collector". The '82 is special because it was the first year of the series. If you can steal it for $500 that would be a hell of a deal. Let me know, because I might be interested in it myself. Dave |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | OK, lets hear it.
What years do you think are (or will be)? For something to shoot at I'll say 82, 83, 84, 87, 93, 97. |
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Location: Fort Worth, Texas | Dave, I'll find out. Sorry, don't have enough experience to chime in on the real "collectors". |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | For me it's 82, 84, 87, 97. The '97 is BY FAR the best ever attempt. Bill, if this was your swan-song, you went out on a high note. It was totally radical and outside the box. Commercially it was a flop, the electronics sucked, etc. But it is soooo cool. I love mine and people who see it say "WTF is THAT". The Folklore Deluxe should have been the '03 collector: deep bowl, cedar top Josh White that sounds like a real woodie. The '04 "Collector" is a joke. The 30th Anniv. CL is a beautiful guitar, but it isn't a collector. The ORIGINAL '74 CL is the collector. Sorry if I sound too opinionated, but I once described the bulk of the collectors series as "same tupperware, different lid". Dave |
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Location: NJ | 2001 redwood
btw sign up for the tour we will have a great time. This year we are going to set cliff's pants on fire. |
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Location: NJ | 2001 redwood
btw sign up for the tour we will have a great time. This year we are going to set cliff's pants on fire. |
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | Was that Cliff streaking the Super Bowl, if it was there were no pants to set on fire. |
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Location: NJ | Nope.
Sorry, Bailey.
Not a football fan.
Al;
Thanks for the head's up.
I'll be sure to pack my Nomex thong. |
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Location: Fort Worth, Texas | If Cliff runs out into the woods he could be "Settin' the Woods on Fire"... |
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | If he splashed down in the commode it would be "Ring of Fire"
If he ran out into the usual Connecticut weather all could say "I've Seen Fire and I've Seen Rain" |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Same tupperware, different lid. That's a hell of a way to describe the panelmaster series! (See, we were pretty irreverent too!) Accurate though. It should have been stopped after 10 years and then reintroduced periodically, instesd of being totally beaten into the ground and then run for another 5 years just to make sure it's a dead concept.
97 a swan song, well not planned that way. It was a interesting guitar. |
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Location: SoCal | 82, 87, 97. That's it.
1982 started something new and cool. 1987 took the Elite to the max. 1997 started something new and cool. Beyond that, you can talk about bowl depths, but nothing terribly innovative. Some of the tops were interesting, but nothing innovative that made it into production. |
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Location: NJ | sign up for the tour!!!!
see you in march!!! |
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