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Location: Upper Left USA | These words are from a Co-worker after trying my repaired Folklore at lunch today...
Humbling, as it may be and calculating as life is, I must HUMBLY and APOLOGETICLY change my mind about O...OV.....OVA........OVATION guitars. Wow, I believe that I have never put the two words in the same sentence before. Mike you have made me accept the brand without reservation... Your salesmanship and devotion to the brand have for a long time puzzled me as I could not understand how a person with such integrity and sound moral judgment ever spent time in the same room with .........them guitars.
It will take some time to overcome my intolerance and bigotry but with help..... I will. Does the club offer a 12 step program for unworthy.....unbelievers...such as my pitiful self?
One more down and an "in the box" world left to go... |
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Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma | That cracks me up. Everytime someone plays one of mine (who's never played one before), they play it for a few minutes then hold it out at arms length to look at it then say. "That thing plays sweet!"
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Location: Orange County, California | Originally posted by MWoody:
These words are from a Co-worker after trying my repaired Folklore at lunch today...
Does the club offer a 12 step program for unworthy.....unbelievers...such as my pitiful self?
Yes, Yes we do.
12 Steps of O&A/A
1. We admitted we were powerless over
GAS—that our lives had become unmanageable (without another guitar).
2. Came to believe that a collection of guitars greater than our own could restore us to sanity. (yeah, Right!)
3. Made a decision to turn our will and credit card numbers over to the care of AL as if we understood him.
4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of our guitars, and how much fun they are to play
5. Admitted to CWK2, to ourselves and to another OFC Member the exact nature of our GAS.
6. Were entirely ready to have AL put us down for a OFC model when they're available.
7. Humbly asked Him to hold our checks until after payday, and not to tell out wives.
8. Made a list of all persons we had given GAS to with our guitars,and became willing to help advise them on their next guitar aquisition
9. Made direct efforts to help such people (with the OFC, AL, Ebay links, etc)wherever possible, except when to do so would jepordize an amazing deal on a guitar we've been waiting years to get our hands on.
10. Continued to take a personal guitar inventory and when we had GAS promptly sought/traded to fulfill it.
11. Sought through the OFC, Al, and Ebay to improve our collection (even if that means trading and selling off a few guitars to make room for something new), hoping only for knowledge of a great deal when we see it and the assets to aquire it without hassle.
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this
message to WOOD BOX guitar players, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
Amen.
Careful Woody. You could be considered an "enabler" :D :p :D :p |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | Our program STARTS with 1111. Then on to 1112, 1113, 1114 etc...
Eventually, they all GET IT! |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | That's a good 12 stepper. |
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Location: Rego Park, NY, | You have to introduce yourself like this.
"Hello my name is_________ and I am an Ovation addict". |
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Location: south east Michigan | Hmm..
Ovation-ers...?
Ovation-ites...?
Ovation-oids...?
Ovation-eers...?
Just what are we?? |
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Location: Orlando, FL | Ovaholics |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Aren't we ovantionistas? |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Ovationautics? |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | OVARIES? |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | HMMMMMmmmm.....maybe
Ovationairys?
Ovationaires?
(perhaps apropos for those owning 100 or more Ovations) |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | If you own just one Ovation, you're already rich.
--Karen
G-1111-4, CE868LX-4, Viper 1271 Natural, Tornado, Steinberger Spirit 5-string bass, American Strat, Galiano mandolin, Vega 5-string banjo, fiddle of uncertain antecedents |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | Good Point Karen. I guess that makes some of us FILTHY Rich. |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | Yep, I'm DIR-TY.....
Roger
1976 Applause AA14-4
1978 Legend 1617-4
1981 Glen Campbell 12-string 1118-1
2001 Adamas Melissa Etheridge 1598MERB 12-string
2002 Collectors'
2003 Legend 1777-4
2004 Balladeer GCS771-C
2005 Collectors'
2005 Balladeer 1771LX-CCB |
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