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Location: North Idaho | Congratulations. I always thought a double neck would be a neat thing. You mention the neck side to be a little heavy. How much does the whole guitar weigh? |
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Location: Tidal Mudflats of Virginia | Guitar weighs 8.5 lbs, the case weighs 40 lbs.
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Wow! What Ovation can do is amazing. |
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Location: Colorado | Al - just turn it over..that'll help. Tim - bring it to Connecticut in May....Also Tim...Could we work out a lese in early may? ;-)
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Location: south east Michigan | Nice....
I should be in the next calendar.....
hopefully surrounded by Hula Chicks. :) |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Originally posted by Slipkid:
Nice....
I should be in the next calendar.....
hopefully surrounded by Hula Chicks. :) HAAAAH! That sounds like a firm commitment to produce the 2007 OFC calander! Way to go :D |
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Location: Cicero, NY | And I would assume you meant to say "IT should be in the next calendar surrounded by Hula Chicks", no?
A little Fruedian Slipkid? |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | As long as they surrounded him completely where we couldn't see him, I am ok with it! |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Good 'nuff! I'm convinced and will second the motion.
T, maybe we should head the OFCHC's selection committee...? |
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Location: Tidal Mudflats of Virginia | No Hula girls handy, how about a bush?
or maybe a Palm tree?
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Location: East Tennessee | Absolutely Beautiful Guitar. :)
Home equity loan for strings. :D |
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Location: Ft. Lauderdale, Florida | Interesting Guitar...
Hey Al:
Did the factory do a "one off" for the bowl or did they go to the trouble to make a mold, or some how graft two bowls together ???
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Location: NJ | I am not sure on the bowl. I think they have a mold since they make the imports. |
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Location: south east Michigan | And I would assume you meant to say "IT should be in the next calendar surrounded by Hula Chicks", no?
A little Fruedian Slipkid?
That kind of thing happens to me far to often to be ignored. Especially here.
Great pics Tim...if you take more for the next calendar, make sure your camera is at the highest definition setting.
And about the hula girls...I'm serious....really. |
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Location: NJ | I believe that the bowls (on the "custom" jobs, anyway) are hand-laid.
There's a form laying on a table up in R&D in the shape of a double-neck bowl. When we did the SlotHead Tour, Willie was working on one for another celeb. I saw him a couple weeks ago and asked him about it. He said the guitar was complete and had been back and forth (twice) to the Factory for changes that the customer Wanted. |
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Location: Tidal Mudflats of Virginia | Well, looking inside at the construction of the bowl, it looks like a mold. But this bugger is HUGE inside. I've played the CSD-225 imported version and you could easily put two of its bowls inside this one. "I" thought the CSD-225 felt "cheap" in construction and a little flimsy. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the CSD-225 is an import and not made by the mothership. This guitar is solid, I realise I'm biased in my opinion, but to me, it was worth every cent I paid. The quality and craftsmanship are on par of my Adamas's, if not better.
After a few days of playing, this thing is just incredible in the doors it opens for playing music. Changing necks becomes a natural act and very smooth.
"If I had a dream guitar, it would be a custom #47 re-issue 6/12 string doubleneck" but this one runs a very close second.
I won't make it to the CT gathering this year or next, but come 2008 when I get off this island, I will be bringing this thing along for all to try out.
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Location: NJ | Is the inside of the bowl smooth, with a bit of a "plastic-y" semi-sheen to it, or does it almost look like flat-black paint? |
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Location: Tidal Mudflats of Virginia | Looks more like laminated fiberglass or something, I can see the matting material...the outside is rough like all the other Ovation bowls I've seen.
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Location: south east Michigan | Nice pics....
Looks hand laid to me.
The weave shows like on the hull of a '68 Bertram. |
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Location: NJ | I believe that's hand-laid . . . Bill??
Nice camera work!
(you should be a proctologist:-) |
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Location: Brentwood,TN | I spoke with Mark Lamanna earlier today concerning maybe building myself a double neck. They start at $7500. This does not include any abalone or custom upgrades. It is bascially an standard elite. A quick figure of the upgrades or otherwords,to have it cosmetically built to Richie Sambora (he had around 6 to 8 double necks and 2 triple necks built from 1988 through 1995) specs is right at $10,000! Mark also said that there is always a double neck being built at the "mothership" mainly because of the lenght of time to build one. He said that Richie has had one built recently and it is a sunburst finish and without any fancy cosmetics. I am glad to know that Sambora has gone back to this because he pretty much dropped "O" in the mid 90's for Taylors? I will be seeing them live next Tuesday night here in Nashville, I hope he brings it out for a song or two? Anyway, thought someone that fancys the double necks might want to know the scoop... |
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Location: SoCal | Interesting comment regarding Sambora. Martin has now built him a "signature" model 6 and 12 string. Somebody in A&R at Ovation needs to convince him of the superiority of the LX's witht the VIP.
We'll see..... |
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Location: NJ | Martin will pretty much make a Sig model for ANYONE with a degree of notariety . . .
I read an interview with 'Bucca a couple years ago, and back then he was espousing the virtues of Gibson acoustics. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by cliff:
Martin will pretty much make a Sig model for ANYONE with a degree of notariety . . . Well, they DID make a Dave Witko signature model that was recently delivered ... 'course I had to PAY for it. |
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