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Location: the BIG Metropolis of TR | Hey guys....
I'm up in the the big city of Worcester (Woo-Stah :) ) Massachusetts until the 15th and was wondering if maybe we could meet up for lunch,dinner,etc ???
Woz I know your not far away in Rhode Island and fugot (Mike) I know your headed to Warwick RI to pick up your 1537 @ Daddy Junky's (don't know what day) so maybe.....
I'm staying @ the Courtyard Marriott on Grove st. in Worcester....email is langfo2002@earthlink.net....cell phone is (864)313-4823......let me know if we can meet up!!...I'm on the computer @ the Worcester public library now!(30 mins @ a time)(Hotel has internet access but I don't have a computer there!! :( )
Btw, The Daddy Junkey's in Worcester has a mint 6774 Folklore (complete w/indian blanket rossette) I'm trying to talk my wife into letting me take back down south with me ;)
Mike :cool: (I'd like to meet up with any other OFC'er in this neck of the woods too...) |
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Location: Fayetteville, NC | Gee Mike,
How come you get to have all the fun??
If you want to make sure you get to bring that O home, Just tell her she could consider a gift for all the greta things you do for her. uh On senond thought, you better not tell her that. I wouldn't want to get you in trouble.
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Location: the BIG Metropolis of TR | Bump :D |
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Location: Fayetteville, NC | I'll bump this one up again to help Mike out! |
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Location: RI. That small State out East | I just got back from a road trip...
January / Feb is an ugly "Trade Show" Month.
Yes, we can hook up. My cell 401-338-0055 will ring on my hip. You better use the OFC as the secret code...
I will also try to give you a call.
Monday the 7th, Tue / 8th we can meet...
Woz |
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Location: NJ | ". . January / Feb is an ugly "Trade Show" Month . ."
TELL me about it!!!! . . . :rolleyes: |
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Location: Fayetteville, NC | See Mike,
My bumb helped. woz, his numbers are on the starter email, but you may have figured that out already. Have fun! |
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Location: boulder | hey trboy,
Hey , sorry I just returned from east coast. whirlwind trip, ice storm in nebraska knocking cars/trucks off road right in front of me.
1537 was worth trip by itself. it is gorgeous to look at (i think). it does have a resonous projected tone with good string clarity. Well except for the high E string. It touches the end of the fretboard. It touches the fretboard end because someone decided to glue down the floating fretboard. Of course this really only caused the fretboard to be pushed up where it lays over the top.
I am happy to own the guitar, it has a dropdead gorgeous aged top but I will look into having factory repair/replace fretboard. I took some pics, hope to develope and post here at OFC.
As for meeting, in middle or end of May I will be back in Connecticut for summer. I would love to meet if you are still east coast bound. email me at cookmj@boulder.net whenever. I am a poor player, but always love to learn new guitar stuff. keep in touch, peace mike |
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Location: SoCal | check your email, breaking the glue bond should be easy...if it is CyA, no problem - use the CyA solvent. will not affect the Ovation finish (catalyzed polyester.) |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Hey Mike,
Congrats on a great catch! :cool:
Welcome to the elite 1537 club. Glad it turned out as nice as you had hoped. You need to find the old thread that listed the members and add you name to the proper slot :D |
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Location: boulder | stephen,
thanks, the sound isssss good on the 1537. the top wood pattern is wild. very dark aged spruce with its own flamed figures happening. I believe Sam said during 1980's, ovation tried a spruce from germany that aged more darkly, and maybe this is one. I am excited to check out pics I took and see if they come out.
Tony, I emailed back, but for public record, any idea once glue is removed on how to reshape fretboard warping?
As a related topic (well maybe), I have a 1656 legend-12 that must have sat in its case for a long time. The only spot where the inside of the brown case does not totally touch the top of the guitar (except under strings)is right underneath bridge (you know south of bridge, with north end being neck, not really under the bridge). well, in this spot (which is about a 4 inch half circle), over time the top has sort of arched up. It feels round to the touch, but is not very visible and has caused no cracking. When I looked to see how the case closed on guitar, I noticed that the case has a space between it's cushioning and top of guitar, exactly where arching is happening. Do you think this is caused by wood expanding to humidity changes over time? I don't beleive this is tension pull from bridge, but I wonder if it is repairable? Maybe just time with correct humidity will bring it down, thanks peace mike |
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Location: SoCal | Mike,
The fretboard should float back up with no additional work...as to whatever glue was used, it can be released easily. |
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Location: the BIG Metropolis of TR | Hello everyone,
My wife and I "hooked-up" with Woz for lunch Monday and had a great (but to short) visit....checked out one of his "new" toys, his "Book" Elite which sounded fantastic!! Then we set out for Newport, RI. for a little site-seeing.....THANKS WOZ!!! I took some beautiful pics of the sunset that I'll try and post when I return to my home turf this weekend!
fugot, sorry we missed getting together....maybe in June? I'd had planned to make it down to Daddy's junky music in Warwick and try and talk the guys there into telling you when you got there to pick-up your 1537 that it had already been sold to some guy from South Carolina :D ....but I didn't make it before you got there :( Glad you're enjoying it.
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