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Location: Montana | Here is a link to an article that appeared in a local paper. I had not heard of TB guitars before so I found this interesting and I suspect that there are some here who are TB fans. It would be interesting to know if there was any collaboration between Ovation and Bean.
http://www.missoulanews.com/index.cfm?do=article.details&id=431845B... |
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Location: Flahdaw | One of the more interesting parts of this story was that Steve Albini graduated from "Hellgate High School".?????
How the f*** did that name ever get past the local school board and the public?
We have a Newgate and a Southgate, but a Hellgate? Maybe that's where they send the problem children? |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | My moment of disbelief was... "Randy Junior never learned to play the thing, but he always kept it in a case under his bed. For more than 30 years..."
Dude... What Is Wrong With You!?! |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by Old Man Arthur:
Dude... What Is Wrong With You!?! My Dad was a lineman and he gave me his climbing hooks when he retired. Guess what? I ain't climbing poles!  |
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Location: Scotland | Originally posted by Beal:
none And this is someone who would know |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Originally posted by 2ifbyC:
Originally posted by Old Man Arthur:
Dude... What Is Wrong With You!?! My Dad was a lineman and he gave me his climbing hooks when he retired. Guess what? I ain't climbing poles! |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by Old Man Arthur:
Y'mean you've Never once wanted to just strap-on the spikes and the belt and give it a shot? Not since I was eleven. That's when his partner had a kick out and collected several dozen creosote skewers and a broken ankle. The ankle thing is enough for me! ;) |
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Location: NJ | I still have my T 1000 I don't play it much anymore I picked it up about a month again trying to decide if I should sell it. I plugged it in played it and decided I couldn't sell it
it is heavy as lead but has the tone of the Gods |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | I have always liked these guitars and the early Kramers too... |
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| I have a DMZ 2000 I bought new in '80. It's one of those guitars you can't part with, although I have switched out the pickups for Seymour Duncans. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Somewhere on Donovan's web site there is a 6 page article that covers the 5 years the company was around. When what models were produced, serial numbers of each of the series, and a best guestimate of total production.
Don't you just love it when these guys talk about the "collectables" are worth "THOUSANDS" of dollars? I bought most of mine for $200-500 and sold them for $1250-2000. I haven't looked lately but I'd guess they are still in the same range, maybe 2-3.
Maybe a the wedges are 5ish. There were two double necks and 5 or 6, 5 strings. Those might be the big bucks but I wouldn't think 5 figures.
But hey, what do I know being stuck at a gas station for so long? |
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Location: NJ | the metal neck kramers were junk compare to the beans |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | That's for sure. |
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Location: Montana | In regard to "Hellgate", it was the name that the native americans gave to the area. Or the corruption of their term. The tribes traveling east to the plains to hunt buffalo had to pass through a narrow canyon that was the perfect and popular spot for ambushes by enemies - hence the name. And Montanans have never been particularly politically correct ... |
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