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Location: Upper Left USA | Sorry if you expected a Blue #47. It's not about that. It is about a community of friends that unknowingly put together what I think is the first OFC Guitar.
The Preacher Deluxe that has safely journeyed to France has made it there through the efforts of many.
Start with a classic Ebay auction in which the pictures are bad, the Seller is doing this for a friend and they really sell dolls and garage clutter 99% of the time. Very nice people to work with though. The instrument arrives in a case I immediately have to put out in the garage. The switches are boken off, the gold plating is worn and the fifth fret inlay has been removed. Also someone recoated the polyurethane finish on the neck with lacquer.
Thanks to the efforts of Customer Service, Rick "Chatman" and "BruDev" the electronics are refreshed, revived and renergized!
In the mean Time I get to polish my skills on Paul Moody's instrument which is now the "GFKAV" or guitar formerly known as viper! Removed from it is a fairly nice Deluxe neck that he had picked up from Miles some time back. It now sports a rejuvinated Deacon neck which I must say feels "right" on this body. Throw in a realignment of the knobs and switches to a "Bluebird Viper III" configuration along with an upgrade to Seymour Duncan Phat Cats. It receives a figured Walnut pickguard from the same batch as my Sunburst Deacon 12.
Along comes Tony Calman's Manly Wood Tone Viper back for a little lifetime warrantee work. Tony has been a great encourager and supporter of my garage efforts and if necessary I would take a bullet for him. Hopefully small caliber and not in a vital area, but all the same. I rework Tony's Viper and use a second batch of Walnut veneer for his pickguard and TRC. Now when you dremel out the openings for the Viper sized Pups you can make a TRC out of each plug. The other TRC ended up on the Preacher Deluxe.
So where is this going? Edouard's (Dude) Preacher Deluxe has parts, pieces and soul from Hartford CT, Ebay, Stewmac, MWoody, Chatman, BruDev, Moody PI, Miles and Tony Calman at the very least. And without the advice, criticism and sarcasm (what we do best?) from others on this board, where would I be?
I offer to you the first International OFC Guitar! 
We are a Community! Not bad for a bunch of old guys that met on an internet chatroom and hope to meet out of state sometime!
May peace and understanding fill your hearts, fill your minds and fill your lives. |
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Location: SoCal | Good for us!
I gotta admit, the Preacher in the pic that Woodrow built is simply gorgeous! |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Man...
Wish I had talent.
As always, beautiful job, Woody. |
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Location: North Texas | You just don't see many of those. Awesome guitar dude. ;) |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | And that's why they call him, "Woody"
....I know, thin ice... |
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Location: Upper Left USA | I have learned to accept that moniker.
The reason for posting isn't for my own gratification but to say thanks to all of you that make this an interesting place to avoid wor... I mean to visit.
Did I mention that I like to collect extra Ovation parts? Tony picks up lost guitars and I pick up lost parts! |
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Location: SoCal | His wife said that she calls him Woody because.... oh wait. Never mind. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Just don't call my Wife moody!
Or any woman for that matter! |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Nice work! |
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Location: Le Havre (France) | Thank's to the craftmen in Hartford CT !
Thank's to Stewmac, Chatman and BruDev !
Thank's to Miles and Tony !
Special thank's to you Mike, you're the one !
I would add another thank's to my friend Jérôme (paulmac) who pushed me !
Well, I think I'm the happiest person on this board since I received this fantastic guitar yesterday !
And that's because of you all !
Merci beaucoup vous êtes formidables ! |
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Location: Central Florida | Woodman,
That is absolutely STUNNING! Beautiful work, my friend. |
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Location: south east Michigan | ...nice... |
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Location: Fort Worth, Texas | How cool is that? :D |
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Location: Le Havre (France) | It is sooooo cooool !!
In french we used to say "je prends mon pied" (litteraly : "I take my foot") which means that I take a lot of (well, excuse me Al ;) ) pleasure !!!
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Location: the BIG Metropolis of TR | Excellent work,Beautiful guitar Woody! |
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Location: RI. That small State out East | Very Nice!
You just have to smile when you look at that.
Woz |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Was that Al that said "Awesome guitar, Dude"? |
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Location: Le Havre (France) | Jerome put some pics and the story of this great guitar on his wonderful website.
You can see it here !
Thank's again Mike, I take a lot of pleasure playing it !! |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Another happy ending! Thanks for sharing and keep on playing! |
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An OFC Guitar?
