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Location: Shotley Bridge, Northern England | ... like many newbies (I suspect) I have served my time here in the land of lurk. This time has been very productive: I am very grateful for the advice and information I have gathered during this time from many other board contributors. I've just pulled the trigger on a 1990 Collector's on eBay (I'm essentially an electric player who has come late to acoustics and needs a performing acoustic). As far as Ovations go I have an old 'Applesauce' (love that! ... and what a great budget guitar!) in great shape and a Korean 12 string (also a great player), and now I felt the time was right for a 'proper' USA made Ovation.
So chaps (and chapesses!), I suppose I'm hooked! |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Welcome!
Admitting we have a problem is the first step!
We don't look for a cure but we meet regularly! |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | First things first Hillwalker; How do you pronounce "Capo"?
Welcome. |
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Location: East Wenatchee, WA | And participating on this board is a sure sign of some sickness.... |
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Location: the BIG Metropolis of TR | Welcome Hillwalker,
The import guitars are decent with some being great but let us know how well you like the USA model! I think you'll find that there's a big difference in quality and sound....
.....soon you'll get G.A.S. and will need more and more and more and..... :D |
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Location: south east Michigan | Welcome!!!
I'm glad you decided to join in.
I wonder how many lurkers we have?
I wonder how many run away in confusion, terror & disgust?? |
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Location: Shotley Bridge, Northern England | Thanks for the comments. Jeff W; I suspect this is a trick question, but I'm afraid it's pronounced 'cappo'. (At least I'm not exploring types of strings or string tubes (whatever they are, hee hee). I would agree that I have a (relatively mild) case of the sickness, but the underlying GAS is well established I'm afraid, and I worry about the future... :) |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by Hillwalker:
Jeff W; I suspect this is a trick question, but I'm afraid it's pronounced 'cappo'. Well, boys, he's a member of the Templeton Clan. |
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Location: Shotley Bridge, Northern England | Brad, I hope that many (if not all) of your lurkers join the board as members (as I just have). I've been very impressed with the 'togetherness' of the board postings, and the overall harmony (and humour (oh dear, another spelling atrocity I fear :) )) of members' contributions here. |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | Welcome Aboard Mate! |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Originally posted by Hillwalker:
humour (oh dear, another spelling atrocity I fear No, no. That's quite right. It's the deliberate delinquents of that 'unexplored southern region' who cock it up! |
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Location: NJ | Rules me out . . . I've been spelling correctly all along . . . |
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Location: Shotley Bridge, Northern England | Originally posted by Jeff W.:
Originally posted by Hillwalker:
Jeff W; I suspect this is a trick question, but I'm afraid it's pronounced 'cappo'. Well, boys, he's a member of the Templeton Clan. |
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Location: Scotland | Originally posted by Jeff W.:
Well, boys, he's a member of the Templeton Clan. And only a few miles away from me!
In the civilised world it's pronouned CAH-PO. At NAMM I hate having to force myself to say "G-Band KAY-PO" just for the benefit of you colonials. |
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Location: N.J. | Originally posted by Slipkid:
Welcome!!!
I'm glad you decided to join in.
I wonder how many lurkers we have?
I wonder how many run away in confusion, terror & disgust?? I would think that would depend on how many saw the Grass skirt performance from the factory gig on Youtube. :p :D |
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| Welcome Hillwalker.
Can't afford a car then? |
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Location: Isle of Man, UK | Ah, someone from Oop North!
Welcome indeed, and glad to have someone else who can say Kappoh correctly! ;) Although my thinking is you did that just to [sp-chk]humor[/sp-chk] everyone...
Isn't it great that Llamas aren't native to the UK?!
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Location: Shotley Bridge, Northern England | Well thanks to all! I can see from the reception I've received that I'll enjoy posting here (even if I seem to have some problems with my cappos). I'll just continue my long-term campaign to reform and unify the use of the English language as I go... ;) Should be fun... |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Do you mean "unify" or do you mean, 'merican tawlkers will be assimulated and resistance is futile? |
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| Relax JW, they don't speak anything remotely like English in that part of the world anyway. You've heard Sting/Knoplfler/Templeman.Did you understand any of them? |
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Location: NJ | Completely. |
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Location: Minden, Nebraska | British hillwalkers are welcome. Cliff might prefer a streetwalker.
Fell Runners will be thorough vetted. |
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| I've got a cousin who was a Fell Runner. Very strange people. The word "why" just doesn't seem big enough. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | because it's over there. |
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Location: Shotley Bridge, Northern England | No, I'm not a fellrunner (yep, very strange: why do people DO that?), nor (perhaps sadly) a streetwalker (I think I know why they do that). Nope, I'm a Hillwalker (with a car (thanks Schroeder - although not a very good car ;) - don't think you have many hills in the Souf of England). I actually had a great day today up walking in the Scottish borders for the afternoon. Working on my intelligible English... next stop; assimilation! Ooops! I meant education! |
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