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Hi Guys & Gals. I've been invited over here by a couple of longtime WGF posters who made the move also. Love my Washburns and own a bunch of beauties and have owned lots of others. Also own a few Guilds and a great Martin. It's nice to see some old friends here. Cheers all, Pike
 
welcome pike....this is a great forum....i think you will like it here....

ww :pancake:

note: this welcome copyrighted 2008...no unauthorized use of this welcome will be tolerated
 
Welcome aboard Pike. It's great to see you over here. There's lots of good folks, and I think you'll enjoy yourself.
 
WGF Refugee

Hey Pike,
Nice to see your handle around these parts. Your knowledge and talents will be appreciated here for sure. :bravo:
PBP
 
Pike,

It's really good to see you here. I think you will enjoy all of the sections they have here. With the additional influx of the old crowd, you guys and gals should be able to get the acoustic section a little more active.

Anyway, it is good to see you and the other Washies (that's what we're known as here).

I think there are at least four projects Dreadman has flowing through his head.:D

And as already pointed out, there is a great group of people here that are knowledgeable, talented, and good sense of humor.
 
All the welcomes are very much appreciated! Hi Brian, I'm in Oregon, play mostly acoustic. Kazz, I know more about and have info on Washburns mostly. More specifically, 1970's and forward American and Japanese builds. There are some real treasures among those. Looks like a bunch of great folks here, and it's nice, also, to be among some old friends.
 
Pike said:
Hi Guys & Gals. I've been invited over here by a couple of longtime WGF posters who made the move also. Love my Washburns and own a bunch of beauties and have owned lots of others. Also own a few Guilds and a great Martin. It's nice to see some old friends here. Cheers all, Pike
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Welcome Pike! Glad to make your acquaintance and nice to have you here.
Maybe I'll go ahead and ask you a question right away, seeing the guitars you have listed above. I would like someday to upgrade my acoustic, and love the sound of a rosewood and spruce dread. I would love to get the tones of a HD-28V (http://www.thepodium.com/mp3s/MartinHD28V.mp3) without spending that much. (Not that I am buying any time soon).

I have played a couple of Guilds in shops that had some of the warmth I was looking for, and also really like the sound of the Larrivee D-03R. (tjcurtin1 shares my opinion of this guitar in this tread, last post: http://www.thefret.net/showthread.php?t=5207) I was thinking there may be a Takamine and/or a Yamaha out there to check out.

Here is a link to a thread where I was asking the same of some of your other expatriates. http://www.thefret.net/showthread.php?t=4210 See posts #7 and #12 in thread. Have any thoughts for me? We could pick it up in one of the above linked threads. Nice to have you here and thanks for joining in.
 
Another Washburn crossover

Hi all. I've been lurking in the shadows for several weeks. After seeing a lot of familiar names, I decided (with a prod from Strumsalot) to introduce myself. I go by the name of Murph, I live in southeastern Wisconsin. I'm retired so I find time to see if I can reintroduce myself to my guitars. My first guitar was a Fender accoustic. I gave my electric Danelectro to my grandson to get him started. Since then I got a Fender Telecaster, a Washburn D10 A/E and a
Washburn EA20 A/E. I stopped playing for a few years and I'm finding my fingers don't move the way they used to, but I'm progressing.

Murph
 
sunvalleylaw said:
Welcome Pike! Glad to make your acquaintance and nice to have you here.
Maybe I'll go ahead and ask you a question right away, seeing the guitars you have listed above. I would like someday to upgrade my acoustic, and love the sound of a rosewood and spruce dread. I would love to get the tones of a HD-28V (http://www.thepodium.com/mp3s/MartinHD28V.mp3) without spending that much. (Not that I am buying any time soon).

I have played a couple of Guilds in shops that had some of the warmth I was looking for, and also really like the sound of the Larrivee D-03R. (tjcurtin1 shares my opinion of this guitar in this tread, last post: http://www.thefret.net/showthread.php?t=5207) I was thinking there may be a Takamine and/or a Yamaha out there to check out.

Here is a link to a thread where I was asking the same of some of your other expatriates. http://www.thefret.net/showthread.php?t=4210 See posts #7 and #12 in thread. Have any thoughts for me? We could pick it up in one of the above linked threads. Nice to have you here and thanks for joining in.
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Thanks Steve, good to know you. I gotta tell ya', my '98 Westerly built Guild D55 is a spectacular guitar, easily the equal to any Martin rosewood dread I've played. The sound is clear, articulate and loud, no mud at all. 25.75" scale, nice full neck, plays like butter. My Susie likes the sound of it over all my others, except for maybe my Cherokee. Some of the folks at the Guild forum call the sound of them "Majestic". I have to agree. I also had a Tacoma built D55, and although nothing to sneeze at, it wasn't what the Westerly is. The Tacoma built D55 now belongs to someone else.
 
Hey Ratbag!
Great to see you over here (there was definitely something missing). :bravo:
... and continuing from another OT thread somewhere in cyberspace ... (with that incredibly hairy sporran) was your Great Uncle Tom of the Victorian Era?
 
Cal said:
Hey Ratbag!
Great to see you over here (there was definitely something missing). :bravo:
... and continuing from another OT thread somewhere in cyberspace ... (with that incredibly hairy sporran) was your Great Uncle Tom of the Victorian Era?
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Heh Heh, thanks Cal, love you too. Yes, Uncle Tom was later 1800's. Neat pic eh?
 
Pike said:
Yes, Uncle Tom was later 1800's. Neat pic eh?
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Quite a popular type of pic for that era (of course no one would know outside of Scotland!), but definitely neat.

Seeing this is the "get to know you" section of the forum... what about posting Oor Tam up here? :AOK:
 
Cal said:
Quite a popular type of pic for that era (of course no one would know outside of Scotland!), but definitely neat.

Seeing this is the "get to know you" section of the forum... what about posting Oor Tam up here? :AOK:
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How's the pic entry work? Oh, OK, file exceeded limit. Dang, I'll get it later on.
 
Welcome to TheFret, Pike! Sounds like you're a veteran Washie and already have many friends here. Hope you make many more! :dude:
 
duhvoodooman said:
Welcome to TheFret, Pike! Sounds like you're a veteran Washie and already have many friends here. Hope you make many more! :dude:
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Thanks duhvoodooman. Happy to have made your acquantance!
 

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