[TenTec] My First Ten-Tec

[Duane Calvin]

You're very observant, James!  Yes, and I owned a Collings OM1A briefly.  I
was crazy, but I traded it back in for a rosewood OM (Martin OM-42) which I
never enjoyed as much.  Up until a few weeks ago I owned 3 Martins, a
Gretsch electric, and a Ramirez classical guitar.  Then I found an African
mahogany/adirondack dreadnought built buy a local luthier, Jeff Robertson.
Then I made the  big mistake of selling my D-28 Marquis (Doh!) and my D-18
Golden Era.  But, hey, life goes on.  So, I still have a Martin OM-28
Marquis, which sounds much like its bigger brother.  I also own a Gibson
J.D. Crowe "Blackjack" RB75 banjo.  I spent most of yesterday at a huge jam
here in Austin playing both the banjo and the new guitar. That was fun!  My
brother and his wife will be here next week and I'm planning to take them to
the Collings factory tour down in Driping Springs (they call it Austin, but
it's not!).  

So, yes, I do enjoy playing a really good guitar from time to time.  (I have
my own bluegrass-gospel band, "Better Late than Never".)

	Duane 


Duane Calvin, AC5AA
Austin, Texas
www.ac5aa.com  

 

-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
On Behalf Of Richards
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2012 12:08 AM
To: ac5aa at ac5aa.com; Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] My First Ten-Tec

Hey Duane... Is that a "Collings" shirt you are wearing
in your QRZ.com photo ?

If so... I am a Martin and Guild mavin  (Martin D-16,
Guild-D35NT, and Guild X-170 custom) among others...

Do you have a Collings as well as TT gear?  If so,
you DO know good equipment !!

Do I pick up any points for having sat in and played
a set at the  - 311 Club on 6th Street in your home
town of Austin ?     No?   I suppose not.

Happy days.

-----------------   James - K8JHR  ---------------------



On 7/4/2012 12:08 PM, Duane Calvin wrote:

  > OK, I'll chime in here as I'm waiting to head off to an
all afternoon bluegrass jam!  Yay!

My first Ten-Tec was an Omni VI+, and I know I've told
> the story here before.  I had just started ...

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