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[QUOTE=Billy T] [quote=Helpful Heshie]I thought that I would help my friend Billy out and post a picture of his favorite guitars..... [/quote]

Ah! Thanks? Bud!

   Those things really...are...CRAP!!!

[quote]The only down side is that it reminds me of holding a fat girl I once dated........ [/quote]

This is your date you showed me?

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Rosie just wishes she had that much body hair. Good job, Billy. I can just see Hesh playing his banjo with her by his side.

Ron

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OLD MAN formerly (and formally) known as:

Ron Wisdom

Somewhere in the middle of Arkansas......

Didn't want Billy's talent to be wasted.

Ron

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OLD MAN formerly (and formally) known as:

Ron Wisdom

Somewhere in the middle of Arkansas......

   Sorry to let you down Ron Buddy! But that isn't my work! "Hairie Rosie" was an internet discovery!

Some guys are just lucky!

Thanks anyway!

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Billy Dean Thomas
Covina, CA

"Multi famam, conscientiam, pauci verentur."
(Many fear their reputation, few their conscience)

Well, since this thread has gotten so far off track anyway....

I'm pretty sure I saw the girl a couple of farms down the hill using this instrument:::

 

Took me a while to realize what it was... then it hit me... a nappy headed hoe!

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Reguards,

Ken H

How about a cherry reso?

Or a dred

[quote]Took me a while to realize what it was... then it hit e... a nappy headed hoe![/quote]

Yeow Ken!! Reverend Al... COMING TO GET YA!



[quote=My Faithful Follower]Very god Billy!!!!    [/quote]

"Billy Worship" is not allowed on the forum Hesh Buddy!!

Where's that @*^&%$#'in edit button!

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Billy Dean Thomas
Covina, CA

"Multi famam, conscientiam, pauci verentur."
(Many fear their reputation, few their conscience)

[QUOTE=Hesh1956]

What do you suppose that some of the reasons why d***ds are so popular among factory guitar buyers are? Availability, legendary models, and/or to the untrained ear louder sounds better? [/QUOTE]

Hesh,

I would directly attribute this to the C.F. Martin Company. When I was growing up, you could buy gibsons, harmonys, Aria's and a bunch of other brands of guitars at almost any guitar store. If you wanted the top dog in guitars, you usually had to travel a long way, place an order and then wait to get a Martin Guitar which was considered the best of the best. For most of my early life I didnt even know that Martin made anything BUT Dreads.

Because of this, most other guitar comapnies made dreads too just so they could compare apples to apples. It became the industry standard because of this. I think you will find that most serious bluegrassers wont even think about anything except a dread and if they are really serious they wont even look at anything except a Martin. This may be changing now that Taylor has become such a powerhouse in the market with excellent guitars.

Most of the folk and acoustic rock stars of the 60's and 70's played dreads also, and I am sure this helped spread the idea that a dread is the only serious guitar. CSN&Y, James Taylor, Cat Stevens, Jim Crocie, Joe Cocker, Jimmy Buffet... the list goes on and on, but all are dread players.

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Reguards,

Ken H

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Most of the folk and acoustic rock stars of the 60's and 70's played dreads also, and I am sure this helped spread the idea that a dread is the only serious guitar. CSN&Y, James Taylor, Cat Stevens, Jim Crocie, Joe Cocker, Jimmy Buffet... the list goes on and on, but all are dread players.

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I have a pretty good sized collection of appearance photos I took as young hard rocker while attending concerts of many 60s and 70s rock artists. As I look back through some of them, dreads are not as prevalent as you may think. For instance, David Crosby; I saw more Gibson J200s in his hands than Martin D28s. James Taylor; I have seen him in concert many many times. I can't remember a show that he did not play a custom built 000 at lest the majority of the show. I don't know if you would consider an Ovation Ballader a Dread or not but almost (not all by any means) pictures I have of both Jim Crocie and Cat Stevens They are playing an Ovation Ballader.

The truth then as well as the truth now is performers tend to have a different preferred performance instruments specific to things like the tuning or even just the song itself.

[quote]My apologies if I offended any one like Billy always does.... [/quote]

    Yea! I would like to apologize if Hesh offended anybody too!

    All my friends play dreads! I never noticed that before. There are no, 00, 000, Concert, Small Jumbo's, what have you, among them!

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Billy Dean Thomas
Covina, CA

"Multi famam, conscientiam, pauci verentur."
(Many fear their reputation, few their conscience)