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Old 06-11-2021, 10:55 AM
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My Amicus is ready - got the ransom note this morning.

And, to my delight, it’s in this week’s shipping video, about 10 minutes in.

https://youtu.be/2Pu3Skhte2o

Really pleased with the way it looks - can’t wait to get my hands on it.

Also, our own EvanB gets a nice shout-out a bit earlier in the video
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Very cool. I did a double take when I saw the 11/06/2021 date stamp, but I'm guessing that means June 11, 2021 and not November 6, 2021....
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Old 06-11-2021, 11:24 AM
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Very cool. I did a double take when I saw the 11/06/2021 date stamp, but I'm guessing that means June 11, 2021 and not November 6, 2021....
You’re correct - the date flip always gives me pause, even though I grew up with day/month/year.
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David;

Very nice! I like the new presentation of the carbon fiber--it's a good look. Looks like years of pleasure to me. Congratulations on your new baby.
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Very nice! I like the new presentation of the carbon fiber--it's a good look. Looks like years of pleasure to me. Congratulations on your new baby.
Thanks, Evan. It was about time for a blue one

For anyone who’s wondering, this was 6 weeks 4 days from order to ready - quickest one yet for me.
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Cool instrument David- I bet you will love it! Here is to hoping you get to some in person jams. The Amicus sounds fabulous with other guitars.
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Congrats, David! What a fine little instrument! A very nice variety of guitars this week.

Nice shout out to Evan for inspiring the thin-body X10.
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Cool instrument David- I bet you will love it! Here is to hoping you get to some in person jams. The Amicus sounds fabulous with other guitars.
That’s the plan - I have a weekly online jam with an old friend of mine, and I can see the Amicus fitting in really well for several of the songs we do.

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Congrats, David! What a fine little instrument! A very nice variety of guitars this week.

Nice shout out to Evan for inspiring the thin-body X10.
It was a nice collection, wasn’t it, Jim?

I can see the X10 Slim with two humbuckers, and a Ghost piezo. That would make a cracking acoustic-electric, rather like some of the instruments Carvin used to produce. But better
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Great to hear that it's arrived David!

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Very cool. I did a double take when I saw the 11/06/2021 date stamp, but I'm guessing that means June 11, 2021 and not November 6, 2021....
Indeed. Currently, more than 7 billion people in about 190 countries use day-month-year or year-month-day. Only 0.35 billion in about 5 countries use month-day-year. It makes dates on this forum (for example) difficult for most people to read and leads to ambiguities, but we get used to it.
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Really nice David. It'll sound wonderful also!
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Congratulations! I love the blue thread in the carbon fiber.
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My Amicus is ready - got the ransom note this morning.

And, to my delight, it’s in this week’s shipping video, about 10 minutes in.

https://youtu.be/2Pu3Skhte2o

Really pleased with the way it looks - can’t wait to get my hands on it.

Also, our own EvanB gets a nice shout-out a bit earlier in the video
happy for you David! it looks wonderful with this new carbon fiber pattern!
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happy for you David! it looks wonderful with this new carbon fiber pattern!
Thank you!

In other news, it appears to be on its way. I got a ship notice and tracking number direct from UPS this morning. Let the waiting game begin. Again
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In other news, it appears to be on its way. I got a ship notice and tracking number direct from UPS this morning. Let the waiting game begin. Again
The race is on then. Mine was in last week's video, got a tracking number on Tuesday and sat around chit-chatting in Donegal wait for pick-up. Started moving on Friday and make it as far as Sligo.

They certainly don't like to leave the barn in a hurry.
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Old 06-14-2021, 11:26 AM
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The race is on then. Mine was in last week's video, got a tracking number on Tuesday and sat around chit-chatting in Donegal wait for pick-up. Started moving on Friday and make it as far as Sligo.

They certainly don't like to leave the barn in a hurry.
I have to wonder how many times a week the UPS truck shows up in Cavanacaw. It’s not exactly on the beaten track, and given that they’re still under lockdown, pickups may be a bit on the random side.

My scheduled delivery date, according to UPS, is this Thursday, June 17th.

I don’t believe that for a minute
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