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Jeri	17 Nov 09 - 09:30 AM
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maeve	22 Nov 09 - 03:50 PM
Jeri	22 Nov 09 - 08:33 PM
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Subject: RE: Apollo Guitar
From: guittern
Date: 17 Nov 09 - 12:53 AM

Gordon Bok's boat 12 string now posted on ebay; he has a new one for his birthday.
item # 260507544291 sacrifice price.

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Subject: RE: Apollo Guitar
From: maeve
Date: 17 Nov 09 - 07:00 AM

That posting just before this is from the maker of the instruments we've been praising: Nick Apollonio himself.

Thanks, Nick.

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Subject: RE: Apollo Guitar
From: Jeri
Date: 17 Nov 09 - 09:30 AM

The guitar is on ebay here: Apollonio 12 string guitar

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Subject: RE: Apollo Guitar
From: Dan Schatz
Date: 22 Nov 09 - 03:46 PM

The guitar is currently selling for under $500, with only a few hours left. Folks, this is a steal - an Apollonio guitar, built to be humidity proof and extra durable, but still marvelous sounding, owned and loved by Gordon Bok, no less. I'd buy it myself if I had any room left in my house.

Dan

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Subject: RE: Apollo Guitar
From: maeve
Date: 22 Nov 09 - 03:50 PM

I know, Dan. I'd like to have it.

m

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Subject: RE: Apollo Guitar
From: Jeri
Date: 22 Nov 09 - 08:33 PM

It went for $500.00.

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Subject: RE: Apollo Guitar
From: dick greenhaus
Date: 22 Nov 09 - 11:17 PM

It's a nice instrument, but it's not the one that started out this thread. I know---I bought that one (for a helluva lot more than $500). It's worth every penny I paid for it. The most coveted instrument I've ever owned.....by an amazing number of pickers.

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Subject: RE: Apollo Guitar
From: GUEST
Date: 27 Nov 09 - 05:31 PM

Hey Gang,

This is Bruce in Valdez, Alaska. I'm the lucky one who ended up with the 12 string Nick recently auctioned. Stunned me to get it actually because I know it was a steal.

I had a chance to play Gordon Bok's more recent Apollonio 12 a few years back and was mightily impressed.

Haven't laid hands on this one yet, but I do have one of Nick's bell citterns and highly recommend them. The sustain is remarkable. You can play it, set it down, go have a cup of coffee, come back and the things still ringing.

bg

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Subject: RE: Apollo Guitar
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 27 Nov 09 - 05:39 PM

Enjoy it Bruce, as a fellow Apollo guitar owner, I know how good they are.

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Subject: RE: Apollo Guitar
From: GUEST,bgoodak
Date: 27 Nov 09 - 06:25 PM

Thanks, John

Really looking forward to it. Have owned many instruments over many years but my Apollonio cittern is a favorite.

Bruce

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Subject: RE: Apollo Guitar
From: Jeri
Date: 27 Nov 09 - 06:28 PM

Bruce, thanks for posting here. It's good to know where the guitar went, and that it's in the hands of someone who appreciates the Apollonioism of it. I love my 6-string. (He made a pretty cool 5-string fiddle too.)

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Subject: RE: Apollo Guitar
From: GUEST,bgoodak
Date: 27 Nov 09 - 06:34 PM

Thanks Jeri,

I'm excited to own one of Nick's 12s and the chance that it may just have a little Gordon Bok magic left in it is pure gravy.

Bruce

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Subject: RE: Apollo Guitar
From: maeve
Date: 27 Nov 09 - 07:18 PM

Bruce- Thanks for letting us know Gordon's guitar will be in loving hands. I was sad to think it was leaving Maine and our family of musicians who sing and play Gordon's songs and tunes with him. I won't worry about it any more knowing it will be played by one who appreciates it for the lovely instrument it is.

May you enjoy many years of joyful music there in Valdez...to which I nearly moved, early in my teaching career.

maeve

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Subject: RE: Apollo Guitar
From: bgoodak
Date: 27 Nov 09 - 07:27 PM

maive - thanks for those words. I have been an Alaskan for 28 years but was born and raised in Maine so the guitar only leaves the state in the physical sense. I had the distinct honor of having Gordon spend the night at our home a few years back and enjoy listening to and playing his music.

If you ever do get to our lovely Valdez, ask for directions to the health food store and you'll find us.

Bruce

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Subject: RE: Apollo Guitar
From: maeve
Date: 27 Nov 09 - 08:07 PM

The tale gets better and better, Bruce! Thanks. I know Gordon will be tickled to know you'll be playing his good old guitar.

maeve

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Subject: RE: Apollo Guitar
From: GUEST
Date: 29 Nov 09 - 08:13 PM

Has this one been mentioned yet? Noel "Paul" Stookey's "Wedding Song" 12-string, originally made by Nick in 1967 and rebuilt this year:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260515434033&ssPageName=ADME:B:EF:US:1123

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Subject: RE: Apollo Guitar
From: maeve
Date: 29 Nov 09 - 08:43 PM

Noel Paul Stookey's Wedding Song guitar auction

As listed by the maker on eBay.

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Subject: RE: Apollo Guitar
From: SINSULL
Date: 30 Nov 09 - 08:01 AM

I couldn't afford Gordon's guitar and have no business owning it - it wouldn't get played. But what a relief to know that it is good hands. Thanks for posting, Bruce.

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Subject: RE: Apollo Guitar
From: maeve
Date: 30 Nov 09 - 08:43 PM

Refresh...in hopes of finding someone who will use and appreciate Noel Stookey's Apollonio 12-string guitar.

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Subject: RE: Apollo Guitar
From: bgoodak
Date: 01 Dec 09 - 03:58 PM

Lucky for my wallet I saw the other one first I think. What great guitars with such interesting history.

Is this the guitar the song "Sebastion" was written for?

Bruce

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Subject: RE: Apollo Guitar
From: maeve
Date: 01 Dec 09 - 04:07 PM

Yes that's correct.

maeve

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Subject: RE: Apollo Guitar
From: bgoodak
Date: 01 Dec 09 - 04:50 PM

Nice story about Nick and the Stookey guitar here:

http://www.noelpaulstookey.com/tl-1967.html

Bruce

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Subject: RE: Apollo Guitar
From: maeve
Date: 02 Dec 09 - 05:53 PM

refresh

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Subject: RE: Apollo Guitar
From: bgoodak
Date: 08 Dec 09 - 09:59 PM

Just had to revive this to say that that Apollo Bok guitar arrived and I must heap more praise on the work of Nick Apollonio. One of the finest instruments I've ever played. Resonant, easy to finger, lovely sound and best of all for a 12 - it stays in tune!

Bruce

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Subject: RE: Apollo Guitar
From: maeve
Date: 08 Dec 09 - 10:27 PM

I'm glad to hear the Boat Guitar arrived safely. Play it in good health!

maeve

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Subject: RE: Apollo Guitar
From: Dan Schatz
Date: 26 Sep 10 - 10:19 PM

Nick has a lovely jumbo 12-string for sale on E-bay, ending October 3, 2010. Best to get bids in before the Getaway!

Several folks have posted reviews of Nick's instruments on his public Facebook page. As if reading this thread weren't enough.

Dan

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Subject: RE: Apollo Guitar
From: Amos
Date: 26 Sep 10 - 10:58 PM

My lord, what a Bargain!!!

A

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Subject: RE: Apollo Guitar
From: Amos
Date: 11 Oct 11 - 09:32 PM

Well, I didn't even go for that beautiful twelve-string, and I am sorry I didn't. But today I am as wired as a high-school virgin on a hot date, anticipating that Nick will be shipping the beautiful six-string he showed off at the Getaway to me sometime today. I am all in a froth looking forward to her arrival. There's something about her action and her voice that just seduced me whole. So Christmas is early and I hear that Wells Fargo wagon coming.... :D

A

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Subject: RE: Apollo Guitar
From: GUEST,beardedbruce
Date: 12 Oct 11 - 07:22 AM

In case you don't know the lyrics:

People:
O-ho the Wells Fargo Wagon is a-comin' down the street,
Oh please let it be for me!
O-ho the Wells Fargo Wagon is a-comin' down the street,
I wish, I wish I knew what it could be!

First Voice:
I got a box of maple sugar on my birthday.

Second Voice:
In March I got a gray mackinaw.

Third Voice:
And once I got some grapefruit from Tampa.

Fourth Voice:
Montgom'ry Ward sent me a bathtub and a cross-cut saw.

People:
O-ho the Wells Fargo Wagon is a-comin' now
Is it a prepaid surprise or C.O.D.

Fifth Voice:
It could be curtains!

Sixth Voice:
Or dishes!

Seventh Voice:
Or a double boiler!

Eighth Voice:
Or it could be

People:
Yes, it could be
Yes, you're right it surely could be

Eighth Voice:
Somethin' special

People:
Somethin' very, very special now

Eighth Voice:
Just for me!

People:
O-ho the Wells Fargo Wagon is a-comin' down the street.
Oh, don't let him pass my door!
O-ho the Wells Fargo Wagon is a-comin' down the street
I wish I knew what he was comin' for.

Ninth Voice:
I got some salmon from Seattle last September.

Tenth Voice:
And I expect a new rockin' chair.

Eleventh Voice:
I hope I get my raisins from Fresno.

Quartet:
The D.A.R. have sent a cannon for the courthouse square.

Winthrop:
O-ho the Wellth Fargo Wagon ith a-comin' now,
I don't know how I can ever wait to thee.
It could be thumpin' for thumone who is
No relation but it could be thump'n thpethyul
Just for me!

People:
O-ho, you Wells Fargo Wagon keep a-comin'
O-ho, you Wells Fargo Wagon, keep a-comin'.
O-ho you Wells Fargo Wagon, Don't you dare make a stop
Until you stop for me!

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Subject: RE: Apollo Guitar
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 12 Oct 11 - 08:31 AM

I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoy my Apollo 6 string, and my Apollo 12 string too.
Happy tunes to you ♪♫

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Subject: RE: Apollo Guitar
From: kendall
Date: 12 Oct 11 - 09:46 AM

We have two of Nick's guitars and we wouldn't trade either for a farm downeast with a hog on it.

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Subject: RE: Apollo Guitar
From: Amos
Date: 12 Oct 11 - 10:25 AM

LOL! Kendall, you never fail to bring the sun up with your lines!!

Can't wait.

A

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Subject: RE: Apollo Guitar
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 12 Oct 11 - 11:33 AM

Two hogs?

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Subject: RE: Apollo Guitar
From: Dan Schatz
Date: 12 Oct 11 - 11:39 AM

Sometimes I feel like I've become a one-man advertisement for Apollonio guitars simply by playing the ones I have. People keep asking me how they can get one. So I finally got Nick to give me a fist full of business cards so I can pass on the information to anyone who asks.

Amos, I had the chance to play your new guitar, and you're a lucky man indeed. I won't say I'm jealous, 'cause I have one myself. But I do know what a lucky man you are.

Dan

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Subject: RE: Apollo Guitar
From: Big Mick
Date: 12 Oct 11 - 11:47 AM

I played The Rare Ould Times on it Friday night of Getaway. Her voice had me on the rocks.

All the best,

Mick

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Subject: RE: Apollo Guitar
From: Amos
Date: 17 Oct 11 - 09:00 PM

I am deliriously happy. My Apollonio six-string is now safe and warm at home. She sings like and angels and rings like heaven's own bells. What a beautiful thing she is!! Thanks, Nick Apollonio, for being such a master of your art!

This gem sings soft, sweet, firm, loud, ringing and kindly in the blink of an eye. She is divine. Lovely to see, gentle on the hands, sweet on the ear.

I yam in love with her!

A

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Subject: RE: Apollo Guitar
From: Dan Schatz
Date: 17 Oct 11 - 11:05 PM

Why am I not surprised?

Dan

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Subject: RE: Apollo Guitar
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 18 Oct 11 - 04:19 AM

Anybody in the San Diego area wanna buy a beat-up D35?

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Subject: RE: Apollo Guitar
From: GUEST,beardedbruce
Date: 18 Oct 11 - 06:47 AM

I don't think he would sell it to me, even if I could afford it.

But I can offer a dozen fiddles for it...

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Subject: RE: Apollo Guitar
From: GUEST,kendall
Date: 18 Oct 11 - 07:31 AM

I'll see your fiddles and raise you a banjo and two accordions.

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Subject: RE: Apollo Guitar
From: Amos
Date: 19 Oct 11 - 01:44 PM

A few quick pictures here--they don't do it justice. THe dynamic range of this guitar is very impressive and the voices are enthralling.

A

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Subject: RE: Apollo Guitar
From: gnu
Date: 19 Oct 11 - 02:42 PM

"You need to have a Google account to join Google+."

Agggghhhh. Flick em to me by email IF you ain't too buy strummin eh.

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