From: epiman2003 <kevdev01@...>
Subject: [epiphoneolympicarchtop] Re: new member
To: epiphoneolympicarchtop@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, December 18, 2008, 6:57 AM

I'm a rawlings fan too!

I've been following the market, I didint see the one with the bound f
holes, how long ago was that? Was it on ebay? any Pictures?

What I have not seen is one with the rawlings specs. Hes got a neck
with a straight bottom neck and three peice f-holes. I recently
obtained a 1935 with a stright bottomed neck and one peice f-holes.
Its getting it neck reset and refretted, should have it back soon.
Used to be able to see two a year on ebay, but I havent seen any in
2008. The ones with rawlings spec are the ones people are looking
for, it has the smaller body. I think anything olympic made after
1935 is outside the narrow area, but 1932-35 is right in the area it
needs to be for the rawlings fans.

I met Mr Rawlings after a concert in Bloomington Indiana. He's a
very nice guy, he was packing up the epquipment!

kevin
--- In epiphoneolympicarch top@yahoogroups. com, "ahthatcher"
<ahthatcher@ ...> wrote:
>
> Hey, everybody. Finally got around to joining this group, though
> Kevin and I have corresponded in the past. I bought my Olympic
> several years ago from a hole-in-the- wall Chicago shop, just as I
was
> getting back into playing guitar after an absence of many years. I
> didn't realize until later that an Olympic was what David Rawlings,
> who I had just discovered, plays.
>
> Mine is a 1936 according to the numbers at provide.net. It had
been
> worked on, not very well, prior to my getting it, so I had to have
the
> neck reset (or re-reset). It turned into a great little player, but
> my guitar interests have gone on and I mostly play a Martin now.
>
> I noticed for a while that Olympics regularly turned up on eBay, but
> not for a while now, except one recently with a suspiciously perfect
> finish and bound f-holes. Anyone else following the 'market' if
there
> is such a thing for these cool little guitars?
>
> And who else is a David Rawlings fan? I have seen him with Gillian
> twice, here in Chicago and also in Nashville, but it's been a
while...
>
> Regards to all,
>
> 'Chicago Al'
>