Orpheo Guitars: Guitars Giveaway!

PFDarkside said:
Are you a natural lefty or was it due to baseball bat/hockey stick holding?

There’s no way I could swing a bat or club lefty but I could probably shoot hockey lefty if I tried.
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I kick with my left foot, I shoot hockey right-handed, I can bat lefty though I'm a right-handed more naturally. But I write right-handed, play guitar/bass right-handed.
 
nexion218 said:
Joking aside, I feel bad for the lefties who are not convinced early on to start learning the guitar right handed. They are really robbed of options and possibilities. When the movements to be learned are still alien and new to both hands anyways, I really see no risk or extra obstacle in learning it in a way that will have major benefits in the long run.
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It's okay - we make up for it with talent.
 
Allright folks, I'm back in the Netherlands. My jetlag is over, life is back to 'normal'. I'll pick up preparing the shipments this week and I hope to have shipped out everything before the end of the month. I want to explain why.

Even though I said before that I'm giving away the guitars as is, I cannot live with the idea that the guitars go out to you guys with old strings, shitty setups, electronics that aren't checked, backplates that aren't installed (yet). So every guitar gets a full clean, setup, new strings, check up etc. So every guitar gets like 2 to 5 hours of work depending on the guitar. I might even just polish some light blemishes. Yes, they're old and B-Stock but that doesn't mean I can't use a little bit of elbow grease to make the better. My pride prevents me from just slipping them in a box and saying sayonara. No, sir. I want you all to have the experience of getting one of my guitars as good and well as I'm able to.

Initially it was the idea to do just that: slip the guitar in a (protective) sleeve, box up and ship, but my fiancée convinced me otherwise. She is a marketing expert and convinced me that I should regard these as brand-new builds instead of B-Stocks, in order to maximize the enjoyment for you guys. Maybe I'm overstepping, don't know, but I do believe now that maximizing the yield will be the best for you all, so bear with me ;) I know you all wish you had your guitars right now but I'm just not that flexible or fast.

On a personal note. I am planning my wedding at the same time I'm doing my day job, shipping you guys these guitars, training for a marathon as well as build instruments for customers. It's surprising how tiring life can be when you have 1001 things to do, but better to be busy than be bored I suppose. In December, we'll tie the knot and say 'I Do'. I never felt so sure about something as I'm feeling about this event.
 
Welcome home, Orpheo! And congratulations on your upcoming wedding.
You sure do have a lot going on in your life right now.
Rather a full life than an empty one.

I'm sure I speak for other the lucky recipients too when I say we all appreciate your extra efforts, making a great giveaway even better.
 
Just to give you an idea. It was so warm that day and we were SO tired! But it was worth it.

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Awesome, looks like you are both very happy. Good luck with all the planning, I’m sure the wedding will be amazing!

Many thanks for the update too.
 
dave74 said:
I've always wondered; How many marathons does it take to get ready for a marathon? No need to answer lol.
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Zero.

With most long distance endurance type stuff the event is pretty damaging to your body. So you'll do a ton of miles in the lead up to the marathon, but usually in shorter stints to reduce stress. If you can do 80% of the distance at the pace you want in training, you can squeeze out that extra 20% on race day when you need to . . . it's mostly a matter of stubbornness and power of will. This is assuming that marathons are like long distance cycling stuff . . . I did a 200 km randonneuring event on my bike without ever cycling more than 160 km at a time before the event and it went fine (exhausting, but fine).
 
GuitarStv said:
Zero.

With most long distance endurance type stuff the event is pretty damaging to your body. So you'll do a ton of miles in the lead up to the marathon, but usually in shorter stints to reduce stress. If you can do 80% of the distance at the pace you want in training, you can squeeze out that extra 20% on race day when you need to . . . it's mostly a matter of stubbornness and power of will. This is assuming that marathons are like long distance cycling stuff . . . I did a 200 km randonneuring event on my bike without ever cycling more than 160 km at a time before the event and it went fine (exhausting, but fine).
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Well I was meaning in a cumulative sense, which of course is about impossible to answer for most because they've set their baseline-endurance very high through a lifetime of distance running (in some cases). What is really crazy are those ultra-marathoners running like 100 miles or whatever. They might actually log some standard 26m marathons in the weeks leading up.

This reminds me of that Terry Fox movie on HBO way back. That guy was doing huge distances on most days, like maybe close to regular marathons when he could, all on one leg essentially. There is also the ESPN doc about that, I think it was one of the 30-for-30 series.
 
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Just don't push yourself too hard going for that last 20%.
The original Marathon runner is said to have finished his run, uttered a single word, "Victory," then dropped dead.
 
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