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Location: Parrish, FL | Looking for some impressions on a '94 Collector. What might it be worth?
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Location: NJ | Check past auctions on eBay t'get an idea of what they've gone for in the past . .
. . If not, call the Easter Bunny, he's dropping by next month. . . ;) |
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Location: RI. That small State out East | Blues...
This is one on my short list. I've lusted after this guitar and believe I will own one.
The first time the "Optima" came out. I'm an XLR fan and it has it. The inlay at the sound hole is years ahead of its time. A very nice guitar.
I can send / fax a copy of a sales flyer that came out promoting the guitar... Lots of info.
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Location: closely held secret | No '94s on ebay, but a '95 went for $656 (choke) just a few days ago... :(
'95 Collector |
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Location: Parrish, FL | My confidence in the Easter Bunny isn't very high after the fat guy in the red suit blew me off a couple of months ago.
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Location: NJ | . . . that's why I'm just holding out until next Festivus. |
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Location: closely held secret | The festival for the rest of us. |
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Location: south of munich, Germany | now a 94 on ebay... US $425 BIN |
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Location: closely held secret | Pity about the headstock. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Woz, you should grab the one with the broken ear on ebay. Easy fix. |
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| ..that '94 might be worth a trip to the factory, depends on the reserve..
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Location: Fayetteville, NC | It has a buy it now price of $425! At that price it's a steal even if you have to have some work done on it. But that's just my opinion. |
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| I don't know...with a buy it now of only $425, the reserve is probably $424.95...duh...
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Location: Fayetteville, NC | The remedy is to pull the trigger at the buy it now price, unless you bid and hit the reserve.
heck I'll bet the mothership can make this one good as new. I considered trying it myself, but i just don't have the cash and i'm not sure they'll accept a money order anyway. Someone should grab this one and enjoy it. |
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Location: Midland, MI | It is time for the airing of grievances!
Nice looking O for that price. Busted ear and minor dings included. What can you get today for $425? An Oscar Schmidt? |
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Location: Fayetteville, NC | Cruster,
I agree my OFC brother. Like I said I'd bid if I had The Cash. I'm not even concerned about the dings. The ear thing would bother me more, but it's repairable.. Like you said. A USA made Ovation for $425. It's a great price! |
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Location: State College, PA | I've got a 1994 Collector's Series - number 26.
a great guitar -
Excellent top!
Fast neck, really tasteful inlays.
The Optima and xlr -
That's a good price....
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| ...the pressure mounts..
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Location: Midland, MI | "In the fifth year of the new millenium, a worthy tool will come to light. Not without it's flaws, but the pricing will be just right. And then shall come the one named Stephen (or maybe Steven, possibly Steve but definitely not Steve-o) who shall take up the tool and with it cause great changes to emanate and engulf the land." - Nostrildamus, IIXIIV Quatrain |
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Location: south east Michigan | :D :D :D :D
Good one cruster! |
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Location: Midland, MI | As I tell my wife, 'We aim to please. Or at least not hit the seat.'
Thank you! Thank you! I'll be here all weekend! Don't forget to tip your waiter or waitress and hey, try the veal, it's great!! |
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Location: Fayetteville, NC | Now I wonder if that's about me or the other Steve's on the board?? umm? :rolleyes: |
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| At $325 the reserve is already met?!...fasten your seat belts...we in for a ride...
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Location: Midland, MI | Wild ride, I'll bet. Here's an interesting question...
On the rosette for that 94 (and maybe the indian blanket/toilet bowl one, too), did O laser cut them out of a a piece and then just lay it in there? Or was it don more traditional with a long skinny strip that was bent around the channel? Looking at the closeup of the rosette on that one, it looks to me like they laser (or maybe die, who knows) cut the pattern out of a hunk of spruce then dropped it into the channel. The grain doesn't change directions (at least in the spruce rings) like I would expect if it were a long skinny piece wrapped around the arc. Make sense? Completely useless information, but, I just don't see how else they would've done it and kept the grain all going the same way. That being said, I like that inlaid rosette way better than the stick on kind. |
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| ..curious, it looks like the grain is different from one side of the rossette to the other although that may have just been the natural variation of the wood..i would speculate that a standard-sized template was first used to die-cut the rossette, then die-cut the channels, then install the abalone, then stain and finish the entire top...
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Location: Fayetteville, NC | Heck Guys if I'd known the reserve was set that low, I would've been really tempted to bid. If that's the final bid, someone's going to walk away with this ovation for possibly under $400! |
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| Such a good instrument would be worth the investment to send it to the factory for refurbishing...they can make the headstock virtually new again, can't they, if they closely match the wood grain?
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Location: Fayetteville, NC | I emailed Ovation Customer service and they do headstock repairs. I 've heard of several instances that after they finish the job, you have a hard time telling where the repair was made. They also do refinishes on o's with Laquer Cracks,So of course that will make it good as new. It all depends on how much you want to spend, but the headstock repair i believe could cost around $150 to $200(ballpark figure) depending on how bad it is.best to always get a quote from them after they've looked at the instrument.With The great job Ovation Does on the repair It's worth every penny you'll pay. |
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| Considering that is a collector guitar, if the ebay bid price stays low it would be worth having it restored, especially to keep it for personal use. I don't remember what the retail was for a '94 Collector but it had to be what?, about $2000 or so?...and it was a unique design that year.
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1994 Collectors.....Experiences / Impressions?