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Location: Nova Scotia, Canada | A nice early Balladeer on Ebay and that's no bull...despite what the ad says!
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Location: SoCal | 3 piece top too. This is a good guitar and a real find. Hope he gets his buy it now price but I don't think he will. |
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Location: SoCal | actually hope he doesn't get his BIN ;) ;)
it is purdy... |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | that's a very clean example. |
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Location: SoCal | Bill, you still got yours on consignment? |
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Location: Scotland | That's an early one, looks in great shape. Anyone else noticed how the headstock shape on the early guitars was pretty inconsistent?
He probably wont get his reserve, but in reality he should and then some. |
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Location: Nova Scotia, Canada | "He probably wont get his reserve, but in reality he should and then some."
Paul T, I don't know about that. Mandolin Bros just told me my '68 GC Deluxe Balladeer #1 was worth a ballpark price if $500, although I suspect that if it was on their wall they would be asking a tad more.
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Location: NJ | MandoBros. has no interest (nor "respect") for Ovations. They were the ones that originally told me that my SlotHead was relatively "worthless". |
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Location: SoCal | There is a tremendous lack of respect for Ovation from the "establishment", ie, Mando Bros and Gruhn. They'll never change. To them, the world consists of Martin and Gibson, and a bunch of upstarts like Taylor and Larivee. F*&k em. |
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Location: NJ | ". . F*&k em. . "
- that's basically what I told the guy at MandoBros. . . . but not in so many words. |
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Location: SoCal | Concise. |
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Location: Scotland | Interesting that Mandolin Brothers valued your guitar at $500 yet they had an early balladeer in stock a while ago at around $3K. These early guitars should be fetching at least $1.5K, but the market says different. Their time will come. |
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Location: St. Petersburg, FL USA | This guy is about 20 minutes from my house. I could check it for you, Tony...
I don't see a Buy it Now price, am I missing something?? |
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Location: SoCal | re: I could check it for you, Tony...
Sure, but you can't take it home :) ;) :)
Thought there was a BIN for about $1,500 but now I don't see it, may have dropped off on my bid ??? |
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Location: Nova Scotia, Canada | Tony, that's right, if it is a no reserve auction, once a bid is placed the BIN is no longer an option.
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Location: SoCal | thanks Wayne...may have been active on eBay the past few months but still a newbie... |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | What's so hard to figure out about mando bandits? It's 3000 when they're selling and 500 when they're buying.
On the other hand Geooorrggge has never liked the plastic guitars but has been more fair and consistant with the pricing. |
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Location: Nova Scotia, Canada | My response to Mandolin Sisters was something to the effect that I would take all he could find at that price.
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| ..ain't it funny how they trash the old O's, then turn around and sell 'em at a premium...
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Location: SoCal | Ya know, ultimately, like them or hate them for their views, they are businessmen. They may hate Ovations personally, but if there's profit there, they'll go for it. |
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| yeah, little georgie lizard needs carpet in his cage...
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Location: the BIG Metropolis of TR | Although it didn't go for the BIN price it's still nice to see this early ("vintage") balladeer go for a "decent" price!!(winner got a steal!) I wonder if the winner is an OFC member? |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | It went for $10 more than it should have! |
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Location: the BIG Metropolis of TR | I know what you mean.......... ;) |
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Location: SoCal | Dave:
Ya gotta let somebody else have some of these old O's. Don't make me come out to Phoenix for a GAS intervention. Belive me, your wife would cooperate big time. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
Dave:
Ya gotta let somebody else have some of these old O's.
No I don't. BTW, Phoenix is called the "Valley Of The Sun" because the sun Shines every day. And everything Shiny belongs in Phoenix.
You know, I read your post fast the first time and I thought you wrote: "Ya gotta let somebody else have some of these old HO's". I don't get it. |
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Location: Fayetteville, NC | There are plenty of Ho's..I mean O's to go around! :D :D :D |
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Location: Scotland | That's about the best price I've seen a early Ovation fetch lately, they've been going for 2 or 3 hundred, and it bodes well for the future. Their time will come, betcha. Just wait until all the "classics" have dried up or become so expensive no-one can afford them. Then Gruhn and the rest of the naysayers will have to learn a whole new vocabulary, like "5-point bridge" "hand-laid cloth bowl" "inlaid rosette" "3-piece top" and especially "I'm not really an opportunist money-grabbing charlatan, I've always loved Ovations, honest" |
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