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Location: SoCal | Somebody stop me, or better yet, take up a collection to help me buy this thing. Maybe I'll get lucky the bidding will go so high that I can't afford it. Damn.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=921498863
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | I still have one waiting for you when you are ready... and it's in 9.5+ condition, as in not missing any binding :) |
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Location: SoCal | Miles:
I prefer to buy from you. Maybe we can work this out before you come out for NAMM in January. |
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Location: Nova Scotia, Canada | Paul, what search string do you use to get this stuff to show up so fast? I can't find this auction unless I click on the link you posted.
I've seen this happen before so I'm wondering what's up?
Thanks!
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Location: SoCal | Hey Wayne:
It's a gift of mine, and shows that I spend way too much time on the computer. I've got Ovations on ebay bookmarked and when I go to it, I hit the refresh button. |
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Location: Minneapolis, MN | Paul,
This is the guitar you're looking for, your "excalibur"? Nice looking guitar, though I thought it would be lighter in color, perhaps it's just a dark photo. Good Luck man, and let us know if you're liquidating any Ovation inventory of your own to get it :D
-Rich
P.S. I agree with you about your conundrum: is it better to own it, or or the anticipation thereof... |
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Location: SoCal | You know, I'm facing something interesting. When I finally do get my Thunderhead, I will have all the guitars I've ever really lusted after (1537 Elite, 1688 Adamas 12, 1674 Country Artist, 1763 Classical, Preacher Deluxe 12 string, Viper "Deluxe" and Legend 1117).
I can't have an unlimited collection (the only way to get rich enough to do that would be to collect my life insurance and I suspect, that it wouldn't do me much good). So the question becomes, what do I look forward to after completing the collection?
Anybody else run into this situation? Admittedly, it's a good situation to be in, but strange. |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Yummmmmmmm.....NICE guitar!! You're in trouble now, Paul. Your only hope is gone. That critter's going for BIG green. Mortgage your Rottweiler, lease out your iguana. It's necessary to keep the cosmos from collapsing. It's your duty and destiny. NO PRISONERS!! If you're capable of one dream, you can formulate another. Just do it. |
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | Paul
Re: "...what do I look forward to after completing the collection?"
I'm sort of in that situation with much fewer guitars, but I've always been a collector of songs to play on them and that is an unending quest that doesn't cost much, but can be frustrating and finger twisting. Start working on that while you still have time, there is a million songs out there, and each guitar will be suitable to some different type of song. You might want a mandolin to extend the song types with fiddle tunes.
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | DO NOT FRET Paul... (excuse the pun).
Just when you "think" you have every one you want, you will either discover a new that you didn't know existed, or a better model of one you have, or a "special" one that someone un-earths... Trust me.. I have around 100 JUST SOLIDBODIES and STORMS.. and VERY FEW duplicates... they just keep turning up. Did you know there was an experiment of a set-neck Viper? Neither did I... until a few weeks ago... I had to have it. My collection used to be only "Production" models, but I have recently found some guitars that were actually better than ones they put on the line.
Trust me... it will NEVER END!!! And worse yet... you may find another brand of guitars that you want several of also... and it starts all over again.!!!!! |
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Location: SoCal | Miles, I suspect that you are right and that it never does end. However, to preserve my marriage right now, I have to convince my wife and myself that the THead is that last one. Oddly, I believe that more than she. She just rolls her eyes and says, yeah, sure it's your last one. I think I'm lucky to be married to her. |
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Location: RI. That small State out East | If it was meant to be... It will happen. It is very clost to some holiday season so you can cover "your" gift up with this beauty. I will think positive thoughts. Thanks for pointing it out.
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Miles,
A set neck Viper? Could you hit the memory refresh button on that one? |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | cwk2,
Yes a real honest-2-badness set-neck viper. It was a proto-type, or project.. with potted pickups... It's basically a Viper shape.. I don't really have any other history on it.
Viper Prototype
It has great tone, and those pickups seem to have more range than the Viper or UKII pickups. I will probably put regular Viper knobs on it.. always liked the big Vol and Tone...
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