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Location: CT | Thanks to stonge for the tip:
Finally found a 1988 Collector's Edition on eBay. It's a little dinged up but it closed at $465. I'm a happy camper.
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Location: NJ | Darc
congrats I know you have been looking for one for whlie enjoy it bro. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | The C. C. DeVille model!
He was in the ad that year (along with a great 58 Olds convertable!)
Enjoy it! |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | I'm hav'n a hard time with the image of C.C. with an Ovation.. but hey... he always was a little on the edge.. |
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Location: CT | Thanks guys!
And again thanks to stonge!!! He rules! He is responsible for more of my collection than I can keep track of.
C.C. DeVille?? That is too funny! Not quite the vibe I'm after... Then again, I have pretty much considered the '88 the "shredder Ovation" ever since I noticed all those frets. :)
(Hey Al, do you think I should get the fretboard scalloped?)
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Location: NJ | Darc
I have a warmoth scallopped tele neck and I am looking to put it together with a chandler tele body that I have maybe a lipstick dano pickup or a p 90 or maybe a charlie christian pu and then maybe a hot rails in the bridge. I have not determined what bridge I want to you BUT I have a hip shot b bender that is just screaming for something to do. sperzels for the tuners...now if I only had the time to put it together... I think I may have to farm this project out.
oh and to answer your question GO FOR IT |
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Location: Scotland | Al, how much do you want for the Hipshot, I need a spare.
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Location: NJ | Paul
when I get this beast put together and If determine that the hipshot is not for me I will let you know. Right now it is part of the project. |
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Location: Scotland | Thanks Al, if you come accross another let me know. A bender guitar is a major part of my style & I've used just about every B-bender on the market, including the Parsons-White, one of Jim Glaser's triple benders & the Tokai/Brooks bender. My favourite was designed & built by a friend of mine & is similar to the Parsons-White except that the routs are much smaller & the pulling finger is hidden under the bridge. Al Perkins borrowed my old Tele on a recent UK tour & has commissioned one of my friend's benders as a result. A few years ago I changed to Ovation solids exclusively for stage work so the Hipshot was the only option. I love them, I couldn't go back to a strap-activated bender now. The hipshot is just so simple, plus it's interchangable between guitars, and doesn't involve any invasive woodwork. The only change I made on the Viper 3 on which it is installed is that I had an engineer friend make a replica bridge saddle with an integral roller, which really helps the stability of the pitch return.
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Location: NJ | Paul
Since I have no style (ask Miles he has me on tape) I am just doing this as a lark. I borrowed the Will Ray video and found it very interesting. I have no clue if I will be able to include it in my playing or not but if it does not work out for me I will let you know.
I played Darc's Hamer with the scalloped fingerboard and decided that I had to have a guitar with one but of course I take it to the Nth degree.
If the beast ever gets together I will post a picture of it. |
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Location: CT | Hipshot, scallops, locking tuners, and oddball pickups!!! Sounds like the coolest tele EVER!!! You HAVE to build this guitar...
(...and then lend it to me.)
I'm getting a little nervous about my new acquisition. The eBay seller has not responded to my e-mails... Call me old fashioned, but when money is about to change hands I read my e-mails frequently. |
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Location: NJ | Darc
you have seen a couple of my monsters did you expect anything less from me??? |
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1988 Collectors FINALLY!