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Location: Phoenix AZ | A nice original 1651 John Lennon Legend Limited on eBay.
1651 Legend Limited |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Wonder if it will go for more than the reissues, which I thought were quite reasonable. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | That would be interesting to see.... |
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Location: SoCal | I would love to get in on the bidding on this, since I wrote the biggest freakin' check to the IRS yesterday that I have ever written (at least to them -- had to write it - I look horrible in orange jumpsuits), I am tap-city for a few months.
But I'd like to find a clean early to mid 80's Legend eventually. Great guitars and the classic Ovation look...... |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I've had to write bigger checks to the IRS than the one I wrote last week, but I didn't have GAS back then. What's the deal with all these great Ovations showing up on ebay around April 15? |
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Location: ms | People writing checks to the IRS! |
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Location: SoCal | To be precise, you write them to the United States Treasury. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | ooops |
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Location: PDX | Originally posted by gulfcoast:
People writing checks to the IRS! Exactly, well, at least in part -- that's how i got my Lengend this month. When i asked the guy why he was selling it, he said, "well i don't play as much as i used to and i owe quite a bit in taxes."
I bought it on the 12th of April.
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I don't really write checks. My wife does that for me. She's very good at it. |
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Location: Denver Colorado | OK...
Dumb question, here.
But isn't it spooky buying a 25 year old guitar without getting a chance to see if the neck is still straight as an arrow, no cracks, etc?
I'm looking for a playable (and enjoyably so) 6 string to drag to lessons and such. But.. I'm a junkie for things that are unique.
Is the best home for a guitar such as this one on a collector's wall somewhere or with someone like me who needs a highly usable one as well as a treasured one (or two) for out in public?
Inquiring minds wanna know how you feel when you see one like this come up for sale - and what you'd be asking the seller.
Let's hear it. :)
TIA
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Spooky? Not really. Know 1) what you are buying, and 2) that the seller will stand behind any issues. Ovations are one of the lowest risk guitars to buy sight unseen because they have by far the best necks and if by chance you did ever have a problem, Ovations service department is THE best in the business. The only draw back to older Ovations is that the tops sometimes crack like hell. Usually only the lacquer. So sometimes they are not the prettiest girl at the dance, but they sure do have the moves ...
The 1651 in question would be a great guitar for the purpose you mentioned. To hang it on a wall would be a crime. In a strange kind of twist, it's actually the reissue that's the collectable one, not the original.
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Location: 6 String Ranch | There is another one, an original one here on Amelia Island for sale at the cigar/guitar store. Ask for Mike, 904-261-7222. It's not mine. It's in good shape but will need a fret job in the near future but plays fine now. |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | Mark Wrote "What's the deal with all these great Ovations showing up on ebay around April 15?"
What may be happening is that many people are also getting income tax RETURNS. So there's actually a lot of people out there who have some money to burn. Hmmmm ... You have some that need cash badly and have guitars, and you have on the other hand people with cash to blow, wanting a nice guitar. That sounds like a lot of guitar sales opportunities to me. (Or perhaps purchases for some) |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | This looks like a real nice collectable AND a real nice player. It may end up being a real good deal for somebody. With that deep bowl I b et it sounds great. Hey who was that new member last month who was looking to buy? I'm being a little tempted myself :) |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I bid on it a couple of times and then checked the other bidder's feedback. He seems like a John Lennon groupie, so I decided to wait until closer to the end of the auction. Although the reissues are nice, I prefer the originals of most anything and I don't have the collector mentality. My collectible cars get driven every day and I try to play all my guitars every couple of days. It's getting harder to do with 9 of them. |
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Location: closely held secret | Mark, you have to start playing more than one a day. |
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Location: GA USA | Send half of them to me and we can get more done. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Sunday was a full 9 guitar day. Saturday was more than that because I went to GC and a pawn shop besides playing the ones at home. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I just took a flyer and bid $502, figuring the John Lennon fan would have a much higher maximum bid. I'm holding at that point. If anyone else wants it worse than that, I'm not bidding again. I'll get in enough trouble with SWMBO. I was thinking about buying that 1537 today, too. I get in deep doo doo on these 2 guitar days. I guess this will qualify as the Legend that I'm needing to round out the collection. (Notice I didn't say "complete" or even "fill out.") |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | He sniped me and got it for $512. One of you should have outbid him. I'll go back to thinking about that 1537 now. |
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| Most all of us are players too. You'll find we all like the guitars to be used. But the conversation value that some of these collectors guitar's have, when we talk with other musicians who know what the hell were talking about, is a real bonus.
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Location: Boise, Idaho | My only collector is also stunning red, so it's just nice to look at even hanging on the wall.
I sure like the looks of the John Lennon though. |
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