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Location: Phoenix AZ | Against my better judgement ...
FOR SALE: OFC II GUITAR, No. 8/8 WIDENECK, with CARBON FIBER CASE
I have NO friggin idea why I am doing this. I bought a few guitars recently and have sold off some beauties. Once you do it a few times you find that it really doesn't hurt like you thought it would. So I am taking the next step and selling off another one that just gets no play at all. It needs a more appreciative home.
Do a SEARCH. You will find RAVES about this guitar. More than a few well respected members call it the best sounding Ovation/Adamas they have every played. It is everyting they say and MORE
You probably know all about the OFC II guitar, so I don't need to go into details. 8 of them were made, and a few were wide neck 1-3/4 versions. Mine in s/n 8 and it is indeed a wideneck. The guitar has about 2 hours of play time and is in 100% perfect brand new condition. Note, it is totally impossible to photograph this guitar. Pay NO attention to anything in the photos, there is NOT A MARK on the guitar.
I am throwing in the Carbon Fiber Case from the OFC I guitar. It's just MADE to go with this guitar (don't worry AJ, I've got 2 of them).
Here's the nitty gritty ...
- Adamas 2080 in gloss Blackburst finish
- Hand laid Fiberglass contour bowl
- Black binding and textured bowl
- Black gloss maple neck
- 1 3/4 inch nut width
- Set neck
- Ebony fingerboard
- OP PRO preamp w/ db boost button
- XLR and 1/4" outputs
- Open back Sperzel tuners brushed nickel
- Carbon Fiber Case
- Label signed by Alpep and CWKII
- Certificate of ownership
PRICE: $3750. Incl 2 day FedEx shipping in the CUSA
Email or PM me of you are interested. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | never thought I would see one of these wide neck honeys on the block.
I bet if this doesn't sell within a few days, Dave reconsiders and decides to keep it. |
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Location: NJ | wow
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dave get back on your meds |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Dave's got the "selling" disease. Hope you didn't catch it from me, but I feel your pain. ;) |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | I have a few I want to move also but I am going to wait until everyone is in a feeding frenzy over Dave's list and then offer them up. Maybe I'll get a few buyer crumbs. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by Trader Jim:
Dave's got the "selling" disease. Hope you didn't catch it from me, but I feel your pain. ;) Oh, I've got a "buyers disease" as well. I just haven't posted those yet. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | "buyers disease" usually results in "seller disease".
It has certainly affected me (without my knowledge of course!) |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Like most others, I have stuff in the works right now, so there's no way I can jump into this game and make a move at this time. However, Dave, if you still have this later in the fall, we might be able to do some business. |
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Location: Bellevue, Washington | I want a couple of those cases... Al lets get a run! I'm sure I'm not the only one in this boat ;) Great guitar, good luck with the sale! Someone is in for a real treat :D |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | The cases turned out to be harder to get than the original OFCs. I bet there's little to no chance of ever getting another one made. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | and they weren't cheap!
I got mine from Moody when we came up with a swap that benefited both of us.
Nice when that happens! |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | I forget exactly. I think it might have been around $300. or so |
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by stephent28:
and they weren't cheap!
I got mine from Moody when we came up with a swap that benefited both of us.
Nice when that happens! Agreed..... |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Originally posted by Gallerinski:
I forget exactly. I think it might have been around $300. or so I was thinking when I asked Al about the case he said they were closer to $600. |
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Location: Brisbane Australia | One thing is for sure there won't be any more made.
I'm thankful I'll have one at least........not to mention a very special guitar!!
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Location: Newington, CT | Is this still for sale? |
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Location: Brisbane Australia | Yes!!!!
AJ |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by AlanM:
Is this still for sale? Yes. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Originally posted by AlanM:
Is this still for sale? hmmmmmm.....MEDITATIONS 1-22
NICE AlanM....be a good grab for you. |
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Location: Tennessee | First the NAMM guitar and now the OFC II. I think you're going all Old Skool on us, Dave ... probably buying more of those old-fashioned wooden things.
I had 3/8 (wideneck, too) out to an open mike last week. It was nothing short of awesome. Plugged it in, and it was just pure sound. The Martin player was all gaga and thought it was too cool for words, and the Taylor player went all snobby-nose on us and then kept fiddling with his expression system until it sounded like a runaway truck crashing through a kitchen. And then complained it was the Bose system that was ruining his sound.
The CF case is just perfect for this guitar. Almost too nice to take out, but I do anyway. Even if it means acquiring some bumps and bruises.
Alan ... as a 2080 fan, you ought to be all over this. I'll bet you can get more out of the boost button than most of us, given how you play. You'd probably really like the wide neck, too. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | I know what you mean Bobbo. This guitar is almost too cool for me. If I played out (or really played at all) I would be all over it. But for sitting on the couch noodling around while watching TV it seems like overkill. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Originally posted by Gallerinski:
sitting on the couch noodling around while watching TV it seems like overkill. hummmmmmmmmaahummmmmmmahummmmmma
as opposed to the Martins, Collings, Taks, etc being underkill :p |
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Location: Tidal Mudflats of Virginia | So first Al, then me, now Dave...the II's are moving much more than the I's |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Originally posted by Tim in Tidewater:
the II's are moving much more than the I's I would guess it is because the few times that the "I"s have been posted, the owners have wanted close to 5K for them.
The "I"s for me were nothing special IF (and I said IF) you owned a 47RI or an original slothead....otherwise they were an incredible guitar and the only way to get that special slothead vibe.
The "II"s were for me totally unique (even tho they strongly resemble the 2080) from the über cool finish to the Alpep button to the wide neck.
In retrospect I think the wideneck OFC II is the cooler and more rare guitar but there is no doubt in my mind that ultimately the OFC I will be more collectible and probably command a higher price. |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | Wish I had the cash ... it would be mine. It looks like the tuxedo version of the Adamas line. It should have been called "Black Tie"
I'm a little suprised it didn't come as a slothead though. |
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Location: Newington, CT | PM sent. |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | If you had a 30-year payment plan I may have been able to swing it (: |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by bvince:
If you had a 30-year payment plan I may have been able to swing it (: I have a 30 DAY payment plan. |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | So if I pay you on a certain day every year for the next thirty years...
...didn't think so. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Available on ebay.
Says no International Buyers. If you are outside the US and want it just let me know. I ship international all the time.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280517440745#ht_... |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | sad that this one might leave the family. |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Dave, typo in your feeBay ad... 'swerial' number. |
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Location: Hanau, Hessen, Germany | Originally posted by stephent28:
sad that this one might leave the family. Whoever buys it should be "forced" to join the OFC |
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Location: Cincinnati | You need this, Mario. |
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Location: Germany, where delicious wine is growing (Rheinh) | Indeed!!! Jack, on the case you can read Meuti's address, can't you?
but Dave is selling all these nice things one after the other, I've bought 2 in the last few weeks and now cash has become rare. If he would wait for half a year..
May be.... If anyone want to get rid off a 2008C please wait until Christmas, OK?
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Location: Hanau, Hessen, Germany | Oh how I wish I could... But I am just in the process of purchasing an Audi. No chance for this one to be mine. |
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Location: Rego Park, NY, | Dave,
You have to fix the typo "swerial number 8" |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | YOU GUYS need to start placing some bids and quit busting my balls about swerial numbers !!! |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | That's right. This is a sweriously good deal! |
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Location: Cincinnati | Originally posted by Meuti:
Oh how I wish I could... But I am just in the process of purchasing an Audi. No chance for this one to be mine. Wow, an R8! |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | I didn't know Audi made guitars! |
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Location: Seoul, Korea | Dave, I thought my O days are over but looking at this OFC II, well... it is mighty tempting. What a beauty! |
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Location: NJ | where were all of you when I build this limited run of guitars? |
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| Originally posted by alpep:
where were all of you when I build this limited run of guitars? no kidding |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Al, why in the hell would someone want to buy a brand new guitar with warranty ? |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Originally posted by alpep:
where were all of you when I build this limited run of guitars? Some of us paid attention and jumped all over them!
I still consider this to be the best modern made and sounding Adamas ever built! |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Others of us expressed interest at the time, but had some other priorities and prerequisite financial sorting to do. By the time we got organized, all eight had sold so we have to look at preowned. On the plus side (for the owners), it appears these models are retaining their value. |
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Location: NJ | Originally posted by Gallerinski:
Al, why in the hell would someone want to buy a brand new guitar with warranty ? I really am speechless at times. I break my ass to get things built to have custom runs of guitars made, go through hell getting specs and details right and a used one comes up and everyone is ga ga over it yet I had a difficult time getting people to commit to them in the first place.
I had 8 guitars built had 7 people commit including myself. of course I took no deposits since I believe in "my word is my bond" when I took delivery 5 of those committed backed out.
oh yeah remember the guitar I sold Jerome that was on my site for 10 years and all of a sudden wow Jerome where did you ever find such a cool guitar.
I think I live in an alternative universe some days. |
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Location: SoCal | I'm happy to say that when the first OFC guitar (ding!) was built, I committed to it and got #3 of 12.
Al ain't ranting at me! (altho' I'm certain that something somewhere is my fault).... |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I was admittedly late to the OFC 1 party, almost too late in fact. The OFC IIs were just a little too modern for my tastes, although I recall quite a few others going gaga over them. The LAV Koas were also unique, almost too unique for my tastes, but the 12 fret wideneck seemed like something I "needed." If Ovation had come out with the 09 Collector by then, I probably would have gone for one of those instead, but Al may have prompted the introduction of the 09 by specing the LAV Koa.
Anyway, just because a bunch of us lust after a guitar doesn't mean we'd pony up the cash for it. It's much safer to want one that someone else already bought. I'm calling the list of people who asked for first dibs on my Boxster if I ever sold it, but no one is ponying up now that it's for sale. That's why there's the expression, "put your money where your mouth is." |
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Location: Tidal Mudflats of Virginia | I've put in my retirement paperwork and the clock has started counting down...my finances are all tied up towards making sure I don't have to work another full time job again. I never thought of parting with the OFC II but I've also been after a GP for a few years now. The opportunity presented itself just the same as the Hurricane and Fudd trade happened out of nowhere last year. Truthfully, I didn't think AJ would go for the trade since he had just picked up Dave's NAMM. Of course, I hadn't thought about him turning around and putting it back up for sale either.
As much as I dug the OFC II, the GP plain kicks A## :D |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | The transaction involving No. 5 ended up being more complicated than some of the trades in pro sports with no less than five parties involved. |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | I think another factor here is the picture. Some people cannot imagine how a guitar is going to look from a spec sheet. But a well taken photo jumps out at you and creates the covet factor. |
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Location: Tennessee | Originally posted by alpep:
where were all of you when I build this limited run of guitars? I believe I was in Pittsburgh at the time and we finalized the deal while I was in a hotel lobby. No regrets or buyers remorse whatsoever. Killer guitar.
I can't believe no one has bought this guitar yet. Maybe it's a bit too much rock star for most. I am convinced that down the road, these will have the same sort of mystique and allure about them that the original slotheads have. Just need to make them famous some how. |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | Originally posted by alpep:
oh yeah remember the guitar I sold Jerome that was on my site for 10 years and all of a sudden wow Jerome where did you ever find such a cool guitar.
You REALLY need to redesign your website. |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Bobbo said: No regrets or buyers remorse whatsoever. Killer guitar. I hear you bro...as much as I understand how much Tim wanted a GP I can truthfully state (and pardon me for yelling...truth be known this is the only way I can do so for the time being): I LOVE MY #4 AND IT'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE ANYTIME SOON!!!
Thanks again Al!!! |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | BTW: Congrats on the retirement Tim!!!! And thanks for your service big guy!!!! |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | This is a sweriously good deal! It's one sweriously sweet guitar! |
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Location: New Jersey / New York | Al, I was thinking the same exact thing...
Tim, Nice one!!! Congratualtions on your retirement!!! |
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Location: Right now? | Whimper ... whimper ... whimper ... Oh, if only I could ... arrrggghhh! Good luck with the sale, Dave.
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FS: OFC II GUITAR WIDENECK + CARBON FIBER CASE