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Location: United Kingdom | HELLO, I NEED SOME ADVICE . DUE TO THIS WONDERFUL RECESSION WE ARE IN MY HUSBAND HAS TO SELL HIS PRIDE AND JOY....HIS 1978 ANNIVERSARY OVATION GUITAR. WE HAVE ITS ORIGINAL CASE AS WELL AND THIS WONDERFUL INSTRUMENT HAS BEEN GREATLY CARED FOR. PROBLEM IS WE HAVE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT IS WORTH SO I THOUGHT I WOULD COME AND ASK THE PEOPLE WHO KNOW AND LOVE THIS GUITAR AS MUCH AS WE DO. ANY ADVICE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED...THANKS |
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Location: Canada | post some pics and turn off yer caps lock :)
...and sorry to hear the news. Sad to see people having to sell stuff in these times. |
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Location: United Kingdom | sorry about the locks.....had a baby on my lap while I was typing so I couldn't keep doing caps when needed so everything was capped!!! I am new to this form of posting.....how do I send you pics?? Sorry, having major blonde moment !! |
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| first of all.. welcome!!!
secondly sorry to hear about the financial woes, and many of us are paddling the same boat, hopefully things will turn around for all of us soon.
being in the UK means your Anniversary will sell for a little more than here in the states in most cases.
is it strictly an acoustic? or possibly acoustic/electric? over the years the Anniversary models were made with various preamps some mono and some were stereo.
They are very nice guitars. most if not all were A-braced legend variations and I personally think they were one of the classiest looking and best sounding O's that were made.
if you look at the top of this page, underneath the Ovation fan club logo you will see a link to the Ovation social networking site..
if you click on that and join the associated Ning site.. it has a very easy to use drag and drop photo uploading tool... and it will accept very large hi resolution photos.
once you have uploaded the photos to that site you can link the photos to this forum using the tools in full reply form shown under this post... or someone here will post them to this site for you once they are on the Ning site.
Good Luck with your sale! and hoping the New Year brings you more prosperity.
Regards,
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Location: United Kingdom | Thanks for that info Glenn. Mike says it is acoustic/electric. I will have an attempt at sending the pics. May the new year bring you nothing but the best life has to offer!! Cathy |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Cathy,
Click on this FAQ , and go down to the 17th Q.
Get back with us if you need assistance. Good luck! |
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Location: Canada | if your stuck with the pictures thing, email them to me at steves@nf.sympatico.ca and I'll post them for you |
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Location: Lebanon, TN | Ricky
The model number (assuming its the same guitar with the nice carved bridge) is the 1657-7. That will help you research the pricing on this.
As a Scotsman now living in the US I will tell you that the appreciation of Ovations has never been strong in the UK (some would argue it aint that great here either), but the members here and many other discerning people love them dearly.
That is one of my favourite guitars as I bought my first ovation in 1979 when it was available and couldnt afford that model. So had to settle for the standard Legend (1617).
Ignoring the shipping costs from the UK to the US, I have seen them priced from $400-$700 and sometimes struggle to sell even at those prices. Crying shame but those of us who love these guitars all feel that pain. On one occasion a member here claimed they managed to get more that the $700 they were selling for on the board for a local guy who bought it from him, but he did not say what he got for it. Another member tried unsucesfully for several months to sell for around the $500 mark.
Your biggest challenge will be getting a fair price for you without a US buyer having to then add $100+ of shipping charges to it. That said there are several UK based Ovation lovers and an increasing number of European members where the shipping costs might make it more affordable for them.
All of this is only my opinion and experience to date, but I hope it helps. Where in the UK do you and Mike live? |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast |  RICCARDO, this one has your name on it!!!  |
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Location: Canada | pics of the guitar
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Location: Bellevue, Washington | Paid 800 for mine 2 years ago from a music shop near Seattle, WA. After having watched these forums for the better part of a year now I would most likely sell mine for 600 if i were going to sell it.
Just my two pennies :) |
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Location: ms | Looks nice. |
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Location: Tuscany, Italy | Originally posted by 2ifbyC:
RICCARDO, this one has your name on it!!!
Unfortunately the number of guitars this year already gets to the limit you should consider to keep peace in the family ;) .
Viceversa I'm seriously considering selling my 1777LX :(
Riccardo |
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Location: United Kingdom | hi riccardo...thanks for your message! Am I right thinking you are telling me to hold onto the ovation as the market is swamped with guitars at the moment! I'm sorry you are having to consider selling your 1777LX...money is tight everywhere I guess. Take care..Cathy |
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Location: Tuscany, Italy | Cathy, the Anniversary is on my wish list since I'm an Ovation lover and your looks fantastic ! Keep tight if you can. Take care.
Riccardo |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Brown bowl.....nice! |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | That's some tight-lookin wood grain. It must sound pretty good. |
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