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Location: Ballston Lake, N.Y. | Nice shape. Documentation.
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Location: SoCal | Boy, I looked at that webpage and never found that guitar.... |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | It's the first one in the list! |
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Location: big island | gorgeous! |
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Location: Brisbane Australia | I think the "Book Elite" may have been styled after that one.
Very nice!!
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Location: SoCal | You know, I skipped right over it and never saw it.
Beautiful guitar. Looks like no wear at all, and a very reasonable price. If I didn't already have one (and I had some money), I'd be interested in this one.
Somebody should be..... |
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Location: Rocky River, Ohio | I can vouch for Chris. Nice guy that runs a very popular business out of his home in upstate NY.
He also has a nice layaway program where he can hold an instrument for you for 60 days with a small down payment.
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Location: Bluffton, SC | Check out his Hamer's. Beauties. |
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Location: Portland, OR | Has Dweez's name on it |
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Location: SoCal | You know, it's not just that this guitar has seen very little playing time, it's spent most of the last 20 years in it's case. Every other 87C I've seen has had a very dark top with 20 years of aging on top of the aging toner originally used. This one is no darker than mine (which has a top that's only a year and a half old).
Somebody needs to buy this guitar..... |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | Looks like someone got to it first |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by dweezil:
Looks like someone got to it first It's still there, just down the page a bit... |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | But flagged as pending sale...
"Tent. Hold - Karl GE" |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Hmm. We know a Karl in Germany. |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | Indeed! |
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Location: Germany | I didn't get "green lights" from my wife for this one. Bad for me - good for you. I've played Kurt's 87 collector's for several times and it's one of the best sounding Ovations I know. Go for it Dweez!
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Location: SoCal | I agree with Karl (normally do anyway) that the 87C is one of the best sounding wood topped Ovations out there.
Not meaning to hijack the thread, but in my bedroom, I've got my 87C, my A braced Legend, and the OFC guitar (ding!). Toby once commented that all Ovations have that "Ovation sound" to them. To a degree, it's true, but those guitars, which I believe are the best examples of a round deep hole O, and deep multi hole, wood topped O, and a deep bowl Adamas, all sound very very different. If you were to toss in the FD14, you'd realize that simply saying that all deep bowl Ovations sound alike is very untrue.... |
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Location: closely held secret | Quiz Time:
Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
Not meaning to hijack the thread, but in my bedroom, I've got my... A) Ovation Guitars
B) Homer & Jethro Complete boxed CD set
C) Jim Rockford Firebird models
D) Barbie Mini Kingdom |
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Location: SoCal | You've got all that in your bedroom? I'm impressed.... |
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Location: closely held secret | Don't be modest. |
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Location: Portland, OR | Further to Moody's comment on color, does anyone know about the "aging toner" thing? I did a search and came up with essentially nothing. Is it really a -7? My 87c and N769 are pretty much the same color, darker than a -4. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | 87 Collector is a -4 |
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Location: Portland, OR | I know it says that on the label, but it's way darker than my 1118-4, although that did have the top refinished. But it's nearly ten years older. Just wondered. Doesn't really matter. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | The "shade" of natural can very tremendously. All the guitars in this photo are -4 naturals.
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by sligoman:
I know it says that on the label, but it's way darker than my 1118-4, although that did have the top refinished. But it's nearly ten years older. Just wondered. Doesn't really matter. If you look thru this information on Jerome's site regarding the 87C, you'll see that the 87C had a nutmeg stain applied to the top to give it an aged look. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Mine's the same color as the one for sale. |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Watch for the manditory upcoming sales because this is coming soon to SW VA...
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Location: SoCal | Is this seller's remorse over selling the Book Elite? |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | No, over selling the black 87C...
However, I think this one is the better of the two 87's...and the book elite has a happy home...the guy that bought the black 87 had it for sale almost immediatly...
I think this one will sound as good as the BE... |
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by MusicMishka:
I think this one will sound as good as the BE... Better. It's got innies.... |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | Glad it went to a good home. D'ya ever think it's weird how the 87, 97, 07 Collectors were the 'special' ones?
I prefer a 'bling lite' guitar and so although the 87 has the *7 mojo and is widely regarded to be one of the best I think I'll just hold out till the 17 Collectors ;) |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Better. It's got innies.... Well, there is that....
Dweez...what is the story with the 87C in Texas? or am I confused... |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty |
Dweez...what is the story with the 87C in Texas? or am I confused... My 97 was languishing in TX for too long but now it's here finally. I was gunning for this 87 (in fact I'm a little p****ed off with the seller as he didn't contact me b4 selling it to you as I thought I was next in line after Karl!).
Ho hum :( |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Ok, it was a '97C and not an '87C...something 7: I was close but no cookie...
That seller has a concrete way of putting a guitar on hold/purchasing an instrument: if that's not followed, he has the discretion to sell it to the first one to pay what he asks: I did and he never mentioned anything/anyone else...
Dweezil said:
I prefer a 'bling lite' guitar and so although the 87 has the *7 mojo and is widely regarded to be one of the best I think I'll just hold out till the 17 Collectors |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | No worries, enjoy it :) |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Thanks Dweez...enjoy the weekend!
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