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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | All you beginners who are Craving a USO... This is it!
This was my first Real Ovation. This is in Very Good shape. It does have a little cosmetic wear but it works just fine. The action is great! (Two dimes at the 12th fret!) Single volume knob.
Just a Nice Guitar.
I just have more guitars than I can play. This one deserves a good home. I would like to keep it in the family.
  
Here are a whole bunch of pic on the \'Other\' OFC :cool:
$365 PayPal shipped to the Lower 48 Conus.
[I can take more photos and answer most questions. Own a Piece of History! :eek: ] |
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Location: Michigan | Hey Guitarzannie this is the guitar you have been waiting for! Don't take my word for it read the reviews: http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Acoustic+Guitar/product/...
They dont get much cheaper than this shipped and paypaled with a case. It is practically a give away! |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Ya can't break into the USO world any cheaper! Last made in '83; that's at least 26 years of mojo...  |
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Location: Michigan | Heck the case would go for close to $100 on the ebay shipped and paypaled. |
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| This guitar is really worth a lot more than the price being asked but I guess the market is what it is. These have a nice solid sound unplugged and they are pretty loud. The shallow bowl isn't really that shallow on them either - I think it's less than an inch difference from the deep bowl of that era.
Anyway, great guitar at a great price.
I wonder what an equivalent instrument would go for new these days maybe upwards of 1,500. |
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Location: SoCal | Toby made an interesting observation a while back. He said that most Ovations today sell for about what the original price was back in the 70's. It seems to me that the 1621 sold for about $425 when it first came out (about $100 more that the 1121). So it's actually, a bit below market which is probably a reflection of the economy right now..... |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | List was $429 in 1973 so it probably sold for around $365, which would would be pretty much dead nuts on target. |
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Location: SoCal | I'm not nitpicking, just making an observation, but I don't recall music stores discounting off of list in those days. In 1972, I bought an 1121. List was $325 and that's what I paid... |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | You got screwed.
No seriously, in those days you're correct you paid close to list, but they usually gave you a break on the case or threw in some lessons. |
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Location: SoCal | Tossed in the case. Lessons would have helped.... |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | I noticed that Photobucket messed with my photos... So I will try again.
  
That is the mythical two-dimes photo...
Here is the Ning album...
Including about a dozen photos of the finish cracks... Overkill on the Honesty thing. :D |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Anybody? Before it goes to evilBay?
(It will cost more there, or it will stay here! :p ) |
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Location: Texas | This one is coming to San Antone...
Thanks OMA!
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | So I was loosening the strings for shipping...
So I am facing the guitar and plucking the strings...
And I suddenly realized "This Is A NICE Sounding Guitar!"
Just wanted to share that...
The anguish of letting another one of the children go away. |
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| Yeah, they have their own sound. Mine kinda suits my voice so I wouldn't want to part with it. |
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FS- 1973 Artist Balladeer 1621 ($365)