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Location: Boise, Idaho | I didn't leave off a zero. My daughter would like to buy her boyfriend an Ovation for Christmas. Her budget is $100, however. He kept her CS247 over the summer and now is using my Custom Balladeer. She's been outbid a few times on ebay, so things aren't looking too good and I might have to make her a deal on my Balladeer.
Anyway, if anyone has one in reasonable shape that you want to get rid of cheap, let me know. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Sounds like the boyfriend is doing pretty well just mooching off the family.
Does it need to plug in or can it be acoustic only? |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | For christ sake Mark, why don't you increase the poor girl's allowance !!!
With all due respect (I normally don't say that to lawyers or porsche owners) you're signature line is like the whos-who of desirable Ovation models. I think cutting her a deal on the Custom Balladeer would be a noble and fatherly thing to do. She's never gonna find anything close to it for a hundred bucks.
In your elder years, SHE will be the one making your decisions for you. SHE will pick out the nursing home. SHE will choose if and when she visits. SHE will be dispersing your guitar collection and any other assets. Don't fuck it up now over $100.
Just my point of view (but I'm usually right).
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Location: East Tennessee | Originally posted by Gallerinski:
Just my point of view (but I'm usually right).
Dave :D |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Dave, with all due respect, you're full of shit as usual. This is her gift to her boyfriend, not my gift to her. He's a nice kid, but might not be around next year, much less when she's picking out the nursing home. As I told my older daughter, sleeping with you doesn't score any points for him in my book. At least this one is a guitar player instead of a drummer.
Stephen, it doesn't have to plug in. He's got an electric and preferred the Custom Balladeer with the supershallow bowl to everything except the OFC. I think he just liked the fact that I have it set up to play like an electric. |
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Location: SoCal | Let you daughter buy the CB for $300 and she can pay you the balance over time. Or make her work it off washing the Porsches. Or better yet ('cause it badly needs it from the pics I've seen of your cars and guitars), make her cut the grass at least once every two weeks for the next year (more often than it's cut now)..... |
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Location: closely held secret | Give him this one...
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Your free advice is worth every penny I spent on it as usual.
Good ideas, Paul, but I didn't pay that much for the CB and flying her here from Portland every two weeks to mow the lawn and wash the cars would be a little expensive. I think that was only 6 day's growth, anyway. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Isn't Mark glad he asked ???
IF IT WAS ME ... Ah, never mind. My work here is done.
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Location: Bluffton, SC | I've gotta say I've never seen Mark dole out the love like this before.
I like it! |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I knew better, but thought I'd give it a shot. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | How about this one?
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I want to go back to the days when we were able to delete a thread that we started. I guess I didn't realize that no one on this board would want to admit they had a guitar worth only $100. |
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Location: closely held secret | Oh, I have one of those, Mark. 1968-era Harmony Stratotone. No bridge, frets or pickup at the moment, but lots of potential... |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Thanks, John. If I want to get rid of the guy, I'll have him come over and see you. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Day-um Mark, when was the last time you saw a C-note Ovation that wasn't for parts or needed some?
The best I could do fer ya is a CC57 w/a beat up but serviceable case. I have $135 into it. It was a local buy, so shipping would be extra. I don't even remember what shape it's in as it's been in storage for quite a while. If you're interested LMK. I won't be able to get to it for a few days.
Good luck in your quest... |
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Location: Jet City | Mark, I've found some USA models recently as low as $199. Want me to send the info? |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | This is counter-intuitive but, When the economy was good [and I had a job] I bought and sold two 1112's for $150 each (with shipping).
Just played 'em awhile, then passed 'em on...
Now, you'd be lucky to find a case for $100.
[Oh yeah, I bought two guitars just to get the cases, each for less than $100] |
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Location: Northeast Ohio | Mark , if your interested i have a Matrix 1132-1 in good condition. Nice deep bowl tone. U.S. made - Dec 10th , 1979 according to the stamp on the top when i had the neck off. Has the nice chrome/black tuners and a reglued bridge. Solid and sturdy as a claw hammer. No case - shipped to you $90.00. Check my gallery - i'll post pics there as i have tried repeatedly to post them in threads with no luck. James |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Aluminum fretboard or rosewood? That might be interesting, especially if it matches the one I have. |
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Location: Northeast Ohio | Aluminum - frets about 1/2 left |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Saw your pics and sent them to her. I'll let you know. Thanks. |
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Location: Corning, NY | You can try this one. Loooong ago I used to have an Applause and it wasn't bad.
I don't know the seller.
http://scranton.craigslist.org/msg/889472776.html |
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Location: PDX | How about $150 and she can pick it up herself here in the Portland Metro area.
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Thanks, guys. I just learned that they agreed not to spend that much on each other. Apparently that private university their parents are paying for has taught them to be frugal. That's fine with me. Actually, she learned to be stingy from me. I think we'll be going with bpb's Matrix and see if he and the guitar are still around in 30 years. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Have you tried your casting technique over at the Taylor or Martin sites? |
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Location: Northeast Ohio | Mark, did you decide if you want the Matrix? You get first crack at it.I saw Johnny's post about the "guitars for grunts" program for sending our troops musical instruments. If you don't want it, i am going to donate it to a very deserving soldier. James |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | She's still trying to decide. You'd think she was buying a house or something. I guess she learned to be frugal from me. She must have used all her mother's genes to buy all those shoes she has. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | That's the "X" Chromosome...
The "Y" Chromosome covers buying cars, guitars, and motorcycles.
[also, tools, knives, guns, camping gear, anything camouflaged and stereo equipment] |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I outgrew the knives, guns and motorcycles by the time I got married (or those chromosomes were zapped out of my system at the wedding) and the camping and stereo equipment urge faded a few years later. I picked up the car and guitar thing during male menopause. I know I was supposed to go through the motorcycle phase then, too, but I must have totally burned that one out in my youth. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | BPB, she decided to wait until she can get him something with electronics. Thanks for the offer. I'm sure the soldiers will appreciate it. |
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Location: Lower Mainland, Vancouver B.C. | Next time buy an Applause for that kinda price, it would at least get him started and look like an Ovation hahaha |
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WTB $100 Ovation