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Location: Brighty in Blighty | WOW!
Ebay - NO RESERVE!!!!!
Up for grabs is my GORGEOUS Limited Edition Ovation 2001 Collector Series guitar. It's in excellent condition and is a dream to play. Comes with the original Ovation hard case too. It's been setup professionally, so the action is nice and low and the fret board super fast!
The top is highly figured solid redwood which gives the guitar a warm, silky tone. Add to this the fact that it has an on board pickup and preamp which means you can plug and and rock out too! The preamp features a three-band EQ with switchable mid fequency, Low (80Hz) and high (10KHz) shelving filters and on-board chromatic tuner. The OP-24+C has all the features of the OP-24+ with the convenience of an on-board chromatic tuner. The chromatic feature helps keep you in perfect tune even when using open or non-standard tunings.
Rarely do you see a 2001 up for sale, even rarer with this lovely figuring and even rarer still in this great condition. It's been well loved, never gigged, always stored in the hard case when not used and stored in my smoke and pet free home studio. They only ever made 696 of these in the Ovation factory in the USA. Why stand for cheapo far east dead slabs of nasty wood when you can have the real deal?
Do yourself a huge favour and grab a bargain. This is NOT your run of the mill, bog standard Ovation you see every day on Ebay, this is a rare, beautiful much desired piece of Ovation history and is a darned fine guitar to play too! I ought to mention, for completeness sake, that the wood on the top has two hardly noticeable 'grain features' (please see last picture). Apparently these are perfectly normal with redwood tops, they're not cracks just features of the cedar wood, they don't even affect the highly glossy top, i.e. the top is smooth. I've been assured by Ovation that they are NOTHING to worry about. They never bothered me and shouldn't bother you either - it's just the way redwood grows I'm told and is a feature of the top. I just though that I'd mention it unless it does worry you.
6-String Acoustic/Electric
Body Type: Mid-Depth Cutaway
Top: Solid Figured Redwood
Bracing: Ovation Quintad
Scale Length: 25 1/4"
Fretboard: Ebony
Fret Inlay: 12th FRET DECORATIVE INLAY
Bridge: Ebony
Rosette: Multi Soundhole 5-Piece Epaulet
Pickup: Ovation TruBalance
Preamp : OP-24+C
Nutwidth: 1 11/16"
Machines: Gold
Case: 9158-0
NO RESERVE! NO ZERO BIDDERS! ANY QUESTIONS ASK AWAY! WILL SHIP TO ANYWHERE! |
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Location: UK | They come, they go.
That one didn't stay too long.
Make a nice partner for my round hole but this months ££ gone. When I say this months what I really mean is this years, and next and next ...
Now what can I sell? |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | It's a great guitar but sadly one that I'm not realistically going to play as I prefer many of my others.
So rather than sitting on it I think it's better to let it go to someone who will play it.
Plus it makes room for something else ;) |
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Location: South of most, North of few | That is a beauty Dweez. Borders on art. |
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | Originally posted by PaulUK:
Now what can I sell? Ummm, you could sell your roundhole 01C. ;)
Seriously, good luck Dweez! She's a beauty and one of the best Ovation has made IMHO. :cool: |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | That's a 'Mona Lisa' with lipstick (on the epis). Gorgeous wood! :eek: |
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Location: NJ | That one's my fave of th'Collectors . . . |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | Thats just the thing, I really don't want to collect for collecting sake. I wanna play em, if they don't get played then on they go
But it is a killer! |
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| beautiful guitar - best of luck with the sale |
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Location: Central Massachusetts | Wow, no reserve, eh? That's hanging it out there a bit in this market. Good luck with the sale! |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | I like to live dangerously... |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Man, I've seen some go lately for some alarmingly low prices. Sign of the times I guess. Best of luck on the sale Dweez. |
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| Hi Dweez,
I noticed that there is another 2001 collectors for sale on ebay. That post contains your descrption and pics - the seller is listed in New Delhi with -0- feedback. Item # 140274618277. ...perhaps the seller is confident that they will acquire yours and is looking to flip it?
Caveat emptor - these are too unique to even consider utilizing someone else's ad to describe your own. |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | Most likely a scam. As a buyer I would not buy from a zero feedbacker in India.
Thanks for the heads up though!
Will report it to Ebay tomorrow. They will remove and terminate this seller. In the meantime will bid £9,999,999,999 - hehehahahho! |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | SOLD! Staying in the UK :) |
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FS: Gorgeous 2001 Collector! NO RESERVE!!!