UTE and 1537 on the Block
BluesSailor
Posted 2008-02-04 8:31 PM (#307487)
Subject: UTE and 1537 on the Block


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I've decided to sell my Adamas U681T-5 and Ovation 1537 in order to raise funds for something else.

I've had the UTE for a bit less than 2 years. Purchased from Al. Very light play, like new, not a mark on it. $1550.00 with case

The 1537 is spectacular! One very small chip (pencil tip) on the edge of the lower binding. Some pick haze. You won't find a better example unless it just came back from the Mothership after a refinish. No issues what so ever. VERY NICE. $1000.00 with case.

These are two of the most revered models of the OFC. You all know what these guitars look like. I'll send pics of any angle you want upon request. There will be no regrets with either of these guitars.

email: svmilady at hotmail dot com

Blues
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Weaser P
Posted 2008-02-04 9:46 PM (#307488 - in reply to #307487)
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The Ute, the 1537 and the Fud - three classics (my three favorites anyway) and you're dropping two in one clean sweep. WhaaachooDOin', man??

The '08 Collector's...?

By the way, good luck on the sales.
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MWoody
Posted 2008-02-04 9:55 PM (#307489 - in reply to #307487)
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I was fine until I went in and looked at the 1537...
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Mark in Boise
Posted 2008-02-04 10:02 PM (#307490 - in reply to #307487)
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Both very fair prices for very good guitars. At least I thought so when I paid the same for mine. Someone should buy both. They are totally different guitars that show Ovation's excellence at two different extremes.
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Beggin
Posted 2008-02-04 10:59 PM (#307491 - in reply to #307487)
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Tax refund time = new gas attacks! Great guitars...happy sellin Blues.
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BluesSailor
Posted 2008-02-04 11:44 PM (#307492 - in reply to #307487)
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Mike,

The 1537 in my gallery pics is NOT the same as the one I have now. This one is BETTER!

I'm hoping that my timing is right to hook up with the tax return season. I'm not in a hurry, but would like to close out by the first of April.

Blues
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Tom_CA
Posted 2008-02-05 12:15 AM (#307493 - in reply to #307487)
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It's very hard to resist!
wish I had the money for the 1537.

Tom
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Trader Jim
Posted 2008-02-05 1:29 PM (#307494 - in reply to #307487)
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Good luck with the sale Brad. What'ya after?
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Captain Lovehandles
Posted 2008-02-05 2:10 PM (#307495 - in reply to #307487)
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Wooah!
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BluesSailor
Posted 2008-02-05 2:23 PM (#307496 - in reply to #307487)
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Maybe something boxy :p

For any of you attending the Amelia Matt Clinic, I'll hand deliver!

Brad
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stephent28
Posted 2008-02-05 4:35 PM (#307497 - in reply to #307487)
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Originally posted by BluesSailor:
Maybe something boxy :p
Hmmmmm.....I guess....A COFFIN! :p
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BluesSailor
Posted 2008-02-05 4:41 PM (#307498 - in reply to #307487)
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Hmmmmm.....I guess....A COFFIN!
That's what I'd be in if I buy something else without cleaning house first.

Help me out guys.

Blues
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gulfcoast
Posted 2008-02-06 12:19 AM (#307499 - in reply to #307487)
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I`ve always wanted to try a UTE. Spending all my money on repairs..
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Captain Lovehandles
Posted 2008-02-06 8:54 AM (#307500 - in reply to #307487)
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Originally posted by BluesSailor:
Help me out guys.
Sell those two beauties for a box? You must mean "enable me".

I:
1) care too much about you, and
2) lack the dough.
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Beal
Posted 2008-02-06 8:57 AM (#307501 - in reply to #307487)
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Come on Help out a brother!
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BluesSailor
Posted 2008-02-06 9:38 AM (#307502 - in reply to #307487)
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You must mean "enable me".
:D :D :D

Cap't,

I guess I'll never 'own' a guitar. I just take care of 'em for awhile and then give someone else a chance.

(...Well maybe I'll own the FUD. Suweeet!)
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edensharvest
Posted 2008-02-06 10:37 AM (#307503 - in reply to #307487)
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I so feel for you with that one...I had only ONE guitar for 12 years, met Woody, found the OFC, and it was all over...

Now I don't own a single one that I've had for more than 18 months, and I have about a dozen altogether. What was I thinking? :eek:
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Stuart Miller
Posted 2008-02-06 6:35 PM (#307504 - in reply to #307487)
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Best of luck, I had my UTE offered up for just over a month with lot's of amazement that it didn't go and yet not one offer. Maybe my timing was worse doing it in the run up to Xmas.

I am still swithering whether to offer it up to the masses on the bay.
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Trader Jim
Posted 2008-02-06 7:04 PM (#307505 - in reply to #307487)
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I like that new Martin you got, Stuart!
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Trader Jim
Posted 2008-02-06 7:07 PM (#307506 - in reply to #307487)
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Originally posted by BluesSailor:


I guess I'll never 'own' a guitar. I just take care of 'em for awhile and then give someone else a chance.

Finally,...someone who thinks like me! :D ;) :p
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gulfcoast
Posted 2008-02-06 7:19 PM (#307507 - in reply to #307487)
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Trader Jim, I have a friend named Justin Mclendon. Good guitar player, singer songwriter. I installed a few pickups for him and setup his guitars when he was just getting started as a full time musician. I kid you not in 2007 he bought/traded between 30 to 40 guitars. Most of them were used and under $1000.00 but still a lot of trading. Maybe the only person that trades as much or more than you. I`ve got to get him into Ovations.
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Mark in Boise
Posted 2008-02-06 7:19 PM (#307508 - in reply to #307487)
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I don't know what you guys are talking about. I've had my Matrix for 30 years and regretted selling my first two guitars to get it. I found ebay and accidentally bought a Celebrity Deluxe. Then I found this site, traded the CD for the 99, bought, bought, bought etc. The only guitars I've sold since have been guitars I specifically bought for other people and my 12 string Applause that I sold when I bought the Balladeer 12. I don't buy much that I don't keep. I have a tough time letting go. On the other hand, the only old thing my wife hasn't gotten rid of is me, and I keep expecting her to get a replacement for me soon.
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gulfcoast
Posted 2008-02-06 7:21 PM (#307509 - in reply to #307487)
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Get a good Lawyer.
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Jewel's Mom a/k/a Joisey Goil #1
Posted 2008-02-06 8:58 PM (#307510 - in reply to #307487)
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"Get a good Lawyer."

Now that's funny! :D :D

--Karen
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elginacres
Posted 2008-02-06 11:10 PM (#307511 - in reply to #307487)
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Some of you know my story - needed a guitar for a working musician's tool - used and worked with the same one since 1985...#43. Have used a nylon Chet Atkins Gibson when I needed that sound ...Beal convinced me to widen my horizons a little...I did - but #43 still gets played the most...just not often enough. I collect more dust than guitars...Weird - same thing with one of my cars '74 Vert Karmann Ghia..haven't let her go either.
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Stuart Miller
Posted 2008-02-07 11:56 AM (#307512 - in reply to #307487)
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Originally posted by Trader Jim:
I like that new Martin you got, Stuart!
Oh it's a sweetheart guitar Jim!!! So pretty and a gem to play, the neck and body size make a great combo. I must get some real pictures up for everyone.

I pick it up more and more. With that and the D-18V that I bought around the same time have kept my hands off of the Adamases for the past month or two :-)
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BluesSailor
Posted 2008-02-09 10:50 PM (#307513 - in reply to #307487)
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Both of these are still available.

Blues
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guiguite
Posted 2008-02-10 4:28 AM (#307514 - in reply to #307487)
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Great guitars !!!!!
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elginacres
Posted 2008-02-11 10:58 PM (#307515 - in reply to #307487)
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pm sent
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Beggin
Posted 2008-02-16 9:32 AM (#307516 - in reply to #307487)
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Blues, are these still available?
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BluesSailor
Posted 2008-02-16 10:25 AM (#307517 - in reply to #307487)
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Jim,

Both are still available. I've had a couple of inquiries for pictures recently, but no commitments.

Blues
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Beggin
Posted 2008-02-16 10:36 AM (#307518 - in reply to #307487)
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Maybe tax refunds will get some GAS flowin. I can't believe that a limited to 100, Adamas slothead, 12 fretter doesn't draw much attention and the 1537 is such a special Ovation.

Either would make someone extremely happy!
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Folkestone
Posted 2008-02-16 7:20 PM (#307519 - in reply to #307487)
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Hi:
Your UTE sounds interesting. Could you PM me at jitcush@yahoo.ca.

Jeff
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BluesSailor
Posted 2008-02-25 6:34 PM (#307520 - in reply to #307487)
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I've had some serious inquiries, but nothing solid so far. Still available.

Blues
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BluesSailor
Posted 2008-03-04 8:38 PM (#307521 - in reply to #307487)
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Offers anyone?

Come on guys. Help a guy with GAS and no job and son going off to college next fall out here!

These are really great guitars and I wouldn't be selling them if I didn't have too. Rule here is that I've spent my allowable guitar budget so anything new will have to be at the expense of what I already have.

Let's be reasonable and we can work a deal.

Brad
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G8r
Posted 2008-03-04 9:07 PM (#307522 - in reply to #307487)
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(climb onto the soapbox...)

Okay, we've gotten lots of new members recently. Let me just say for their benefit that these guitars (the UTE and the 1537) are without a doubt among the very best to come out of New Hartford. I've played Beggin's UTE on 2 occasions now, and now own a 1537 (courtesy of EdensHarvest). I've gone through 5 Ovations in the last year and a half, in addition to the ones I now have, and I can say with certainty that the 1537 will never leave. If I wasn't buying it's cutaway blingy cousin (the 87C) from Stephen, the UTE would be next on my list.

If any of you newer members want a truly remarkable guitar for a damn good price, contact Brad about these. You won't regret either of these guitars, and you're much better off dealing with an OFCer than you are with a complete stranger on eBay or craigslist.

(step off of the soapbox...)
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Patch
Posted 2008-03-04 9:13 PM (#307523 - in reply to #307487)
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I SO seriously wish they were in my price range. :( :eek: :cool:
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Mark in Boise
Posted 2008-03-04 10:37 PM (#307524 - in reply to #307487)
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Now that g8r left some room on the soapbox for me, I'd parrot what he said. When I first signed on to this crazy board, all the talk was about 1537s and Utes. It was tough to think of paying 4 figures for used guitars, especially after owning the bottom of the Ovation USA line for 30 years, but I have no regrets. The only downside is whether I am good enough for the guitars, which is a concern that gives me some motivation to remedy. These are 2 guitars that any player should be proud to own.
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cliff
Posted 2008-03-04 10:40 PM (#307525 - in reply to #307487)
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". . prettybird . ."
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BluesSailor
Posted 2008-03-06 2:15 PM (#307526 - in reply to #307487)
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Well it's time to up the juice a bit on these. I should have posted pictures a while ago, but....well anyway I haven't. Here they are:

The UTE Now $1450.00








1537 Now $925.00










I hope this gives anyone on the fence something to think about.

Blues
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BluesSailor
Posted 2008-03-06 2:24 PM (#307527 - in reply to #307487)
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That was easier than I thought it would be.

Thanks Wabbit for the great instructions. I used the VSO Image resizer utility you recommended.

Piece O Cake.

Blues
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Waskel
Posted 2008-03-06 2:26 PM (#307528 - in reply to #307487)
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You're welcome, Blues.

I hope you know you're killing me.
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BluesSailor
Posted 2008-03-06 2:35 PM (#307529 - in reply to #307487)
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But what a way to go! :p ;)
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stephent28
Posted 2008-03-06 10:19 PM (#307530 - in reply to #307487)
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Wabbit, do I need to send you ANOTHER guitar to keep you from lusting after every damn one in the "For Sale" section?????
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Beggin
Posted 2008-03-06 11:28 PM (#307531 - in reply to #307487)
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won't make a difference S28, lust is never ending... ;) :rolleyes: :cool:
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stephent28
Posted 2008-03-07 1:58 AM (#307532 - in reply to #307487)
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Look into my eyes....

Deep into my eyes..




when I begin to purr.....YOU WILL BUY THIS GUITAR!
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Waskel
Posted 2008-03-07 7:19 AM (#307533 - in reply to #307487)
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I don't lust after every guitar in the for sale section.


Just the really good ones.

"It's good to want things"
Dinky Bossetti
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BluesSailor
Posted 2008-03-08 10:50 AM (#307534 - in reply to #307487)
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New Prices:

This is the absolute best I can do these guitars. If I can't get this, I'll keep them.

UTE: $1425.00
1537: $900.00

Buyer responsible for shipping.

Brad
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MWoody
Posted 2008-03-08 11:00 AM (#307535 - in reply to #307487)
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"On the fence?"
"I invented the fence!"

Somebody needs to buy something from me so I can buy the 1537 (disregard the Storefront pricing).

Or maybe I just need to actually finish a project or two...
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moody, p.i.
Posted 2008-03-08 11:15 AM (#307536 - in reply to #307487)
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How much for the cat?
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G8r
Posted 2008-03-13 2:20 PM (#307537 - in reply to #307487)
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Helpin' Blues out with a BUMP.

Hey noobs, don't let these pass you by!
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Trader Jim
Posted 2008-03-13 3:17 PM (#307538 - in reply to #307487)
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That 1537 is the deal of the century. Anyone who hasn't owned on of those monsters would be in for a surprise!!
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Beggin
Posted 2008-03-13 6:00 PM (#307539 - in reply to #307487)
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Blues, I cringe about what I'm going to say, but here goes, have you thought of puttin 'em out on the Bay?

I can't remember the last time I saw a UTE there and it's been awhile since I saw a 1537. Really a shame that an OFC member doesn't jump on either of these, especially at those prices.

I already have a UTE and would have jumped on tha 1537 if not for a recent Adamas acquisition.
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Otto
Posted 2008-03-14 2:26 AM (#307540 - in reply to #307487)
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Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
How much for the cat?
Careful Moody. People have gone to jail for soliciting p*ssy on the internet. LOL Sorry... blame the Wabbit. He dragged me over here. And Beggin and g8r were helping push!



Straight through the heart, Blues. Does it play as sweet as it looks?
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Otto
Posted 2008-03-14 2:27 AM (#307541 - in reply to #307487)
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Beggin
Posted 2008-03-14 9:07 AM (#307542 - in reply to #307487)
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Otto, do a search on both the "for sale" and "general sections' for "1537".

I think that you will find the reviews to be overwhelming.

Jim
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G8r
Posted 2008-03-14 9:40 AM (#307543 - in reply to #307487)
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Otto - no need to do a search. The 1537 is overwhelming. Take my word for it. I spent several days this past week playing a lot of different and very expensive guitars in a bunch of music stores. The 1537 easily beats out a $3K Martin HD-28, a $4K Taylor, and a $3K Larrivee, IMO. Go for it. They're rare, and usually much more expensive, when you can find them, than what Blues is wanting for this one. The best wood-top Ovation ever made.
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Waskel
Posted 2008-03-14 11:24 AM (#307544 - in reply to #307487)
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Sure, the Wabbit always gets the blame.

Otto, it's simple. If you're after a prime example of Ovation quality, craftsmanship and superior tone and playability, you're looking at a picture of it above. Easily one of the best, if not the best wood top A/E Ovation has produced.
I doubt you will find anyone who knows Ovations that will tell you otherwise.

If I didn't already have my 87 collectors (basically a cutaway version of the 1537) I would have already bought this one. If I had the cash available right now I would have been sorely tempted to buy it anyway.
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Mark in Boise
Posted 2008-03-14 12:03 PM (#307545 - in reply to #307487)
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I paid $1000 for mine. Twice what I had ever paid for a guitar up till that time, but it was a bargain. Played it last night and it is just a great guitar. It is better than anything I've ever played hanging on the wall at GC and I play pretty much everything they have in the acoustic room.
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lanaki
Posted 2008-03-14 12:06 PM (#307546 - in reply to #307487)
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otto, i don't know if this will help or hinder you, but here's a clip of me playing a 1537 plugged in.
the guitar still sounds very nice even after the youtube download compression. the audio in my original file is far superior but this gives an indication of how nice these guitars are.

1537
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2ifbyC
Posted 2008-03-14 12:35 PM (#307547 - in reply to #307487)
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lanaki ,

Now that's SWEEEET!
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gulfcoast
Posted 2008-03-14 1:10 PM (#307548 - in reply to #307487)
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I never get tired of that youtube clip.....
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Otto
Posted 2008-03-14 11:55 PM (#307549 - in reply to #307487)
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Well this last round from you guys pretty much drove it home. This could be the one.

From everything you all have told me and everything I've read, here and elsewhere, the 1537 has got to be the ultimate Elite. If I want an Elite they don't get any better than this. And, (God help me) I trust you whackos. :eek: This is way more guitar than I thought I was looking for but I also think it may be time to pull the trigger.

Blues, I e-mailed last night with my phone numbers. Did you receive it? If not, try me back and leave your number. I could hit the road tomorrow.
Otto
MOONOWL44@aol.com.
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Mark in Boise
Posted 2008-03-15 12:10 AM (#307550 - in reply to #307487)
Subject: Re: UTE and 1537 on the Block


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There is no "the one." It will only be the first one. Then there's the different sound of the Adamas. Then you go for the 12 fretters, or two or three. Then there's the nylon strings. Then around back to the traditional centerhole Ovation sound. Maybe something with some more bling and a cutaway. But the 1537 is a great way to get hooked.
"I'm an Ovationaholic. I haven't had a taste in a couple hours."
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Otto
Posted 2008-03-15 3:36 AM (#307551 - in reply to #307487)
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Cut it out Mark. This is scary enough. I feel like I'm in the six string version of "Reefer Madness". What have I got myself into? :eek:

"Hey man... you like that 6 string don't ya. heh, heh, heh, yeah... Try a hit of this twelve string. C'mon, you know you want to..."

"Okay mister, maybe just a little... Hey, there's no carbon fiber in this is there...?"

LOL
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Trader Jim
Posted 2008-03-15 6:50 AM (#307552 - in reply to #307487)
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Otto, this is just the first step on the escalator going down. Once you buy a couple, it gets much easier. It's so easy for me now that I don't even think about what I'm doing most of the time... :rolleyes:
Seriously though, you can't do better than the 1537 for a wood top. It took me quite a while to get one, so you're way ahead of me.
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Weaser P
Posted 2008-03-15 7:13 AM (#307553 - in reply to #307487)
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Otto - good move. Mine's played daily without fail.

Now pass the Frito's, man. I got the munchies.
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JeffreyD
Posted 2008-03-15 9:54 AM (#307554 - in reply to #307487)
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I went with the "Something Old, Something New" approach to Ovation ownership. I have two, that is plenty.

A sweet 1537 that I have owned for 12 years now (before they were famous) and an Adamas 2080. Just to remind myself of what I got, I have set up a time to go play some Taylors and Martins and am taking the O&A with me for comparisons.

Last time I did this I was shopping in the $2500 plus department at GC in Clackamas. After the wife and I listened to all the guitars we played, then compared to the 1537, she asked...."tell me again why you want one of these guitars?" to which I had no answer and we walked out.

Of course this is the same lovely bride who wanted me to take the 1537 back when I first bought it as "it's defective, does it have termites, did someone shoot it with a shotgun" and other such indications that she was initially uncomfortable with the multiple sound holes.
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kotadawg
Posted 2008-03-15 10:03 AM (#307555 - in reply to #307487)
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Otto,

trust these guys. they gave me a lot of advice and recommended that I purchase a 1718 Elite that I saw on eBay. I bought it and couldn't be happier about it. they like to mess with your head, but they won't steer you wrong on a purchase.
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2ifbyC
Posted 2008-03-15 11:09 AM (#307556 - in reply to #307487)
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Mark,
That's my recent bio!

Otto,
Nice start on the 'slippery slope'
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Waskel
Posted 2008-03-15 11:12 AM (#307557 - in reply to #307487)
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Originally posted by kotadawg:
they like to mess with your head, but they won't steer you wrong on a purchase.
Make sure Blues includes a set of string tubes with the 1537. A NEW set.
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Beggin
Posted 2008-03-15 11:24 AM (#307558 - in reply to #307487)
Subject: Re: UTE and 1537 on the Block


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Originally posted by Trader Jim:
It's so easy for me now that I don't even think about what I'm doing most of the time... :rolleyes:
Many of us, with guitars that used to be yours, are highly appreciative of this statement! :p

Otto, if you complete this deal, we expect a personal appearance at the Southern Jam in June. If you can't make it, just send tha 1537.
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Mark in Boise
Posted 2008-03-15 11:51 AM (#307559 - in reply to #307487)
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3 years this month. That's when I found this place looking for information on a Celebrity Deluxe that I mistakenly bought on ebay and everyone was talking about 1537s. Sometimes knowledge is power. Sometimes it is just expensive.
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Trader Jim
Posted 2008-03-15 12:00 PM (#307560 - in reply to #307487)
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Originally posted by The Wabbit Formerly Known As Waskel:
Originally posted by kotadawg:
they like to mess with your head, but they won't steer you wrong on a purchase.
Make sure Blues includes a set of string tubes with the 1537. A NEW set.
Ditto that. The last guitar I bought came with very used string tubes, almost unusable, so I had to spring for a new set. You know they ain't cheap!
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Waskel
Posted 2008-03-15 12:42 PM (#307561 - in reply to #307487)
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Originally posted by Trader Jim:
I had to spring for a new set. You know they ain't cheap!
...when you can find 'em...
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kotadawg
Posted 2008-03-15 1:28 PM (#307562 - in reply to #307487)
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fortunately the string tubes on my 1718 were in excellent condition. but I'm always looking for a new set so that I have them when it comes time to replace them.
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Capo Guy
Posted 2008-03-15 1:31 PM (#307563 - in reply to #307487)
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Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
Sometimes knowledge is power. Sometimes it is just expensive.
Very True.
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2ifbyC
Posted 2008-03-15 1:44 PM (#307564 - in reply to #307487)
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You know STs are rare when you can't find 'em on fleaBay!
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Otto
Posted 2008-03-15 3:20 PM (#307565 - in reply to #307487)
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Originally posted by The Wabbit Formerly Known As Waskel:
Make sure Blues includes a set of string tubes with the 1537. A NEW set.
String tubes??? Hah! You guys are setting me up, aren’t you! Well, you can’t fool me on this one. I happen to know that all the electronics in these guitars are solid state! I’ll make sure to ask for string transistors so I don’t look stupid.
:rolleyes:
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Tupperware
Posted 2008-03-15 3:38 PM (#307566 - in reply to #307487)
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String Tubes have nothing to do with electronics. Different kind of "tube". They are small gauge poly tubes about 1 inch long that you insert as "feeders" in the pinless bridge during stringing so that the rough windings of the strings do not rub against the wood of the bridge and 1) mark the wood, 2) clog the string winding with micro saw dust. You feed the string through them and then remove them before winding onto the tuner posts. They were invented by a member here (Standingovation) and he sells them direct. There have been quite a few threads on this board about them.

Dave
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noah
Posted 2008-03-15 3:49 PM (#307567 - in reply to #307487)
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Dave, How far along are you in the patent process for the StringTubes?
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Tupperware
Posted 2008-03-15 3:51 PM (#307568 - in reply to #307487)
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SO is dealing with it. The package says "Patent Pending" but I really don't know what that means.
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Waskel
Posted 2008-03-15 4:01 PM (#307569 - in reply to #307487)
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That reminds me. Dave I need to talk to SO about that idea of an onboard amp with those little Bose micro-speakers mounted in the holes on an Elite. I think we might be onto something there.
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Trader Jim
Posted 2008-03-15 4:33 PM (#307570 - in reply to #307487)
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...and it goes on.
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BluesSailor
Posted 2008-03-18 2:24 PM (#307571 - in reply to #307487)
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The 1537 is SOLD! I'll let the new owner speak out after he has received it and has a chance to comment.

The UTE is still available. This is a hard to come by, limited release, collector at a great price. It just booms with a balanced voice. You will have no regrets buying this one.

U681T-5 $1425.00
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Mark in Boise
Posted 2008-03-18 2:45 PM (#307572 - in reply to #307487)
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I'm working on a guy who was enamored with my Ute, but he's not responding. I think he's too much into the hair band power chord stuff to really appreciate the ultimate 12 fret fingerstyle guitar.
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guiguite
Posted 2008-03-18 5:25 PM (#307573 - in reply to #307487)
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I sold mine and FD14 to buy 47, but what a magnificent guitar!!! I regret it even today ......If I Had the money for....
Don't hesitate !
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Trader Jim
Posted 2008-03-18 8:39 PM (#307574 - in reply to #307487)
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OK Brad, who got it??
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2ifbyC
Posted 2008-03-18 8:59 PM (#307575 - in reply to #307487)
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Originally posted by Trader Jim:
OK Brad, who got it??
You didn't?
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Trader Jim
Posted 2008-03-18 9:20 PM (#307576 - in reply to #307487)
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Nope
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Trader Jim
Posted 2008-03-18 9:21 PM (#307577 - in reply to #307487)
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...but I probably should have.
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Beggin
Posted 2008-03-18 9:46 PM (#307578 - in reply to #307487)
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2Iffy, TJ has already owned at least two of every model and, of course, sold them. This is because, every now and again, he regrets sellin tha first one and buys another to see if he made tha right decision.

It's a loooooooooooong......long search for tha perfect one, for him. I'm pullin for him to find "THE ONE" or three someday. In tha meantime, we all get great opportunities to purchase his last "THE ONE".

May tha Trader live long and uuuuhhhh..................prosper?! :p :p :p
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2ifbyC
Posted 2008-03-18 10:51 PM (#307579 - in reply to #307487)
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Beggin ,

I know, I know!

We 'sharked'* each other on the '97 Collector. It was truly a pleasant experience.

I'm just waiting for his 'new' 1598 ME to 'pop up' shortly.

* If TJ agrees, I'll post his email to me on the 'sharked' '97. Even better yet, I'll let him describe what he thinks of the predators on the OFC. Ooops...
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Beggin
Posted 2008-03-18 11:46 PM (#307580 - in reply to #307487)
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Originally posted by 2ifbyC:
I'm just waiting for his 'new' 1598 ME to 'pop up' shortly.
Sorry 2iffy, he's assured me, personally (Today even), that this is the 12'er he's dreamed of.......after all he kept tha 1658 CL (what a beauty) that he acquired from me, for a least 3 days before it went in another direction..

Put your bid in, NOW, for the ME 1598 if ya want it!

BTW: it feels soooooo gooood to be pickin on 'ol TJ again.....almost as fun as recievin' one of his......uuuuhhhh.....keepers! :D
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Trader Jim
Posted 2008-03-19 5:12 AM (#307581 - in reply to #307487)
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Wow, I was begining to feel left out. There wasn't a post about my, uh..., shall we say "inability to keep a nice guitar in my hot little hands", for at least 12 hours. Thanks guys, I'm a little choked up right now. I feel the love.

Now, for my next act, I think the Blueberry "Bat" (man) guitar will be the next one up FS. Anybody interested, PM me. Now on to our regularly scheduled TJ roasting..... :p
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Beggin
Posted 2008-03-19 8:39 AM (#307582 - in reply to #307487)
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...but you make it soooooo easy.
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Trader Jim
Posted 2008-03-19 7:22 PM (#307583 - in reply to #307487)
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Yes, I'm very "pickable".
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Beggin
Posted 2008-03-19 8:06 PM (#307584 - in reply to #307487)
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...pickleable?
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BluesSailor
Posted 2008-03-30 1:25 AM (#307585 - in reply to #307487)
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The UTE is no longer available. The guitar I had my eye on didn't do it for me so I've decided to keep it at this time.

Brad
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Trader Jim
Posted 2008-03-30 6:07 AM (#307586 - in reply to #307487)
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Better fix your sig, Brad.
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Beggin
Posted 2008-03-30 6:18 PM (#307587 - in reply to #307487)
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Originally posted by BluesSailor:
The UTE is no longer available. The guitar I had my eye on didn't do it for me so I've decided to keep it at this time.
what did you have your eye on Brad?

I had my eye on about 50 beautiful ones this weekend.
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