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Location: Lebanon, TN | Okay so the time has come the walrus said to
…sell many fine Ovation guitars to help with “the project”. This is a first and only call out to anyone who wants to make a bid before this lot goes up on the ‘Bay. A number of these are favorite players of mine, but I really do need to make a significant trade up and clear some space.
1719-30CM-4 30th Anniversary Custom legend, Op Pro $1200
1658-1 Awesome 12 string slot top Custom legend in Sunburst, OP-Pro $1100
1769-ADII-4 Natural Al Dimeola II with OPPro and Boost $1100
1786-LTD-4 1996 Collectors Book Elite Optima $900
C2006 KOA 2006 Collectos Koa Finish VIP $900
1619-5 1619 Custom legend in Black finish, OP-Pro $800
C2005-4 ES 2005 Collectors with Contour body and OP-Pro, $800
C1994-4 1994 Collectors - Midbowl, Optima pre-amp, Optima $700
C1997-4 1997 Collectors Parlor Narrow neck includes original case!,Nutmeg,TS-stealth $650
MM68 Ruby Red Mandolin, RRB, OP-24 $600
Actual shipping costs by your preferred handler.
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | Alot of fine O's going there Stuart. Must be a very special "project". Good luck with the sale! |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | Me too Brad. Wonder if everyone is going after the same git, like maybe the Book Elite, or if Stuart just sold six of his ten offerings? Only time will tell I guess.
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Location: GA USA | I'm just hoping that when I'm back on the market, there will be some deals like this. Like 900 for a 2006 Koa... wow! |
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Location: Lebanon, TN | Just to repeat my philosophy here...everything I have put up here is what I paid for it or what it cost me (including upgrades). In some cases it is less than my total cost of getting it to where it needed to be (e.g. I replaced the Optima in the 1994 Collector but have not included the full costs of that as that was an EBay gotcha/lesson learned).
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Location: Lebanon, TN | Pending sale on the MM68 Mandolin |
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Location: Lebanon, TN | Okay full pictures are up in the Gallery now, but here are are the teasers. MM68 and 1997 Collectors not posted as these two items are sold.
1719-30CM-4 30th Anniversary Custom legend, Op Pro $1200
1658-1 Awesome 12 string slot top Custom legend in Sunburst, OP-Pro $1100
1769-ADII-4 Natural Al Dimeola II with OPPro and Boost $1100
1786-LTD-4 1996 Collectors Book Elite Optima $900
C2006 KOA 2006 Collectos Koa Finish VIP $900
1619-5 1619 Custom legend in Black finish, OP-Pro $800
C2005-4 ES 2005 Collectors with Contour body and OP-Pro, $800
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Location: Seoul, Korea | Stuart:
I was just telling another OFC member that my guitar buying days were over. Acquired a Patriot. But looking at your Grand Sale, it is truly mouth-watering, to say the least.
Which of the 6 string guitars is the most acoustic (warm, mellow, volume and projection) sounding without plugging it into an amp? I might just buy another one, if it is available. Thanks and good luck on the sale!
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by Stuart Miller:
MM68 and 1997 Collectors not posted as these two items are sold. Ah, well... |
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Location: Lebanon, TN | Originally posted by STK:
Stuart:
I was just telling another OFC member that my guitar buying days were over. Acquired a Patriot. But looking at your Grand Sale, it is truly mouth-watering, to say the least.
Which of the 6 string guitars is the most acoustic (warm, mellow, volume and projection) sounding without plugging it into an amp? I might just buy another one, if it is available. Thanks and good luck on the sale!
Simon Kim Wow Simon. Now that's really hard to answer...a bit like saying which is your favorite ice-cream. I only really play acousticly and I love them all for their acoustic characteristics despite the fine electronics.
They all have very distinctive tones to them. the 1994 Collectors is quite "woody sounding" in keeping with it's styling; the 2005 is very "crisp"; the 2006 is very dark toned due to the koa, even toned but almost muted in the treble/but not really...difficult to explain unless you have heard one of these; the Book Elite is quite woody too, distinctive and solid. The 30th Anniversary Custom legend is very evenly balanced tone; The 1619 is a boomer for sure but nice balanced tone again. Then of course there is the UTE which I have up in a seperate posting which is a whole other story all over again :-)
Sorry. I can't pick a best, it would be like saying which of your children do you love the most...well it depends which day it is of course LOL!!!
That's the hard thing to explain to people who don't have a lot of Ovation/Adamas to play is communicating the nuances of the differences in sound and tone. |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | The only positive side to the bursitis in my right shoulder is that it has saved me a ton of money over the last two years; all these beautiful guitars, and I can only look...and drool. (I will console myself with the thought that there is only one Gertrude, and I have her.)
I am no longer in the market, Brad--but I'm glad that what I wanted is staying in the family.
(What I'm really jonesin' to get is that wonderful cobalty-turquoise Q from the other thread, but the V neck isn't the right size for my small hands--very, very uncomfortable to play; I really drooled over that one, though--just about shorted out my keyboard.)
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Karen,
Didn't you get the memo? We don't PLAY them. We just buy them to LOOK AT. You can join in the fun.
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Location: boulder | can I just say WOW....
I was going to post some guitars for sale, but all of a sudden I am thinking "it would be cool to have this one, no that one, no no the other one"...sweet axes for even better prices...wow, my wheels are spinning. peace mike |
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Location: Seoul, Korea | Stuart, thanks for making my decision so much easier. Never realized that I would be owning two Ovations when I started to look into Ovation guitars early this year. Now that I have two, I am back on the market for the third one. Now I can see how so many of you have a large inventory of these beauties. |
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Location: Lebanon, TN | 1719 30th Anniversary is spoken for pending details. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | For the bling lovers, like me, this is truly a candy store. I was really hunkerin' for a natural Dimeola a year or two ago, and here it is! A few hours ago I made a call that resulted in a commitment that will exhaust my guitar fund for a while. These won't last. Stuart, I can only imagine the kind of "project" that would force the liquidation of these beauties. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Originally posted by ProfessorBB:
Stuart, I can only imagine the kind of "project" that would force the liquidation of these beauties. ;) :D |
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Location: Lebanon, TN | Ewww...Bill, even as a psych nurse used to the vagaries of the senior bowel, that was a sullied moment ;) |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Originally posted by ProfessorBB:
For the bling lovers, like me, this is truly a candy store. I was really hunkerin' for a natural Dimeola a year or two ago, and here it is! A few hours ago I made a call that resulted in a commitment that will exhaust my guitar fund for a while. These won't last. Stuart, I can only imagine the kind of "project" that would force the liquidation of these beauties. Hey BB, congrats on that one. It's a beautiful guitar. (would have been my 2nd choice) ;) |
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Location: South of most, North of few | So Stuart, do you have any left, or are they all spoken for already? |
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Location: Lebanon, TN | Okay so here is an update of what current situation is:
1719-30CM-4 30th Anniversary Custom legend, Op Pro SOLD
1658-1 Awesome 12 string slot top Custom legend in Sunburst, OP-Pro $1100
1769-ADII-4 Natural Al Dimeola II with OPPro and Boost $1100
1786-LTD-4 1996 Collectors Book Elite Optima PENDING X2
C2006 KOA 2006 Collectos Koa Finish VIP PENDING X2
1619-5 1619 Custom legend in Black finish, OP-Pro $800
C2005-4 ES 2005 Collectors with Contour body and OP-Pro, $800
C1994-4 1994 Collectors - Midbowl, Optima pre-amp, Optima $700
C1997-4 1997 Collectors Parlor Narrow neck includes original case!,Nutmeg,TS-stealth SOLD
MM68 Ruby Red Mandolin, RRB, OP-24 SOLD
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Location: Lebanon, TN | Serious expression of interest in the C2005 and also interestingly the UTE. Door not closed yet on those though.
Following still available.Last Call before they go on the Bay tomorrow afternoon.
1658-1 Awesome 12 string slot top Custom legend in Sunburst, OP-Pro $1100
1769-ADII-4 Natural Al Dimeola II with OPPro and Boost $1100
1619-5 1619 Custom legend in Black finish, OP-Pro $800
C1994-4 1994 Collectors - Midbowl, Optima pre-amp, Optima $700 |
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Location: Lebanon, TN | Per CL's request
1719-30CM-4 30th Anniversary Custom legend, Op Pro SOLD
1658-1 Awesome 12 string slot top Custom legend in Sunburst, OP-Pro $1100
1769-ADII-4 Natural Al Dimeola II with OPPro and Boost PENDING
1786-LTD-4 1996 Collectors Book Elite Optima PENDING
C2006 KOA 2006 Collectos Koa Finish VIP $900 BAck Available
1619-5 1619 Custom legend in Black finish, OP-Pro PENDING
C2005-4 ES 2005 Collectors with Contour body and OP-Pro, SOLD
C1994-4 1994 Collectors - Midbowl, Optima pre-amp, Optima $700
C1997-4 1997 Collectors Parlor Narrow neck includes original case!,Nutmeg,TS-stealth SOLD
MM68 Ruby Red Mandolin, RRB, OP-24 SOLD
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Location: South of most, North of few | Boy, I didn't need to see that the Koa was back up again. Kinda miss the one I got from you before that Slydog relieved me of. |
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Location: Right now? | Hey, Stuart. Nice to 'meet' you. Can you show me a link to the other photos?
The 1994 is beautiful!
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | TJ - and you know where the 06 went next ;)
So Stu, TJ, Sly then me. No, I have no plans to part with it anytime soon. It's slowly opening up and has a unique voice and fantistic feel.
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Location: South of most, North of few | Dweez, your 06 is one of the two Stuart had. He still has the other and I think it's still for sale. I talked with him a few weeks ago, and it was still there anyway. |
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Location: Cincinnati | Wow, this thread skipped 18 months with just a key stroke. Incredible. :eek: |
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Location: Right now? | There are a LOT of Custom Legends and 1719's out there for sale. Is there something about these guitars that make them less than desirable, or the first one lets go? I have played one of these, and LOVED it, butt as a newbie, I am a bit worried about spending so much money. What should I watch out for? |
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Location: Lebanon, TN | Wow there is a lot of attention after an 18 month gap.Everyone of these either was sold (80%) or is in the keeper pile. I have my habit under control and down to 16 Ovations and Adamii. :-)
Even better now am playing every week in Praise band, playing makes me very very happy.
Willa, CL's are beautiful....I have to say they have all had tremendous variety in tone. The 1719-30th was very pretty but I think the top was still a little constrained. Compared to the 1619 which was very deep and opened up nicely. I really liked my two ADII's and if I was to go for anothe CL sx sting I would go with the ADII in natural. The 1658 that you see (slot top 12 string was a beautiful rescue by me refurbed by the mothership with the addition of an OP-PRO and will be a keeper.
Play as many as you can and when you find one you like, buy it and keep it.
As to cost, this little pile was liquidated to purchase a Martin Custom OM for around $5,000 so all money is relative :-) |
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Grand Sale!!!!