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Why do these come along when I'm currently under-funded?...
Nice guitar, no reserve, go figure... |
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Location: CT | Here\'s
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Location: Madison, Wisconsin | Steve,
Mine is pretty much identical to that one and I might be interested in letting it go. Get in touch with me when you have some funds laying around. |
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Location: Orange County, California | Crud....
Anyone want to but a Custom Elite LX? |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Three fiddy... |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Oooh... Fred it has an Optima!
That is a nice one. I would suggest talking with Al about a Contour D-Scale LX though. Fewer long term issues and a bigger sound. |
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Location: Orange County, California | Great!! Now if you can just get two more guys to in "thirdsies" with you, I can get a longneck.... |
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Location: Tennessee | This is the first one of these I've seen with a black headstock ... all of the others I've seen (including mine) have walnut veneer. It also looks like an ebony bridge; I've never seen anything but rosewood.
It would be a very nice get for someone. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | 1125...I really can't believe it. |
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| ...yep, this is the ideal guitar for someone who wants a quality Baritone and has the bucks to compete in the bidding...I can't imagine an LX Longneck would sound much better acoustically... |
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Location: Upper Left USA | This one is aged and has the right components.
The Contour LX will have a lighter bowl, lighter and more readily replacable neck and inlaid epaulets.
Whoever wins come over to my place and I'll provide new strings for both!
Ooh, wait...
HEY ANDREW! YOU NEED THIS LONGNECK!!!!!! :rolleyes: |
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Location: Chehalis, Washington | Oops, ya hollered too late, Mike. ;) I want one at some point, but 1125 is out of my budget for now. Still a steal, but when ya ain't got it handy at that moment... |
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Location: South of most, North of few | You guys really think 1125 is a steal on this one? I thought they were more in the 6 - 700.00 range.(used, that is) |
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Location: Chehalis, Washington | I think the 768's regularly go for a lot less than the 778's, and I was mainly thinking of savings over custom-ordering one new. |
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| This was apparently worth the bucks to the guy who won it. It's encouraging to me as an Ovation fan that this guitar didn't go cheap, because it's not a cheap guitar, it's a high-end Baritone which excels above the others. The fact that it is a mid-bowl makes it even more competitive with the LX models, especially for us 'old-school' guys... :) If I had the bucks it would on it's way to East Tennessee, and well worth it. |
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Location: Minden, Nebraska | That price is pushing twice what I got for the last Longneck I sold on eBay. This is the highest I remember for one, venturing into Mandocello price range. But I agree with Steve's last point. These ARE undervalued. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Maybe...just maybe the market is turning around for the underrated guitar we all love. By my comment, I was judging by the last prices I've seen the longnecks go for. I see this was a very nice example, but I've bought textured top Adamas's for less than that. I was seriously considering bidding on this one, but when it went past 700, I gave up watching it. |
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| Yep....With the bidding going over 700, I thought it might approach 850, or 900 at the most, but with this kind of winning bid maybe it demonstrates more of the uniqueness of the guitar. The only Longneck on ebay, and a high-quality model at that... still wish I'd had the bucks for it, always curious about the sound of the midbowl since they discontinued the ds768. |
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