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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | This
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I believe a few of y'all have one or two of these.
Just thought I should share that... |
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Location: Lebanon, TN | Wowser....I wish :-) Better check the insurance coverage on the collection if this sells at that :-) |
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Location: South of most, North of few | In a word....No. :D |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | But it's #706! And it's NEW!
Even if it is 31 years old! |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | 2nd time around for this: here's the original thread: NOS Patriot - Stored unopened since 1976! on page 2. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Thanx Mike... I knew that looked familiar. It just showed up in my email, under "similar items" |
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Location: Chehalis, Washington | Ha! Not a chance. If I could get that kind of money for MY guitars...let's see, my 12-string would fetch about $10K. |
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Location: SoCal | If I remember, #1 was available for less.
Wonder what the seller would list it for if it was an a/e...10% of the 1,776 run were a/e which obviously makes it more versatile and rarer. This appears to be an acoustic. As an acoustic, sometimes there is a difference in performance between non-a/e and an a/e. I have both and there appears to be no degradation with the a/e.
Guys and gals, this is a great guitar.
Basically an early Custom Legend with a beautiful patriotic theme (A brace, AAA spruce).
Definitely worth getting when the price is appropriate.
For excellent condition: ? $700-$800 for acoustic, ? $800-1,100 for the a/e.
Not part of the Collector's series but still considered the 1976 Collectors as it is credited as showing Ovation that there were specific guitars that collectors desired.
The '97C parlor and the Patriot are the two guitars in my living room. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Yeah, but I notice that there isn't a Best Offer option. And this is apparently a listing without a time limit, so it is liable to be there next year too. |
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Location: Chehalis, Washington | Makes sense to me, Tony. I actually just made a deal on a 1776, for SIGNIFICANTLY less than 3 G's. I'm looking forward to getting this one. |
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Location: SoCal | A few of you may remember when an individual came onto the board to sell his acoustic Patriot. When he posted his pictures, a couple of OFC'ers thought he stole my pictures. Actually, I had found pictures on a German website of the original certs that came with the guitar and had them in my gallery...since I had used his pictures, I adopted it for $720.  |
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | I recently acquired #76 from cwk2. (Thanks again!) LOVE IT! :D One of the best sounding guitars I've ever played. PERIOD! :cool:
He sold it for substantially less than $3K though. ;) |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Lookee what I just stumbled upon... Italian? Patriot... For alot cheaper!
But apparently this one was beat-on by famous composer and poet, ALAN SORRENTI... Whoever that is :p
Just wanted to share that... |
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Location: Minden, Nebraska | Optimistic price notwithstanding, it's cool to me to see one of these that came out of a time capsule. |
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