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Location: palm coast florida | It had a fret job, white and it sounds good for an ovation the main body was split in half and repaired by a professional.The color is white and i have a Gibson case.The guitar plays great but my fingers are to big for the uper frets.The electronics still works great.I would like to buy a gibson standard with bigger frets. Thanks bfg |
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Location: ranson,wva | pictures? what are you asking for it??
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Location: palm coast florida | How much could i get for this guitar. |
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Location: palm coast florida | I'm not sure i might put it on eBay. |
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Location: ranson,wva | do you have any pics you can post or email me??
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Location: palm coast florida | I never posted anything on this web site before if any one is interested in it i will figure out how to post pictures. Later B.F.G. |
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Location: ranson,wva | if you email me the pics i can post them for you...jason
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Location: palm coast florida | Ok i sent the pictures to you. |
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Location: NW Washington State | Originally posted by B.F.G.:
it sounds good for an ovation Maybe not the best sales pitch for the Ovation Fanclub, but if anyone is interested, you'll find them here.
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Location: Upper Left USA | That is one of the early examples.
The best way to find out what its worth to the world right now is to post it on Ebay with a reserve you can live with but start at $1 for the starting price. The highest bid - that's your value.
I'll give you $200 so you don't have to listen to something that sounds good for an Ovation.
Is that like having a nice tan for a Floridian? |
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Location: south east Michigan | I've been watching them on e-bay.
One like this went for $1250.00 about a month ago.
Then again... I've seen others go for half that.
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Location: palm coast florida | The serial number is E00441 New hardford conn.I didn't mean anything about the ovation guitar my Gibson was stolen on stage back in the 70s.Nothing sounds better or dirty er than burst bucker pickups.Sorry. |
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Location: ranson,wva | didnt you say it was broken in 2? i dont see any noticable repairs on the board....jason |
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Location: palm coast florida | The board was cracked the guitar is not new some dings and dents i don't no but it was glued professionally and sounds good . Thats all i can say.You see the crack on the bottom and on the back. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | $210.00 |
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Location: palm coast florida | I don't no what your talking about E00441 PERIOD. |
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Location: big island | bfg, i think you are being offered some dollars for the guitar... :rolleyes: |
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Location: Stratford, Connecticut | So is it up on eBay yet or are we still mulling over offers here? Thanks! Michael |
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Location: palm coast florida | Well i will tell you ebay sucks and 200 dollars the gibson case is worth more.Let sit in the closet for another 10 years. |
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Location: Stratford, Connecticut | That works for me! I just wanted to know cause I feel that eBay's the fairest way to see, ask questions and bid on an item. So if it was going up for auction I would've watched it and bid if it was going to be in my price range. Thanks! Michael |
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Location: ranson,wva | that looks like a chipboard case. looks like the $50.00 one that came with my tacoma....as for the price, ebay would give you a pretty damn good idea of what its worth...just my opinion.....jason |
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| tree fiddy... shipped :rolleyes: deal?
heck I'll even come pick it up... you're in the neighborhood.
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Location: Upper Left USA | Mentoring could be a good thing Glenn. You might get to play his Gibson and then you'd end up selling us your old crummy vash'ins.
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| Al's Les Paul studio peed all over itself when it heard and saw the Vipertron.... I really like the way those alnico filtertrons sound...
about the breadwinner... how much you looking for? I'd possibly like to take a drive down to check it out if you want a fair price for it.
we'll just add it to the project pile.
we might get it to sound ok... but it's just an Ovation :p
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Location: ranson,wva | glenn,you got tv jones pups in the vipertron? it looks killer...but then again its just a ovation....jason |
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Location: palm coast florida | Look guys whats a fair price and whats a vipertron. E bay sounds the way to go i don't have the time and i don't think it will get any money for it to be worth wile. |
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Location: ranson,wva | for what it is i think either mike or glenn's offers were fair...most are listed high on ebay but verry few sell......my advice,sell it to mike or glenn and put the fundulation to your new purchess.....jason |
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Location: palm coast florida | What is a fair price 200 pays for a Gibson case.And how much for the guitar. |
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Location: ranson,wva | if the case is worh $200. which i know thats a chipboard case dont cost $200....jason |
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Location: palm coast florida | Gibson case clipboard i don't know how muchfor the guitar period.600 1200 OR 200 |
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Location: ranson,wva | its up to you on what you wanna let it go for....im not interested in it, as ive got a breadwinner limited coming in the next few weeks. i still feel the offers you were made are fair for the condition of the guitar...jason |
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| tell you what... I'll give you $350 for the guitar, I'll come pick it up, and you can keep the case and list it for 200 on the bay.
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Location: Up North | I'd say that's a fair offer.
I doubt you're going to get what you want for it (you never have stated even a ballpark price).
A guitar with a body that has been completely broken in half is not going to get top dollar, that's just the facts. |
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| "what's a vipertron"
Michael(mwoody), myself, and others here rebuild/restore/revive old Ovation guitars... as original electronics are hard to find for the most part, we use other alternatives. MWoody makes some of the best interpretations/examples.
the Viper III body used for this rebuild was prepped/stripped by him. and assembled/finished by my luthier and myself.
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Location: palm coast florida | I wanted enough to buy a Gibson' |
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Location: PDX | Well, that covers a lot of ground. You looking for a '59 burst top Les Paul perhaps?
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Location: palm coast florida | Gibson standard 60 neck 2002 heritage cherry with burst bucker pickups.And a beautiful flame. |
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Location: palm coast florida | 59 sounds good |
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Location: SF Bay area | Wow, AmazeD, I'm waaaaaaay impressed. That is great work. I've never even seen one before, but that could start some gas. |
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| It helps when you have a friend who's a custom luthier with a full shop.... most of the work is Brett's, I did some sanding, buffing, and layout work.. but all the finish work is his, I was the sub-assembly guy.
wait till you see the shaved pd neck that's going on the artist body. Brett really likes these book-matched mahogany necks.
and the UKXII with the bluebird 12 neck is going to be a knockout. the vipertron was just a warmup.
thanks for the compliments.
it plays even better than it looks. but it's ALs now... built it for him so I could justify the cost of parts for the Bluebird tribute to swmbo...
it has to go home soon... but it's getting an ebony trc first.
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Location: Upper Left USA | LOL Glenn,
During most of my "come-show-me-how-to-do-this" jobs I would end up scraping, cleaning, hauling, wiping, etc. while the Mentor sat and did the talking.
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Location: ranson,wva | the model numbers is mikes ovations. a intervention is music store/ofc..ill let mike explain that one...he is more lyrical than me....lol jason |
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Location: palm coast florida | Thank You Lays Guitar Shophttp://www.laysguitar.com/services.asp the guitar needs a paint job that he could do it for 500 dollars.Which is more than the guitar is worth .It was professionally repaired plays great .If you read my note the problem is the higher frets are to small for my fingers.That is why i want a Gibson standard.I have five kids and ss disability .A new guitar is a last on my list.I will just have to wait it out till i have more money. |
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| "he could do it for 500 dollars.Which is more than the guitar is worth "
ok..... so that would make my offer pretty valid and acceptable, using your own statement.
like I said... I'll even come pick it up.. the repair/paint job is a non-issue for me, as long as it's solid and the pickups/electronics are in good working order.. even if it needs a refret.. still ok.
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Location: Upper Left USA | When it ends up on the OFC Calendar you'll have a lasting momento as well!
Throw in a couple OFC picks too! |
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Location: palm coast florida | Listen instead of cash how about a trade for a nice gibson standard instead of cash. |
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| Originally posted by B.F.G.:
Listen instead of cash how about a trade for a nice gibson standard instead of cash. I would if I could find one that sounds and looks as good as my Ovations for the same amount of money..
some of my and other's solid bodies equal and surpass a lot of the gibsons that cost as much as 4 times more.
yeah... ok Michael, BFG, I'll throw in a dozen of the blue ofc picks and an official pick-holder/key chain.
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Location: Athens, GA & Gnashville | Wow. I'm almost speechless....and that's unusual. This thread is what masturbation with a Brillo pad must be like.
I've owned lots of Ovation solid bodies over the last 37 years, and Glenn's offer, IMO, is more than fair. |
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Location: palm coast florida | Look here is where its at i want a Gibson standard or i will wait for more money to fix this guitar up and sell it period. 300 is chump change. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | bfg,
Your profile (am I profiling now?) says you are into sales. So I'm sure you know the importance of researching your market territory and knowing your product..
The problem is, as Al Pepiak explained it in the introduction to the site, that Ovations don't get the respect they deserve.
I see 30 year old Gibson/Fender parts that are tired but can still gather a hoard of fans and command high prices. Was their copper wire any better? Was their Bakelite made of a better formula? No. Just Namebrand marketeering and pop culture fadism.
Yes there are some awesome examples that have "The Sound" but they are closely tailed by a gaggle of "the rest".
Here's some optimistic values according to Uncle Woody's Bottomfeeder Fleabay Index, the UWBFI for short:
Solid body neck, refinishable $35-$75
deduct if different tuner holes.
Plastic bodied tuners, cmp $30 set, deduct for missing and broken.
Set of pickups, working, $100 each
Working Active electronics $150-$200
Serialized Neck Plate - $30
Unserialized or Early Neck Plate - $50
Body, One pc, no flaws, wood grained, $75-$175
Body, Strippable, Mahogany-$50-$100
Body, Polane (speckle flat paint), no damage-$50-$125
Body, broken, unrefinishable without bondo-$35
Nut, Knobs, Jackplate-$10-$40
I was joking on the $210 offer. It was to see if you'd commit to a price.
All too often newbies come on here and flash a model number expecting to hear that it is the lost key to a buried treasure or something. BTW - when I demo a wall I still look for treasure maps.
There are a few of us hard up wannabe luthiers that think they can breathe new life and wonder out of the unloved, bent and broken.
It may be a sickness but I ain't looking for the cure.
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Location: Central Massachusetts | LOL, Woody I was just thinking the same thing.. just trying to do the math on what you'd get for it if you parted it out. You might be better off selling it in pieces than throwing any more money at it. People are gonna knock a heck of a lot off of what they'd pay for it given that the body has been broken in two.
Best of luck, you may get $500 for it in pieces. Seems like that comes up quite a bit short of what a Gibson Standard w/ 60's neck is going for these days. |
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| so far, in my somewhat few years of enjoying Ovations.... there has always(almost) been another one.. or one that will for the time fill the bill, I have a spare neck at this point, and other assorted sb parts.. so guess I'll just wait for a deacon/bw body to show up for a fair price.
B.F.G. good luck with your sale, sorry we got your dander up.
and btw... welcome to the OFC!!
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Location: palm coast florida | I new what its worth then and it only confirmed it its still not worth anything .You didn't get my dander up just disappointed a little or just the same old when your selling everyone wants it for free but when your buying top price .I guess there is no such thing as a bargain.Thanks any way.
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Location: Upper Left USA | SO, do you have a price you'd sell the BW for or are you going to hang on to it (even though it only sounds like an Ovation :rolleyes: )?
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Location: palm coast florida | NO nothing i could think of thanks any way.
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Location: palm coast florida | Nothing that i can think of how about you.I always wanted a gibson. |
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Location: Stratford, Connecticut | Gibsons are WAYYYYY overrated.. in my humble opinion.. and I owned a 59 and a 60 bursts... Sold them off for Deacons, pointy guitars and Brian Mays! Oh yesh.. much better playing guitars indeed. And that's the real reason to own ANY guitar.... to PLAY it.. that's why PLAYERS should OWN them.. not "store" them to gouge passionate players later.. when they feel the time is right. How disgraceful is that, right? hhahahaaa |
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Location: ranson,wva | i own a few fenders, id put the tele deluxe i built against a gibson and day....just my opinion. i have played a few nice gibbys but for me the necks are too thin....jason |
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Location: ranson,wva | i own a few fenders, id put the tele deluxe i built against a gibson and day....just my opinion. i have played a few nice gibbys but for me the necks are too thin....jason |
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Location: Upper Left USA | "I own a few Fenders, I'd put the Tele Deluxe I built against a Gibson and day..."
Of which you were going to share some pictures soon?
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Location: palm coast florida | They are on page one look. |
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Location: palm coast florida | Why am i trying your patents look at page one. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Oh, I meant Jason's pictures. He's promised to post so I was nagging. I was nabbing him on punctuation as well.
But I love the whole red/white/blue thing! I thought the Breadwinners were totally cool fom the first time I saw them. |
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Location: Tychy, Poland | well. try sellin your ovation on european e-bay. Ovations are more expensive here. |
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Location: palm coast florida | Do you own a guitar store the red white and blue was just the loft how the wife decorated the room.
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Location: Upper Left USA | I don't own a guitar store but I'd like to open an Ebay store front. I'm just one of those guys that stopped playing for about 20 years and now that I can I'm trying a bunch of different flavors.
Life's too short to have mediocre instruments.
I have a customized Viper that is now in the custody of Paul, the proprieter of the Ovation UK site. Shipping was just under $100 and I'm not sure what Customs costs are but the Europeans are used to paying more for what we have.
BFG - If I had your BW here is what I would do with it. I would refinish the neck and obtain a newer body, finish it in a natural wood tone using the electronics as well.
Then I would use the once split body and mate it with a through body 5 string Bass neck. The Carvin options looked good.
That's my fantasy. You gotta dream once in a while. |
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Location: ranson,wva | mike, my camera is slated to be delivered sometime this week...but its a ebay camera buy so you never know what your gonna get lol.......pics to come in due time michael. jason |
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Location: ranson,wva | lol ill be sure to dupm it first...sure wouldnt want to post something that would infringe on the manifest..lol i hope it hurrys up cuz ive got some stuff i need to list on fleabay before it all piles up in the shop and i cant get in the dooor.....jason |
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Location: Michigan | You know musiciansfriend sells a gibby melody maker for like 399 i think. its got singles, but you can buy some paf's pretty cheap and pop em in. oh and sunbursts have no effect on tone, however the maple cap and mahogany back have a little effect. or why not buy an epiphone standard? |
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I HAVE A OLD OVATION BREAD WINNER