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Location: Upper Left USA | A little chipped but cheap! Glen Campbell Ovation
Only $165 including shipping and case!
Just do it! |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Gone to the lower Baliwick! |
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Location: South of most, North of few | I guess I have to stay up 24/7 to get in on these deals! |
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Location: East Tennessee | Originally posted by jpcannon:
I guess I have to stay up 24/7 to get in on these deals! Even then you'll have to be fast on the mouse. |
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Location: ranson,wva | damni didnt even se that one..im still bidding on the elite...jason |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Man! It was up there a whole 2 hrs and 13 mins! I was at work! That coulda been my Birthday USO!
Oh well... |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Actually, Gentlemen, I found this one through my miserable failure on the earlier Adamas outbid, hence the bottomfeeder reference on my other thread. Probably a "kneejerk reaction" on the GC, but I really love those necks, and the price, well...... I'll keep you all posted on the rehab process. Not sure it will get to New Hartford, or need to. |
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| Worth the investment regardless, maybe the crack is just in the finish, save the top anyway... |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | That's my intent. My '82 Collector's has got some nasty, albeit repaired, fissures, but sounds great.
I'm probably close to "critical mass" in terms of critters vs. available space, with incoming projects. I'm thinking the 1117 may have to move out. Case has been repaired, and the patches repainted. Custom mosaic rosette. Those Legend necks, though.....you know what they say about gals with thin wrists, right? |
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Location: Back in the Valley of the Sun Mesa Az. | nice buy! |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | OK, an update.
The critter has arrived. The crack is through the top, just off the center joint, bridge-to-bottom. A-bracing, 1974 manufacture. Moderate top "dive", with no saddle adjustment left- good candidate for a "bowl-bend", I suspect.
I'm going to commune with The Wizards & Alchemists @ The MotherShip, and determine if they opine reasonable feasibility of repair.
The OHSC is in very good shape, and it has a piezo under-saddle pickup, also.
All-in-all, I'm very stoked, and feeling a delightful glow of larceny. |
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Location: SoCal | A bracing? The factory didn't offer that on the GC's in 1974.... |
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Location: Upper Left USA | El Seesquare, the fastest BIN Pusher in all of Washington! Woo Hoo!
Double check that bracing so Paul can get some sleep tonight, okay! |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Well, it certainly isn't an X-brace. How 'bout VT? Now that I think about it, I think that's it.
The "V" points to the treble side, and there are 5 small braces arrayed inside the "V".
Does that sound more plausible? |
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Location: SoCal | Yup. VT-10, I think..... |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Paul, thanks for the correction. I trust you slept well. Neurosis is The Sandman's mortal enemy! |
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Location: PDX | VT-8 or VT-11?
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Location: SoCal | According to the 1970 catalog:
Artist --- VT 6
GC Artist -- VT 8
Deluxe Balladeer -- VT 11
Artist Classic -- VT 10
Ovation Classic -- VT 10 |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | The Wizard has spoken. I might have to mortgage Toto. I'm thinkin' I may just string up the critter (the guitar, not the dog), and play it for awhile. I already have a magical 1127-4 redone at The MotherShip, so I'm attempting to gild the lily, I suspect.
Worse case scenario is I totally screw the pooch (the guitar, again) with my shadetree luthiery skills, and have to send it to New Hartford, anyway. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Is that Yakamese for "better wait and not mess this one up"?
That's where I am at with the 1537 although I have recurring thoughts of doing it myself.
Maybe if I watch a few more of those Trading/Wrecking Places home shows on HGTV I'll feel better about letting the Pros handle it!
Enjoy! |
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Location: SoCal | Chris, tell me again what the factory did to your 1127? |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Paul, esentially they recycled my 1975 1127 neck. I have a new AAA top & bowl attached to it. With A-brace patterning. And, I have an autographed label by some of The Wizards, to boot. I opted not to install a preamp. It's the best playin' gitter I own, or have put my hands on. The JW shinybowl comes damn close, though. And, for totally different reasons. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Thanks for this info, now I will be looking inside my guitars with a dentist's mirror.
And I missed this one too! The case is worth BIN! |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Durn near, Arthur. I am sorely tempted to dive into this critter. I raised the top on the 1117, and refinished the top, with good success. I did a bowl-bend on an 1114, also, so I know it can be done. |
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Location: ranson,wva | im getting ready to tackle a refinish job on a balladeer.....jason |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Jason,
To answer your finish question you emailed me (which is at home right now).
"Aircraft" stripper removes poly but also removes binding and inlays! Needs a lot of ventilation and is highly caustic. If you remove the neck and pop the bridge I'd just use abrasive to take it down.
Wear your filter mask. Poly in the lungs has a long lasting effect and it isn't a good one. |
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Location: ranson,wva | im gonna take the easy way out mike, its a 30=yr old spruce top and i dont wanna take the chance of making fubar out of it...i got some waterbased stains,i took all the cya out with remover and im gonna try to match the color to the starburst then re fill with cya..if it was only a #4 finish this would be so much easier....or ill just shoot a coat of black on the bastard..lol..jason |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Shoot it white, then redo the sunburst in fuschia/heliotrope. Yeah, that's the ticket! |
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Location: ranson,wva | why dont i just put a big sticker with hearts and shit on it that says ima poosy..lol
i figure if i rough the finish up a bit it will take paint...ive got a airbrush and im pretty good with it..jason |
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Location: Upper Left USA | "Love one man, many guitars"! |
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Location: ranson,wva | my wife told me last night i have a serious ovation problme...my answer was i meet daily and have learned to embrace the illness..lol..jason |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Has she started to keep any sharp objects near the night stand?
sleep well, Jason! :eek: |
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Location: ranson,wva | not yet....im gonna move the nightstand out of arms reach tho..lol jason |
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Location: Orange County, California | Originally posted by johnnycash83:
my wife told me last night i have a serious ovation problme...my answer was i meet daily and have learned to embrace the illness..lol..jason Your force my hand to re-post :D :p :D :p
12 Steps of O&A/A
1. We admitted we were powerless over
GAS—that our lives had become unmanageable (without another guitar).
2. Came to believe that a collection of guitars greater than our own could restore us to sanity. (yeah, Right!)
3. Made a decision to turn our will and credit card numbers over to the care of AL as if we understood him.
4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of our guitars, and how much fun they are to play
5. Admitted to CWK2, to ourselves and to another OFC Member the exact nature of our GAS.
6. Were entirely ready to have AL put us down for a OFC model when they're available.
7. Humbly asked Him to hold our checks until after payday, and not to tell our wives.
8. Made a list of all persons we had given GAS to with our guitars,and became willing to help advise them on their next guitar aquisition
9. Made direct efforts to help such people (with the OFC, AL, Ebay links, etc)wherever possible, except when to do so would jepordize an amazing deal on a guitar we've been waiting years to get our hands on.
10. Continued to take a personal guitar inventory and when we had GAS promptly sought/traded to fulfill it.
11. Sought through the OFC, Al, and Ebay to improve our collection (even if that means trading and selling off a few guitars to make room for something new), hoping only for knowledge of a great deal when we see it and the assets to aquire it without hassle.
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this
message to WOOD BOX guitar players, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | I'm pretty strung out.....ain' it great?! |
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Location: ranson,wva | well said fred..its all true..jason |
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GC on Ebay low BIN