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Location: london | dudes, Anybody selling a 1624 Country Artist ?
I'm in the market for a good example. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | All we have been lately is bad examples.
Good choice, nice flavor. |
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Location: Seattle | I have a 1982 Country Artist I'm thinking of selling. It's nearly mint condition and I've owned it since 1990. |
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| Mars, I have an original '78 Country Artist in sunburst. Never been out of my possession. Also have the original case. The guitar is in very good condition, finish still shines bright and the case in used condition, but closes tight and all the latches work perfectly. The preamp needs repair, everything else works fine. (An original country artist with a sunburst finish is rare. I have never seen one on ebay or at an authorized Ovation dealer.) |
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Location: PDX | There is one up on Ebay currently.
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| Mine is pristine by comparison...(of course the factory can work wonders on a limited budget) |
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Location: La Pine, OR | The one on Ebay looks like it has been in a fire. New tuners, missing pick guard probably melted, the label looks like it got very hot. And the knob looks like it got very hot. |
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Location: East Tennessee | Originally posted by kauf2938:
The one on Ebay looks like it has been in a fire. New tuners, missing pick guard probably melted, the label looks like it got very hot. And the knob looks like it got very hot. I think you mean that the truss rod cover is missing. It does look like it's been somewhere very hot, maybe the trunk of a car in Phoenix?
The top appears to be OK. If it stays at that price not a bad buy. If someone were interested ask the seller a few question. Seller has good feedback. |
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Location: Seattle | Ok, mine's on eBay now, too: 1982 Ovation 1624 Country Artist |
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Location: closely held secret | Damon, it says to email you for "more" photos. But there aren't any on your ebay auction to begin with... |
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Location: Seattle | I messed up. There's a photo on there now, and I'm uploading some bigger ones to another page. I'll post the URL shortly - thanks. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Nice one, damon. |
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Location: Seattle | Ok, there are more photos here.
eBay listing for 1982 model 1624 Country Artist. |
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Location: closely held secret | Mo betta. Nice guitar. |
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Location: East Tennessee | Nice Pictures. If I didn't already have one, I'd jump on that one with both feet. :cool: |
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Location: Paris, France | I would have gladly jumped on that one!
Too bad Damon won't ship to France ... |
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Location: Seattle | It costs $600 to properly pack and ship a guitar to France with UPS. That's their cost, not mine. If you're prepared to spend that I'll gladly ship it to you but I'm not going to tape a shipping label on the side of the Ovation case and drop it off at the post office and trust that it won't arrive a pile of kindling. I value the guitar, any guitar, more than that.
Within the US it costs $65 for shipping, $10 for a box, and $25 to have the UPS guys crate it. I consider it $100 well spent.
Thanks for your interest, Jean, and good luck to you. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Check FedEx. Last Wednesday I shipped an Adamas to France, 5 day delivery, for $165. I used my own box and packed it myself.
You might want to check with Al. He ships a lot of stuff overseas using USPS Global Priority. I think the costs are pretty reasonable.
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Location: ranson,wva | ive shipped guitars all over the usa and the highst one was 44.00 to a teacher in nm. last week i shipped a matrix and ohsc to dennmark for $174.50....jason |
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Location: Chehalis, Washington | I quoted shipping to France twice recently for between $135 and $155 US by either USPS or FedEx, both insured. Either one should give you decent options.
The most it's ever cost me to ship a guitar was about $35.00, and I still to this day have not had to buy a box! (of course, that's probably because I've bought too many guitars...) |
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Location: Seattle | I'll check with FedEx. USPS says it's too big to ship, which sounds quite ridiculous. I think my local post office is just staffed by morons.
Thanks for your comments on the guitar. It has really good tone. I went hardcore classical awhile ago and bought a hand made guitar. I am selling it because though I love it and appreciate it, it deserves to get played. |
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Anybody selling a 1624 Country Artist ?