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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | So...
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I saw that. I hope Quincy doesn't see it and think his 12 string is too valuable to bring to the NW Gathering. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Sheyute! I got a one-of-a-kind Honey-Burst Pacemaker...
[Strings look awfully high, the nut is falling off, definitely needs a truss-rod adjustment, and they don't know how to string a slot-head]
I wanna see what they get! |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | Not when you can buy a GC 12 string in Australia for way less:
Glen Campbell 12 String
Ring 'em up and tell 'em they're dreamin' |
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Location: Central Massachusetts | Not unless it comes strapped to a car. ;)
Had to do a doubletake when i first looked at it.. kinda looked like Tupp's MIA GC12 for a sec. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Damon quality pics without the soft lighting ... |
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Location: Jet City | For the price he's asking, he could have splurged on a red blanket instead of just the sheet. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | But it's an ANTIQUE! :mad:
Gee... I'm sorry, I thought it was just Old! :cool: |
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Location: Bay Area, N, California | The more pictures you post, the more you can ask for it. It is the unwritten rule.
LM |
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Location: Nashville TN. | seems steep unless it belonged to someone of note |
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Location: Tennessee | Originally posted by Old Man Arthur:
So... Is It? I'm sure rooting for it! I've got one that's a few digits earlier ... and it's in much, much better shape (near mint on this guys scale) ... and, I've got an original, period correct case (though I don't think it's a Lifton but it fits real well). For you, my friends, the first $3K takes it. I take PayPal, wire transfer, or gold coins. :cool:
Seriously ... knowing what is being asked for other guitars of that period in that kind of shape, I don't see why a great example of an early Balladeer 12 (or a DB, or a Josh, etc) shouldn't be worth $5K. They sound great, they look great, and they play great. They got 40 years of life on them. That's usually when life starts getting good. |
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Location: SoCal | First of all, I have no problem with someone listing a guitar of any make at what it really is worth, if even just to himself.
I have far more respect for someone who will declare what he or she feels it is worth.
Might not sell, but that is another matter.
I have A-347. They are wonderful guitars. If I had been introduced to one in 1970, I wouldn't have gotten a Martin D-18...that simple. A boomer in D tuning.
Now, or in a couple of years, it will sell for its true value. |
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Location: Vernon CT | The question shouldn't be is it worth $6000.00, but, would you PAY $6000.00 for that?? The majority of this "group" knows enough about the Ovation line to make that "call". I wouldn't! |
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Location: UK | Certainly some ambitious sellers.
UK II $2150 !
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEW... |
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Location: East Tennessee | His listing says "Free Shipping" yet the shipping calculator shows $148.70 shipped to my location. :confused:
In terms that a vintage Martin might fetch half of that, I would say NO.
Used Ovations unfortunately do not get what they are worth. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Interesting.
I always thought those keys were Klusons.
I don't remember the early ones like that having the bridges bolted, certainly not on naturals.
In nice shape though, and it should go for that. But it's a 12 and they don't get the big bucks. I've got a 72 D-28-12 in basically new unplayed condition and can't get $2000 for it. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | I agreee with Pez. I think this guitar needs some documented history of note to fetch that kind of a sales price at this time. |
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Location: south east Michigan | "excellent condition"???
I think not.
At least he was good enough to document all the bumps and nicks with good photos. |
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| Wouldn't spend that myself, but more power to the seller. If and when the general guitar-buying public wakes up to the bang-for-the-buck value of old Ovations, many of us could be sitting on fortunes. But then most of us wouldn't be able to afford what we have in our collections. |
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Location: Jet City | I would expect original case, case candy, keys, original receipt, pics, a tuner, amp, and free shipping.
And it had better turn into a woman at night. |
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Location: Vernon CT | Damon,
I think you can all the above mentioned for a hell of a lot less then 6 grand!! |
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Location: NJ | " . . And it had better turn into a woman at night . ."
That would be the Clay Aiken Model . . |
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| Originally posted by BT717:
Damon,
I think you can all the above mentioned for a hell of a lot less then 6 grand!! Unless you have Elliot Spitzer tastes... |
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Location: Las Vegas, NV | Then it's right around 6 grand... |
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Location: Jet City | billed per hour |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | That would be the Clay Aiken Model . . LOL, Clifford, you crack me up....lol :D |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Mine is not mint, has the original case, and plays like a million dollars...I love it and its not for sale!
But....for 6 large??????????????? |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | Originally posted by Damon67:
And it had better turn into a woman at night. I don't see the value in a guitar that won't let you touch it after the sun goes down. |
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Is a 1968 Balladeer/Pacemaker worth $6,000?