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Location: Brighty in Blighty | Hi,
please take a look here...
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=220240274...
Any thoughts on price etc.
AND PLEASE DON'T BE A SWINE AND BUY IT!!! |
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Location: Tennessee | That's a killer guitar. The seller is known to a lot of folks around this forum and I don't know anyone who wouldn't say good things about him and his guitars. He knows what they're worth, and has priced it accordingly. If I wanted one of these, and wanted a good one, I don't think I'd balk at this price. I doubt you'll find a better guitar for less money. |
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Location: UK | I got mine from Woz , a guy from this forum , think i got a great deal , they are such fantastic instruments , if mine got stolen i would defintely replace it at the price that one is on at , its worth it !! |
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Location: closely held secret | Don't buy it. All your other guitars will grow to resent it deeply because you will never play them. |
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Location: Winter Haven, FL | That looks awesome, thanks for the heads up!
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Just kidding. ;) |
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Location: Cincinnati | AND PLEASE DON'T BE A SWINE AND BUY IT!!! if I didn't just buy the 1881 I would be oinking right now. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | The 1537 sounds terrific. Fair price too. |
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| Superb guitar, excellent price & trusted seller. Go for it! |
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Location: Parrish, FL | Pull the trigger before someone else does.
I've sold two of these guitars for more than the BIN. I regret selling the last one. It was as nice as this (maybe nicer).
Blues |
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Location: Upper Left USA | To quote an American Musical Philosopher; "Bad time no jing"!
Hey Guys, I have a Birthday coming up... :rolleyes: |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | A couple of years ago, beaters were going for over $1200 and I paid $1000 for mine, which was in good condition. They are an excellent guitar. Mine is set up so that it is as easy to play as anything. Do a search for 1537 in the archives and you'll find bunches of stuff. All good. Go for it.
You're lucky I backed out of my promise to give my 1537 to my daughter or I'd buy this one and give one of them to her. (I got her an 83 Collector's instead.) |
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | Dweezil,
I actually logged in to send you a link to this auction. If you trusted my description of the 84C's tone, trust me on this one: You will like the sound these things make! And the price is fair. Mine is at the mothership right now and the price I paid will be about $900 including the factory's spa treatment. The single finish crack is no big deal and has probably been tended to by Ovation. Not many guitars, of any make, sound as nice as these do. :D |
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Location: Carle Place, NY | That is an early SN. No battery box screw.
This is a great guitar and the seller is well known here and reliable. That price is very fair. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Better buy it, or I might. :D |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | You buy it yet?
You better! |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | SOUIEEEEE... that 'feeding trough' isn't gonna be open long.
If ya want it, get it. If you don't then cut the swine loose...  |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | BANG! Magic happened!
Yee-hah!
You b*******, you made me do it. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by dweezil:
BANG! Magic happened!
Yee-hah!
You b*******, you made me do it. 
Congrats! Enjoy!  |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | Nice get dweezy!!
What took you so long! |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | Originally posted by Beggin:
Nice get dweezy!!
What took you so long?! |
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | Bet it's been a while since you got piled on by that kind of peer pressure. :rolleyes: Great instrument and good get. You'll love it! :D |
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| Originally posted by dweezil:
You b*******, you made me do it. :D :D :D welcome to the 12-step program
congrats, you won't be disappointed |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Nice. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | A 1537 is worth piling on that kind of pressure. |
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
A 1537 is worth piling on that kind of pressure. Not too mention it's just plain fun! (Double entendre intended.) |
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Location: Jet City | Congrats Dweezil! I saw that baby yesterday and if I woulda had the $$, this thread would have never happened.
ANyway, nice grab! |
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Location: Orlando, FL | Good price Dweezil! You will never regret buying a 1537. |
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Location: big island | welcome to the exclusive 1537 club, dweeze! you paid a very fair price and knowing the quality of the gentleman you bought it from and the condition of the guitars he sells, you will be a very happy camper. i do recommend not taking a 1537 on camping trips though. |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | Now I seriously think it's time for a cull.
The Ibanez JS Y2Ks future in my collection is looking short lived.
As is the Elite Special, and even the LX. |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | How did this happen to me?
I have for a long time wanted an Ovation, Adrian Legg just blew me away, technically and tone wise, damn I love that Ovation sound!
So years pass and I finally buy a 2nd hand Applause AE127. God that guitar was fine, we had some great times, me and it and fell back in love with the guitar and playing fingerstyle.
Then I figured I ought to treat myself to a better Ovation. Little did I know...
I bought an Elite Special. A great guitar, has it's own voice and we had fun. But still I wondered...
Then (thanks Patch) I ended up with the 84C, "more Elite Special" he said, well he was kinda right. It's much more but different. I'm having to adjust my playing technique to suit, it just behaves/sings a different way. It needs a lighter, more delicate touch etc. WOW!
Then on a recent trip to the US I sort fo accidentally bought an LX. At first I found it sort of hard to get used (and thankfully) have not really got into it (so to speak).
So the next step from shallow bowl to mid bowl was where could this go?
And here I am with a 1537.
I really do hope thats the end of my journey. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Congrats on taking the first step on the escalator
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Location: Boise, Idaho | The 1537 was about the third step on mine. The other 2 were long steps, almost 30 years apart. Once I got the 1537, the escalator went straight down (or up, depending on your viewpoint). I thought it would stop with the OFC guitar, but that was about a year ago and I'm still riding. |
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Location: Tennessee | Peer pressure is a great social experiment to watch. Glad we could help you spend your money, dweezil. It's payback for all the people that helped the rest of us spend ours. :cool: |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | I am a better musician/guitar player because of the AE127 --> Elite Special without a single doubt.
Had the 84C / LX for too short a time to really measure their effect. Having said that I can already feel that the 84C is something 'special'. A session in the garden, playing through all my current tunes, with the LX really warmed me to it but I really don't want to get to happy with it as it has to go to fund the 5137.
So the plan is to just be with the 84C and 5137, the other two have to go to the 'bay.
Though the Elite Special is kind of cool...
And the LX, hmm...
Damn it, my *BELOVED* Taylor - boo hoo hoo |
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Location: closely held secret | Congrats, Dweezil. You've just graduated to the next level.
Just let the Taylor go. You'll be better off for it. |
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Location: UK | Hey ,congratulations , you wont regret it and are you interested in a larrivee ???? |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyhow whats the OFC username of the 1537 Ebay seller? |
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Location: Parrish, FL | Anyhow whats the OFC username of the 1537 Ebay seller? Fugot |
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Location: closely held secret | Didn't even look at the sellers name. Dweezil, you have no worries. Mike is a class act when it comes to guitars, buying or selling. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | You did good, but the journey is just starting......................... |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Yep, Mike has got some nice ones.....but his phones skills are terrible! He hasn't returned my last couple of calls. |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | Unresponsive you say?
Well I have sent two Ebay messages and an email asking about shipping etc prior to paying and *NOTHING*
Hmm! Now if I didn't have the warm feeling from the members here at OFC telling me how trustworthy he is I would be starting to sweat.
How the hell does one contact him? |
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Location: NJ | Mike (fugot) travels alot.
He's one of the people you LEAST have t'worry about . . . |
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Location: SoCal | Nothing to worry about when it comes to transactions with Mike. |
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Location: Nova Scotia, Canada | He's great. As Fugot himself would say..."No worries!" |
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Location: big island | you won't hear mike say, "i just fugot" either. |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | 1537-4 on the way: pic's and details soon!
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Location: big island | excellent, mike.
and another warm welcome to the exclusive 1537 club.
i'm still waiting for a takamine to show up on your sig line tho... |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | Thanks, cannot wait to see what all the fuss is about. |
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Location: Houston, Texas | Congrats Dweezil. It would take alot more than what you paid to get me to part with mine! |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | She's on her way! |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | Finally the beast has cleared customs and should be with me tomorrow or Tuesday.
I am continually amazed by the volume/tone of the 84C as it's just a SSB, I've heard the 1537 called a tone monster. Now if thats right I am going to be one happy bunny.
I like the SSBs for practising, the 1537 will be used for acoustic gigs and the Adamas W537 (if I find a CB) for recording...
SEE! You *DO* several Os. Apart from anything else it saves time if you play in a variety of tunings (as I do). Just grab the right git |
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Location: SoCal | Dweez, I played my 1537 on Friday nite at a jam, and at church this morning (it has updated electronics). Outstanding guitar in both settings..... |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | Updated electronics you say. It is the one offered by some of the members on this board (forget who). What do the new electrics do you it/you? |
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Location: SoCal | Dweez, there are other threads on this, but in a nutshell, in 2006, when Ovation came out with the Adamas reissues, they had to build new 2 knobber electronics because they didn't have any of the old ones left.
This was good because the old electronics were a 30 year old design. As long as they were building new electronics, they put some time in on the design. As a result, the new 2 knobber electronics sound much better than the 30 year old design. The same is true for the stacked electronics used in the John Lennon reissues and the Glen Campbell reissues. |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | Ah so!
So does the beast have to go back to Mother? |
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Location: SoCal | You can do it yourself. Contact the mothership. |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | I think Noah was offering some - I wonder if they are the same I've PM'd him. Thanks for your help. |
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Location: East Wenatchee, WA | Interesting....I was looking at some on Ebay that seemed to be the new stock two knob electronics and was very curious about putting them into my 1537 |
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | For those of you who live on my budget, be aware that the newer pre-amps are a bit pricey, especially if you are about to fix something that isn't broken. After reading this thread, I called Kim today because my 1537 is at the mothership now. Suffice to say, I left the original electronics in place. What can I say, social workers aren't known for being flush with expendable cash. :p :rolleyes: :cool: |
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
Become a man of the cloth and do a lot of funerals..... Though I work for the church, I've a feeling my wife and kids might resent my ordination.  |
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by MusicMishka:
:D ;) :rolleyes: Mikey didn't used to laugh at that. He's loosening up in his old age..... |
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1537 on Ebay - Please advise...