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Location: Seymour, Tennessee | I was trolling the local Craigslist and saw an ad for a Deep Bowl Applause (an AA21)for $100 so I clicked on it out of curiosity & it showed a decent pic of it.
It had been painted gloss black with the ghost blue fire-style airbrushing job.
I called the guy just for kicks and he said that it wasn't for sale anymore, he had met with a prospective buyer & noticed the finish was cracked (he had dropped it a while back leaving a shallow scratch on it which he described in the ad).
He said the guitar was no good, he thought the crack was through the wood (he wasn't familiar with the finish cracking business on these things).
He said that he was just going to blow it up with M-80s so I told him I would be interested in it if he was just going to destroy it, hell I could make a lamp out of it or just hang it in my Boy's room for decoration, the paint job looked pretty cool.
He said I could have it for $20.
I met him and it actually looked pretty good.
It had the finish crack not bad-bad, & a scratch I think I can buff out.
I gave him the $20, took it home tuned it, & it plays and sounds just fine.
I'm going to pop the strings off of it, spread a little wood glue on it from the inside just to make sure it is not indeed a wood crack, buff it out, & play it outside when the weather prohibits me playing my nice ones.
I'll take some pics later.
So anyway, now I'm company with KSDaddy & the other Applause owners her, have a decent sounding/playing guitar, & got it for a song.
I was curious however, if there was anyway to figure out the manufacture date on this thing, the serial number is 1751993.
Does this mean it was built in 93'?
I figured somebody here would know. |
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Location: Flahdaw | Originally posted by Michael R. Winters:
It had been painted gloss black with the ghost blue fire-style airbrushing job. I don't want to get your hopes up yet, but you may have lucked into a rare, early, previously unknown, custom OMA. Known in certain circles as "Left Coast Monstrosities", they are quickly becoming collector items, and rumored to generate an extra 20% in busking income, based on their "pity factor." |
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Location: Seymour, Tennessee | HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
My Son likes it, that all that matters :)
I'll try not to get my hopes up too high that it is in fact one of those super-rare models you're speaking of though :) |
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Location: Seymour, Tennessee | Ok, I took 4 pics before it started to storm.
They are on my ning page and as usual, I don't have the kompruter knowhow to paste a pic here. Soooo, if somebody would throw a pic on here from there, I'd sure appreciate it :) |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | That paint job is actually kinda cool. I like it. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Here ya go...
   
What? No pics of the Headstock?
Psst... While y'all are cracking OMA jokes, I got it's Red brother! :p
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Location: Seymour, Tennessee | OMArthur:
Thanks for posting the pics :) and yeah, I saw yours, cept' yours is a vinyl overlay right?
we're gonna do that on my Boys 77 CB, I just have to do some-more sanding on it 1st.
Somebody actually did a decent paint job on this one though.
If you look at the last pic, you can see the worst scratch the best, it's on the left side looking at it from the front bt it's realy light, you can't feel it so I think it'll buff out.
In the 3rd pic yo,u can just make out the semi-circular finish crack, it goes from aboout the middle of the bottom of the bridge out to the left to the edge.
I say I stole this guitar at $20.
Whatchoo guys think?
It sounds good too, not top-of-the-line Adamas sound but it does have a deep bowl and it really does sound pretty decent. |
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Location: Flahdaw | A clip on tuner is $20!!!
You bought a nice sounding git. I'd say....YEAH, YOU STOLE IT!!! |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Sounds like a steal to me. Better do something for the guilt..... ;-)
Aren't Applesauce plywood tops? In which case...through cracks are nearly impossible. |
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Location: Connersville, Indiana | The crack just gives it spirit, great guitar for $20. I would of bought it also. :) |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | I don't know about "buffing" those cracks out...
But they just look like finish cracks.
Just so long as it Plays... You got a Deal. |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | paint the fretboard black... yeah, that'll do it! |
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Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba CANADA | The finish on this one looks like the northern lights... very cool!!
I would have given him 50 bucks and not even blinked!!
Really nice find... |
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Location: Seymour, Tennessee | OMA:
The one at the bottom is a finish crack, the mark up top is just a scratch.
Like I said, it sounds pretty good... :) |
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I pulled a KSDaddy.....:)