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Location: SW Washington | Kicking around the thought of buying an iDea and it seemed to me I saw them a couple months ago for around $200-$300 so I looked them up at the Ovation site. I was stunned to see the MSRP of $929... After my shock wore off, I decided to check ebay prices and found them around $200 to $250 for a 'buy it now' price. Why the vast discrepancy? Do they sound or play horrible or something?
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | MSRP is always high.
When the iDea CC54i guitar came out they were selling for $599.
And the module was $299.
Now Ovation has introduced CC44Si and the CC24Si.
These are solid top with epaulets or center hole respectively.
Now that you can get a CC54i for what was the price of just the module.
As to sounding terrible, I have one and it sounds alright.
The CC54i sounds like "itself"... So comparisons are subjective.
But I have one, and I play it.
OH! The CC54i has an Extremely skinny nut. Like 40mm! "E" to "e" is 35 mm.
(I don't own a good ruler or a vernier caliper) |
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Location: Seattle | Are you talking just the preamp or the guitar with the idea? MSRP is just the basis for establishing MAP (Minimum Advertised Price). As noted in another threads something is up as the base idea guitar is being sold for +/- the the price of the preamp.... As far as sound goes, IMHO, my idea's pre-amps are installed in other guitars and sound fine to me. |
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Location: NJ | there is actually a story behind why the guitars dropped so dramatically in price but It is not for the general public.
you get a killer preamp in a useable guitar for a great price.
black will probably be more expensive than silver there were much less of them
saying msrp is always high is a misnomer |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | The preamp is a cool device that works in a number of other similar kidney-style cans, but not all. I downloaded all the tracks available on the iDea website and like to play along with about half of them. I can't comment on the guitar itself since I only honked on one for about an hour at NAMM when they first came out, and at that time, I was more interested in figuring out the preamp. |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | I dropped the pre-amp into my OFC II Adamas, and all I can say is that it's more fun than one human should be able to have. :)
I'm going to mount the spare can into my Medallion to breath some life into it. I was also thinking of maybe putting a can into an Academy. That would be so right and so wrong at the same time on so many levels. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | The iDea is a great idea. Like most electronics, the price drops once the new wears off. The preamp is a fun toy, even for a technology challenged geezer like me. The guitar is OK and for $299 with a guitar, it's basically like getting a free guitar. If you don't need another guitar, give it to someone who does and use the preamp in your other guitars. Win Win |
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Location: SW Washington | Okay, I just ordered a silver one for $199.00 plus $35 for shipping...not bad. And the guy says he thinks he can have it here by the 24th? COOL! Anyhow, just wondering, will the pre-amp fit in my 6779LX Elite? I plan on using the iDea for a travel companion so when I am on the road I will put it back in the iDea, but at home I may want to use it in the Elite... |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | If your Elite has an OP-Pro, the iDea will just drop right in.
No modifications. |
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