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Location: Orlando, FL | I went to Sam Ash tonight with my wife to pick up mandolin strings. There has been an Adamas II hanging there for well over a year. My wife keeps wanting me to buy it. The price has dropped a couple of times but I never felt the price was right for my comfort level. After my wife talked them down $400, I just couldn't say no. Who am I to hurt her feelings?
Got it home and cleaned it up, wow, I'm glad my wife is so persuasive! |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | killer deal!
you should let your wife buy something of equal value and you will STILL be ahead of the game. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Can I borrow it? Your wife, I mean. |
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Location: Connersville, Indiana | Wish I could walk in to a deal like that. Show some pic's when you can. |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | Fantastic grab, Design!
Now all you need is a B768 bass... :rolleyes: |
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Location: Nashville TN. | we need picts |
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Location: Vernon CT | Some guy's have all the luck!
Nice grab(s) ;) |
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| Nice score, 'zilla. Donna's a keeper, but we knew that already. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | She talked them down $400 (from previously posted price) or to $400 total? Either way, your wife is some kind of negotiator! Dibs after Mark. |
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Location: NJ | unbelieveable |
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | Color me green like everyone else responding to this thread. |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | "My wife keeps wanting me to buy it."...
WHAT'S the secret to THAT???
... And yeah, the excitement could be shared a lot more if you supplied pictures. |
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Location: Texas | D'zilla…
…you have a wife that actually goes into guitar stores with you, AND she negotiates for you, AND you were able to buy a new guitar with her in the store AND it's an Adamas, no less?
I'm waiting for the part of this fairytale where you ship the guitar to me…
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Way to go Zilla... |
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Location: Orlando, FL | Sorry if I was confusing (not unusual!), my wife talked them down $400 from the asking price. I got if for right around $1,000. It had been there so long, I think they just wanted to move it. She has always thought it was a pretty guitar, but I just wasn't interested at the higher price. It has some pretty serious fretwear in places, but otherwise it plays and sounds great.
What really sealed the deal for me was when I plugged it in - awesome sound! I'll take some pics soon.
Great guitar, great wife! |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | OK, you didn't get as great a deal on the guitar as I thought, but you still got a great deal on your wife. |
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Location: Texas | Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
OK, you didn't get as great a deal on the guitar as I thought, but you still got a great deal on your wife. My advice would be to keep 'em both… |
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Location: SoCal | 'Zilla, my wife did pretty much the same for me. In 1995 I showed her an Adamas I 12 string at a small store. She kept after me to get it and finally, when the loan was approved on the new house, I did get it. Keeper guitar, keeper wife.
Just like you.....
Congrats! |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Mine bought me the OFC guitar for my birthday,...and Father's Day,...and our anniversary,...and Christmas. After a year or so, she lost track or just gave up. |
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| Mine bought #21 08C for my birthday on 08/21/08. Another keeper. |
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by G8r:
Mine bought #21 08C for my birthday on 08/21/08. Another keeper. Hell, with that kinda mojo, you sell it, you'll be hit by lightning, either 8 or 21 times..... |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | For you that have a 30th Anniversary coming up, do you have any idea how many 30th Anniversary models Ovation made? If you get permission, you could go hog wild. It might take her 3 or 4 to catch on. |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | There is not a single instrument purchase that my wife and I have not discussed and agreed on before the purchase...I find the guitar or gear and we talk it over...and it may not always end up that we buy it; but even so, at least we discussed it...it's how we handle everything...we're best friends and it works for us! |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Since SWMBO pays all the bills, there's no getting around her consent. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Originally posted by MusicMishka:
There is not a single instrument purchase that my wife and I have not discussed and agreed on before the purchase...I find the guitar or gear and we talk it over...and it may not always end up that we buy it; but even so, at least we discussed it...it's how we handle everything...we're best friends and it works for us! I'm in the other camp. I have never discussed a guitar or any other related gear purchase with SWMBO before bringing it home, and most often, don't discuss even then. She has little interest in my guitars, and as long as I continue to pay all the bills, including hers, she doesn't care what I do in the bandroom. As Mike says, "it's how we handle everything . . . we're best friends and it works for us." |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Brad, the main reason is we are still raising our kids and are on a reduced budget this year...but since it is a large investment and not an essential, we talk it over...she trusts my judgment but it's both of our money...sounds like both our systems work just fine... |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Most of us seem to be doing just fine with whatever method works for us. We just have Ovation dorkdom in common. |
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Location: Tennessee | I use the rhythm method. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Originally posted by MusicMishka:
...sounds like both our systems work just fine... Yep. Not passing any judgment here, nor needing any explanations. Just commenting on a different end of the decision-making spectrum that seems to work with equal success. What is important is that we find what works for each of us in our own circumstances and environments. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | I like that, Mark. Welcome to Dorkdom! |
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| Everybody ready for a group hug? |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Originally posted by G8r:
Everybody ready for a group hug? I'm not that much of a dork, especially if Bobbo is using the rhythm method. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Cheap Trick said it best; Everything Works If You Let It |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Everybody ready for a group hug? I dunno Serge, from another post, Brad is pretty funky...lol
Of course, at out ages, who isn't...lol |
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Location: chicago | Wondering if this story is one of commonality,six months ago I went into sam ash to buy a set of uke strings,so I said to the sales guy wow you guys dont carry any high end ovations do you? he said just this one this guy dropped off yesterday.... so bam the cherryburst legend that sat under someones bed for fiffteen years came home with me that night,along with the original intended purchase aset of uke strings...total $450 w/ case $4.50 for uke strings.Happy for you bro!! Jeff |
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Location: GA USA | Good for you, Zilla. This is the same wife that said "Buy more guitars. I want to decorate the house with them." |
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Location: Orlando, FL | Originally posted by Captain Lovehandles:
This is the same wife that said "Buy more guitars. I want to decorate the house with them." Jas, That's why she wanted me to buy the guitar, she liked the color and thought it would look good next to the 47 RI.
I dropped the guitar off at the luthier today to get the frets dressed. I'll take some pictures when I get it back. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Anyone know what happened to sammy's collectors collection ? |
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Location: Texas | You mean the ones that were hanging way up out of reach in the Times Square store? |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | 48th Street but close enough ... I think he had serial number 1 or 2 of every damn one of them. |
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Location: Texas | Correct, it's not on Times Square, my bad, but that's the store I meant…
The guitars were still there last spring. I asked about them and was told that they were "Mr. Ash's private collection." I then asked why they had that amazing collection of Ovations hanging up there, yet they only had a few lower-end Ovations for sale. That's when they stopped talking to me… |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Originally posted by standing:
I then asked why they had that amazing collection of Ovations hanging up there, yet they only had a few lower-end Ovations for sale. That's when they stopped talking to me… OH! A Wise Guy, eh?
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by standing:
The guitars were still there last spring. They have since been removed. Just wondering if he still has them or they got dumped somewhere. |
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Location: Texas | Come to think of it, it was probably around a year ago (Fall 2009) that I saw them there… where are they now? Good question… |
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