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Location: Flahdaw | Today I sold my '99 Collector's Edition. The 1 11/16" nut no longer filled my needs for my finger picking style, but it's sad nonetheless. I hope the new owner (digitalman on the OFC) enjoys it. As an electric guitar playing dude he should, since he's used to a narrow nut. He got a good price and I can move on towards finding ANOTHER wide nut git. Have fun, digi, and treat her good. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Yeah, it sucks but once you're used to the wider nut, you're fuct. |
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Location: Flahdaw | yepper...and once you've played a wide nut Collings, you really are. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | yepper 4-sho. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | or as they say in North Carolina, Rurint |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I still like the narrow nut for fingerstyle songs where I use a lot of barre chords. The Folklore is a bit too wide to get clean notes on a barre chord, but the Ute is fine. I get klinkers no matter what size neck I play, so I don't really have a preference.
The 99 Collector's was one of the prettiest guitars around, though. |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | As long as the fingers fit ....
Vic |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Too bad Ovation doesn't cater more to fingerstyle players. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Bob....I got a real nice Froggy Bottom F12 that would fit you to a T. |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Just don't ship it FedEx...lol |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Just don't ship it FedEx...lol (or at least use their 2 day service... :rolleyes: |
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Location: Location Location Location | I always thought Collings guitars sucked; no soul. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Don't hold back, Gary... Tell us what you really think! :p |
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Location: Bradenton, FL | It's funny how this worked out. I'd been looking for a mid-bowl elite and was having trouble finding one. In the meantime someone here turned me on to the '05 Collector's (which I bought). A week later I run across dark bar looking to sell his '99 Collectors - essentially the guiar I was looking for in the first place (only prettier). The best part? He is literally a 10 minute walk from my house! Now I have an '05 and a '99 Collector's - thanks, dark bar! |
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | I love it when a plan comes together. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Originally posted by GaryB:
I always thought Collings guitars sucked; no soul. Gary, don't you work at Collings? ;) |
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Location: Bradenton, FL | Patch, if you'd seen any of my plans you'd know this couldn't have been anything but dumb luck! |
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Location: Location Location Location | Gary, don't you work at Collings?
Guilty as charged. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Grass is always greener, isn't it? |
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Location: Flahdaw | Originally posted by digitalman:
He is literally a 10 minute walk from my house! Now I have an '05 and a '99 Collector's - thanks, dark bar! Pretty wild! I had decided not to put it on the OFC For Sale section 'cause I didn't want to have to deal with shipping it to Mark in Boise (I know you wanted it). Lo and behold, my neighbor wanted it. How cool is that? |
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | Originally posted by digitalman:
Patch, if you'd seen any of my plans you'd know this couldn't have been anything but dumb luck! You sure we're not related? :confused: |
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | Originally posted by dark bar:
Originally posted by digitalman:
He is literally a 10 minute walk from my house! Now I have an '05 and a '99 Collector's - thanks, dark bar! Pretty wild! I had decided not to put it on the OFC For Sale section 'cause I didn't want to have to deal with shipping it to Mark in Boise (I know you wanted it). Lo and behold, my neighbor wanted it. How cool is that?
Congrats on the sale DB.
Congrats on the new guitar DM. :) |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Congrats to both of ya'll!
Bob, what's on your short list now?
Looks like Manatee County is truly 'O' country considering we have four participating OFC members.  |
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Location: Flahdaw | Originally posted by 2ifbyC:
Looks like Manatee County is truly 'O' country considering we have four participating OFC members. |
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Location: Flahdaw | Originally posted by 2ifbyC:
Bob, what's on your short list now?
I'm not sure. G8r has a Larrivee I'm considering. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Originally posted by dark bar:
'cause I didn't want to have to deal with shipping it to Mark in Boise (I know you wanted it). I want them all, but I'm starting to realize that there are too many wonderful Ovations for me to have one of each. My 99 Collector was the one that started my addiction. I'm slowly coming to grips with it. I haven't bought a guitar since last summer and just sold the Country Artist, so maybe I'm cured. Then they come out with the 2010 Collector and the obsessing returns. |
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A bittersweet day