1537-4 Elite

hwebster Posted 2012-05-31 10:06 PM (#455163) Subject: 1537-4 Elite Joined: June 2005 Posts: 489 Location: California Not mine- It is on CL (Dorchester, MA). Pictures are not clear and hard to see, but it is a lefty. http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/msg/3049322959.html jay Posted 2012-05-31 11:45 PM (#455166 - in reply to #455163) Subject: Re: 1537-4 Elite Joined: January 2009 Posts: 1249 Location: Texas Not sure it is a lefty. If it is, the Ovation Logo was written in Chinese. How do you lose the manhole cover? bburg Posted 2012-06-01 10:34 AM (#455183 - in reply to #455163) Subject: Re: 1537-4 Elite Joined: August 2009 Posts: 1137 Location: Germany, where delicious wine is growing (Rheinh) It's not a lefty, have a look at the pics, they are mirror inverted. I'm not sure, but I think this one was posted about two years ago. I remember the loosing manhole cover.... Bernie bvince Posted 2012-06-02 10:10 AM (#455206 - in reply to #455163) Subject: RE: 1537-4 Elite Joined: September 2005 Posts: 3618 Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) ...Looks to be in good shape, by the limited pictures. If so, that's about the going price for a decent one. moody, p.i. Posted 2012-06-02 2:16 PM (#455213 - in reply to #455163) Subject: Re: 1537-4 Elite Joined: March 2002 Posts: 15664 Location: SoCal I don't know how he can state how good the guitar sounds w/o the hatch cover. When I have mine off, the guitar sounds like crap. Also, I think it's been re-bodied somewhere in the past. The binding doesn't look right on it and the top and epaulets haven't aged much. That would be very unusual on a 30 year old guitar Edited by moody, p.i. 2012-06-02 2:35 PM bvince Posted 2012-06-02 6:07 PM (#455221 - in reply to #455163) Subject: RE: 1537-4 Elite Joined: September 2005 Posts: 3618 Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) ...Yeah, you're right about the binding. It DOES look pretty light in the photos for being walnut. It's difficult to really make a good determination without good photos. As far as the sound and missing access cover... If it sounds great with the cover missing (as he states) it may sound phenominal with the cover replacd. Just food for thought. I'm sure if someone were to purchase the guitar and contact the mothership, a replacment cover would be easy to obtain. I'm extremely happy with mine, but if I WERE looking for one, I would definitely expect the guy to come down on the price with the missing cover. Bradley Posted 2012-06-02 11:19 PM (#455228 - in reply to #455213) Subject: Re: 1537-4 Elite Joined: February 2002 Posts: 613 Location: Zion, Illinois I have to admit the 1537 I sold you was in worse shape. please mail it back to me to ease my guilty mind.