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Joined: April 2011 Posts: 97
Location: Marlton, NJ | I used to have a 2005 ES Collector's model with a contour bowl; sadly I sold it a few years ago but now regret it. I'm now looking for another Made in the USA model with a contour bowl. I'm going to set up a search on eBay but what models should I search for? Does anyone have a list of all USA models with a contour bowl?
Thanks so much!
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Joined: August 2006 Posts: 3145
Location: Marlton, NJ | There's an '05 on ebay right now:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/OVATION-2005-ES-COLLECTORS-ACOUSTIC-ELECTRI...
I did the same as you... had it, sold it... then I bought another one and I still love it. There's been one on sale here on the board for quite awhile now as well. Good luck!
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Joined: April 2008 Posts: 2985
Location: Sydney, Australia | Generally anything with a model number of the format 20xx will be a contour bowl. |
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Joined: January 2007 Posts: 137
Location: Massachusetts | How do you guys come to grips with selling your beloved guitars? I keep 'em all. |
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Joined: January 2009 Posts: 4535
Location: Flahdaw | I think the '09 Collectors has the c-bowl |
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Joined: August 2009 Posts: 1137
Location: Germany, where delicious wine is growing (Rheinh) | All Collector's 2005-2010; 2078 Elite; 2079 Legend; 2073 Classical; 2773 Country-Artist; 2774 Folklore. All with "LX".
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Joined: April 2011 Posts: 97
Location: Marlton, NJ | Thanks for the info, guys. I saw the '05 on eBay, but I thought the asking price was a little high considering it has a ding on the top. I'll wait to see if it comes down in price. When I was trying to sell mine, there were some on eBay for around $600 - and no one was buying them! That's why I ended up trading mine because I ended up getting more money in trade. Coincidentally, nosajwp in the For Sale section of the forum was also asking $600 for his, but it seems he's disappeared. So anyway, I've got a price in my head of around $600; though I think the guitar is worth more than that in quality and value, the market seems to think differently.
> "How do you guys come to grips with selling your beloved guitars?"
If I'm not playing a guitar for a long while and there is something else I want, I'll sell the old guitar to fund the new guitar. Obviously if I play a guitar often, I keep it. With the Collector's '05, I wasn't playing it a lot because I kinda went-off the sound of Ovations and wanted to try a Taylor for a while. I've now returned to playing an Ovation, mainly for ergonomic reasons. I've got a very nice USA Made 1869 Custom Legend, but I think a Deep Contour bowl is the best compromise between sound and ergonomics so I'd like to get a guitar with one. I think the '05 sounded better than any other Ovation I've tried (though I'd love to try an Adamas someday). |
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Joined: August 2002 Posts: 8307
Location: Tennessee | I'm a big fan of the contour bowl. I've pretty much given up seriously playing the earlier roundbacks, and sold some of them off. I think the 2007BCS (the one I have anyway) is one of the very best wood tops I've had the pleasure of playing. |
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Joined: April 2011 Posts: 97
Location: Marlton, NJ | I checked out some of the other models Bernie listed and wow, the C2079LX looks HOT!!! It's be a great match to my 1869 Custom Legend! |
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