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Here is my new to me 1980 1613-4 Stereo Classic...dead mint... 
Great sounding and playing guitar...has original early hand drawn Kaman string sets and early printed ones as well...I've never seen a nicer one...the marks on the lower right are not dings just reflections...
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | A couple of the string sets:
 
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Location: Massachusetts | Beautiful, MM |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I'd like to compare it to my 1713. I'd like to see if there's an audible difference between cedar and Spanish Pine. I thing I'll go downstairs and put new strings on mine. |
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Location: Northwest Arkansas | Beautiful. I've been saving to buy an "old" USA stereo classic. I'll just keep puttin' the cash away until I can get one. I play fingerstyle and I really need one. |
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Location: Nova Scotia, Canada | Mark;
Spanish Pine is just another name for cedar.
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Weiner - 2012-11-18 6:59 AM
Mark;
Spanish Pine is just another name for cedar.
Wayne
I know. That's why I never understood why they made two different model numbers for essentially the same guitar. I'd like to see if I could tell any difference in the sound. |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | I don't know Mark...I've never compared them...I got this in a package deal and have enjoyed playing it...not only is it really beautiful (nice workmanship) but it sounds very nice as well...I plan to send the rare Kaman String sets to Jerome for the tribute site. |
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Location: Fort Worth, TX | MusicMishka - 2012-11-19 1:02 AM
I don't know Mark...I've never compared them...I got this in a package deal and have enjoyed playing it...not only is it really beautiful (nice workmanship) but it sounds very nice as well...I plan to send the rare Kaman String sets to Jerome for the tribute site.
I've said all along since joining this site I have owned two Ovations, a GC about 35 years ago and most recently a 40th anniv Balladeer. This post reminded me of a sign painting job I did about 25 years ago at a pawn shop that in addition to being paid $1300 in cash I was given $700 in store credit. One of the first things I picked up was an O Classical like this, but nowhere near as beautiful that was marked at less than $200.00. My sign shop was in an aircraft hangar at local municipal airport. The landlord had an old Gibson archtop f hole acoustic standing in the corner of his office he said had been there since he was a child. I had heard he played classical and took the Ovation over to him and was treated to some fine Brahm's music with a generous sprinkling of Beethoven when he told me he had never seen one of these guitars and what did I want for it. I said an even trade for that Gibson. He said the strings are rusty and ya can't play it. We made the deal anyway and I took the Gibson straight to another pawn shop in Dallas where I had a biz card for a vintage Gibson collector and picked up 5 $100 bills for it. Later that year at a major guitar show in the convention center I saw his display with the Gibson all restored to an incredible shine with an over $2,000 price tag on it. All in all, in the course of two days, I rescued two fine guitars from obscurity and gave them each a new life. So in reality I have owned 3 O's. I NEED to make it 4 with an Elite before my fast approaching number is up. |
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Location: Chicago | Really nice, Mike. I'd love to hear an clip! |
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