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Location: Central East Coast Florida | Hey All,
I've been looking for a LongNeck for 6-8 months now and they're hard to find......it seems not many people are giving them up! Well, I finally came across a 1994 original owner DS-768 cherry, cherry, burst CCB with an OP-24 preamp and original case. All for an incredible $600 bucks!
It came with unknown mediums on it and a super low action which gave some fret buzz on the high strings. I looked under the bridge and there was just one shim, so I added another and problem solved. I've ordered some D'Addario heavy strings and will monitor the added string tension.
Sound?? Awesome!! I've got it tuned to D and it just rumbles! I have a decent, but not super high voice range and this guitar will add at least 30 songs to my set lists that are just out of range on a standard guitar!
Oh, and thanks Damon for insisting on the 768. The bigger bowl is the ticket!
Well, I've rambled enough. I'll give an update after I put the heavy's on and jam with it a month.
Happy Holidays!
Dave
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Very nice!
Longnecks are in a class of their own. |
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Location: Orlando, FL | Wow great find, congratulations! Great price too! |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Good get!
When in doubt... bring the Longneck and a couple of capo's! |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | So cool.
(I gotta figure-out how to play a baritone long neck)
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Location: Sydney, Australia | Nice. I babysat one of those for a few months - didn't want to give it up when the time came to hand it over to its rightful owner. |
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Location: Jet City | Welcome to the super secret Longneck Club Dave! Looks just like mine. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Here's mine. Having owned 3 DS-768s and being somewhat predigious, these are a couple of the best sounding longnecks on the planet. 
Edited by stephent28 2013-12-17 4:59 PM
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Location: Cicero, NY | I cannot imagine the rumble that longneck 12 has to produce. It has just GOT to be a room filling wall of sound. One of these days I want to hear that, T...very nice.
And very nice get, Dave. Merry Christmas.  |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | A brilliant design if I do say so myself, but what do I know, I just used to sell jet fuel..... |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | I thought you sold GAS - worked a treat on me. |
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