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| New to this board, but a long time Ovation player. Had a Balladeer that I bought new around 1977 or 1978, later got a Breadwinner. Both sold while I mostly played electrics for many years; then picked up a Celebrity used.
I've just recently bought a 1778LX Elite at GC on clearance. Great deal, but while they showed a case in stock, they tore the place apart (I watched) and they could not find out. Sales guy assures me he will find a case, but it's been a couple weeks.
So I need to find a case. The Ovation site lists the 9158-0 deluxe hardshell as the right case; an 8158 also appears to be a mid-depth case as well.
I would have used the Celebrity case - also a mid-depth - but it didn't have anywhere near enough relief for the straplocks on the 1778LX, and didn't appear to be quite the right profile anyway. Besides, gave my daughter the Celebrity + case.
So my questions:
1. 9158 vs. 8158 - differences, input, opinions?
2. Other cases I am not aware of?
3. Best sources to buy a case? (I'm looking for the new alternatives, already aware of FleaBay and CL)
Thanks in advance for your help/suggestions.
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Location: Utah | xarkon, welcome aboard. Try Al at lostartvintage.com. He's one of the owners of this forum and he's known to have the best prices and service on the planet. Call now, he's always open! |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Tell GC to order one of each case. They'll do it. And they will match prices from Musicians Friend. You pay for both, but once you get them, you bring your guitar to the store. The one you like you keep. The other one you return and get your money back. They get stuck with a case they should keep in stock anyway.
Problem solved. Next! |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | As an alternate, I've used Martin plastic hardshell cases for shallow body ovations. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Or, if some reason they are different than my local GC, order both at their full bust-out retail, see which one you like, and get it some place else.
I know it was clearance special, but they really should make it easy for you to get a case. |
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| If you bought from Al you'd have a case.
If you don't get one.. This dealer is not doing the right thing.
Call Al you'd be surprised how often he can get good deals on Ovation guitars. Some that you can't buy anywhere else too.
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| Ditto call Al. He'll have the right a case delivered to you at an unbelievably low price (he's done so for me). Oh, and welcome to the board. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I don't know if anyone returned the cases to Al that our OFC guitars were shipped in. I kept mine, but he might have some very slightly used 9158 cases or several other cases for that matter. |
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Location: Reading, Pa. | Go to an Ovation dealer and get yourself an SKB case. I've never had a case that held the guitar so securely. SKB makes custom cases especially for Ovation. |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | If Alpep is out of them.. I have one.
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| Thanks to all that replied. After call #3 to GC guy with no luck, I remembered that there is another local Ovation dealer (from which I bought another Ovation a couple years ago, a classical). Called him up, he offered a better than outstanding deal on a 9158 case. Picked it up late yesterday; I'm all set.
FWIW, the 9158 is apparently made to fit several different Ovations, so with case open, it's definitely not a snug fit on the body end; case closed it's perfect.
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I need a case...