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Location: Canada | Some of you may have heard about the recent highest public offering ever of a company called Alibaba - something like ebay, paypal, amazon, and wahetever for the chinese. Anyway I checked it out and there is an incredible amount of junk in huge quantities for sale. I also searched for some familiar brand names and mostly had no results, however I also got an email notification for this: http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/W-164LP-N-41-Ovation-Guitar_557964741.html Makes me feel a bit nauseous ...
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Yup. $50 each... but you gotta order a hundred.
It looks like that is one of the companies the will make you a cheap copy of any guitar you'd like.
There is a phony Mockingbird copy advertised in the sidebar.
These are the same people that make all of those phony Gibsuns. 
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | The soundboard on the O in the pic just reeks of plywood. |
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Location: Flahdaw | "Place of origin: Guangdong".......that's pretty much what the Chinese use to screw you with. |
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Location: Northwest Arkansas | Try Aliexpress if you want the single unit prices. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | You could get a guitar that says "Spread and Music" on the headstock. That could be a real conversation starter. |
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Location: Suisun City, Ca | They cost
"Depenting on the quanlity you order" |
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Location: Pueblo West, CO | Did someone say, 'Cheap Chinese knock-offs'?
Acoustic Guitar SERP
http://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?SearchText=acoustic+guitar&...
Ovation 'Balladeer' knock-off
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/41-inch-Acoustic-Guitar-High-grade-P...
Ovation 'Elite' knock-off
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/China-Musical-Instrument-Acoustic-Gu...
Ovation 'Elite' Ukulele knock-off
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free-shipping-acoustic-guitars-23-in...
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Location: Texas | The Asians are very efficient. "Ovation 'Elite' knock-off" The craftschildren actually model the guitars they have made. |
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Location: Seattle | The elite has truss rod cover.? |
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