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Location: Central Massachusetts | Regrettably, time to say goodbye to this one.
In fantastic shape. You know the specs. This one has a regular-width neck, not the wide. Black hardshell case included.
Priced to move at $3750 plus shipping/insurance.
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Location: Central Massachusetts | pics...
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Location: Yokohama, Japan | Oh, geez...that's gorgeous! A steal at that price too! Good luck with the sale DVD! |
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Location: Orlando, FL | Oh man, that is priced to move! Wish I had the cash!
This won't last long! |
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Location: Central Massachusetts | No bites? Make me an offer.
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Location: Tennessee | Sorry David but I've already got one or we'd be talking. I hope somebody here gets this. If a Slothead is the alpha Adamas, this one is the omega. |
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Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota | Can I ask, just for my own information, what kind of Tuners are those??
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Location: Tidal Mudflats of Virginia | Wish they had a set of those that would fit the OFC I's, I really like those tuners! |
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Location: Colorado | Only about a 1/4 inch on the peg...but they bite the string well - so they work great |
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Location: Central Massachusetts | How about $3400 plus shipping/insurance? Unfortunately I need to move this soon. |
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Location: Epworth, Yorkshire, England | Dave, I'm interested in this. Sent a PM. Cheers. Mick |
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Location: Central Massachusetts | Sale pending! |
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Location: Central Massachusetts | Sold! Sent. Received overseas without damage or complication. (phew!) Happy buyer! (yay!) OFC contribution sent. Thanks! |
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Location: Pittsburgh | Congratulations to you both! |
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Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota | Congratulations!!!! Someone got a Beautiful Guitar!! |
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Location: Yokohama, Japan | WOW! Congratulations on the sale DVD! Has she gone to the British? |
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Location: Central Massachusetts | Thanks! I'll leave it to the new owner to reveal themselves, or not. I'm glad I got to spend some time with this caliber of an instrument. I hope someday I can add another Adamas back into my collection. |
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Location: Epworth, Yorkshire, England | David,
This thing is awesome. Finally had the chance to spend some quality time with her this weekend and she's both stunning to look at and hear. Tonally awesome and great playability. Even made me sound good(ish).
Our concerns about shipping from USA to UK were, in the end, unfounded. Absolutely no issues. I think that sending the cased guitar inside the original Ovation packaging was a seriously good move on your part. I would go as far to say that any prospective vendors to far-off places would do well to follow this method. The corners of the outer packaging were still all square when I picked it up.
All I need now is one of the carbon cases to go with it. I've seen the Hoffee cases that seem popular, but would prefer an Original Ovation carbon case if someone has one to sell at a reasonable price. Alternatively, could someone let me know who made them?
Thanks again David and thanks to those other members for their comments.
All the best from a very happy Brit.
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Location: Central Massachusetts | Mick, actually I have one of those carbon fibre cases! While others have had success with them, I felt the fit was too tight with the contour-bowl. The deep bowl was a more comfortable fit, but I no longer have any deep bowl guitars so the carbon fibre case sits unused. I'll post a couple of pics and you can see what you think. |
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Location: Central Massachusetts | Mick, here are the photos. In one, I highlighted in red the ridge on the contour bowl that seems to keep the guitar from settling nicely into the case. The case can be forced closed and locked with the guitar in it, but I felt like that was putting undue pressure on the top. The fit of the OFC2 into this case was very similar to the guitar I used for these photos (hand-laid fiberglass contour bowl with suspended ring.) And as I said above, a deep bowl fits in here just fine. (1537 and FD14 both fit!)
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Location: Epworth, Yorkshire, England | Hi David,
That's a real shame. I'm absolutely with you regarding undue pressure on the guitar top. The object of the case is to protect the guitar. Squeezing what looks like half and inch to get the thing shut is not good. Forgive my ignorance; was the case actually designed for a deep bowl?
By the way, your honesty and integrity restore my faith in humankind.
Any other suggestions?
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Location: Central Massachusetts | Yes these cases were intended for the OFC 1 guitars which have deep bowls. I know others are using this case with OFC 2's so maybe it just comes down to manufacturing differences. I thought about trying to somehow re-form the case to fit the contour bowl but I didn't want to ruin such a valuable and rare piece. Check with alpep to see what the options are but I suspect having a one-off created today would be cost prohibitive. |
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Location: Central Massachusetts | And I found a new home for the CF case as well. Thanks, all! |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | dvd - 2015-09-02 1:54 AM And I found a new home for the CF case as well. Thanks, all! Phew! That's got that temptation out of the way. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I will try to remember to fit a couple of my contour bowls in my CF case. I don't have any with the suspension ring and don't put them in their cases very often, but I don't remember having a problem fitting them into the regular cases for deep bowls. I have an old brown case that seems too small for my Matrix. I think it's because the case is sprung so the guitar just doesn't sit down all the way into the case. It has other evidence of abuse that the carbon fiber case wouldn't have.
Those carbon fiber cases were spec'ed by Al and built when there was a shortage of carbon fiber, so they didn't get made by the time the OFC guitars were made. He had to ship the guitars in regular cases and the carbon fiber cases later. I'm sure he took a hit on that deal. I doubt the cases could be built for anything reasonable anymore. |
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Location: Epworth, Yorkshire, England | David,
I didn't expect your CF case to be available for long. Let me know what you'd like me to ask about next and we'll keep this thing rolling.
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Location: Central Massachusetts | Lol, take your pick! Several things in the queue actually but I will post them in new threads. Thanks! |
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