NGD: S771 Balladeer Special

ovie26 Posted 2016-05-24 12:05 PM (#525492) Subject: NGD: S771 Balladeer Special Joined: June 2012 Posts: 162 Location: Pittsburgh Sweet! Just delivered today off Reverb. 2001, in excellent condition. In addition to the wonderful tone, I really like the simple, unadorned appointments and satin finish. Here are accurate pics from the listing: (sound hole.jpg) Attachments ---------------- sound hole.jpg (41KB - 0 downloads) ovie26 Posted 2016-05-24 12:07 PM (#525493 - in reply to #525492) Subject: Re: NGD: S771 Balladeer Special Joined: June 2012 Posts: 162 Location: Pittsburgh Here's another: ovie26 Posted 2016-05-24 12:09 PM (#525494 - in reply to #525493) Subject: Re: NGD: S771 Balladeer Special Joined: June 2012 Posts: 162 Location: Pittsburgh Trying again for that second pic: (in case.jpg) Attachments ---------------- in case.jpg (65KB - 0 downloads) Old Man Arthur Posted 2016-05-24 1:20 PM (#525497 - in reply to #525492) Subject: Re: NGD: S771 Balladeer Special Joined: September 2006 Posts: 10777 Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR Yup! That is one of those "Special" Special Balladeers. Good grab. Lonnie Posted 2016-05-24 3:39 PM (#525502 - in reply to #525492) Subject: Re: NGD: S771 Balladeer Special Joined: November 2013 Posts: 163 Location: Phoenix, AZ That is sweet!... I really like the flush wood trim ring, and the satin finish. Nancy Posted 2016-05-24 6:43 PM (#525512 - in reply to #525502) Subject: Re: NGD: S771 Balladeer Special Joined: December 2014 Posts: 1713 Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota CONGRATULATIONS Ovie26!!! That is Beautiful!! I like the Satin Finish too, it looks to be in Excellent Condition, it sure is Pretty!! What is a S771, I have never heard of that! ovie26 Posted 2016-05-24 8:55 PM (#525520 - in reply to #525492) Subject: Re: NGD: S771 Balladeer Special Joined: June 2012 Posts: 162 Location: Pittsburgh Thanks folks. Nancy, from what I've been able to find out, it looks like they were made from 1999-2005. I've seen them in natural and sunburst finishes. (There is a sunburst one for sale from a music store in Maryland on Reverb.) I like this one because it has slight "bearclaw" markings on it. It has a red "Made in New Hartford, CT USA" label inside the sound hole. Maybe OMA or someone can tell us more about it. Old Man Arthur Posted 2016-05-25 1:13 AM (#525523 - in reply to #525492) Subject: Re: NGD: S771 Balladeer Special Joined: September 2006 Posts: 10777 Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR I just know that I had a Red Label Special waybackwhen. There a plenty of S771's... Then there are S771LX's and GCS771-C's and GCS771LX-C's. But very few have the Red Label. ovie26 Posted 2016-05-25 4:03 PM (#525532 - in reply to #525492) Subject: Re: NGD: S771 Balladeer Special Joined: June 2012 Posts: 162 Location: Pittsburgh Thanks for the info OMA! I'm really enjoying this guitar. Great balance across the strings, but plenty of bass. Captain Lovehandles Posted 2016-05-26 9:59 AM (#525542 - in reply to #525492) Subject: Re: NGD: S771 Balladeer Special Joined: July 2005 Posts: 3410 Location: GA USA I sold mine to my brother in law when I got an Elite T. Glad that I still get to play it at his house sometimes.