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Location: Muenster/Germany | I was so impressed by the cream-white Legend that I saw on this site but I´m a 12string player. Believe it or not, just acouple of days later there was a white 12string elite on ebay, not a real bargain but a reasonable price.
I had to do a lot of cleaning, make a neck-reset and some adjustments and now the guitar is in very good shape again, straight neck, ultra-low action and this irresistible Elite sound. I put some cream-white knobs on the tuning machines, what do you think? 
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Very pretty and I like the backdrop, too. Compliments to your gardener. |
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Location: Jet City | Beautiful. I have it's skinnier SSB cousin in the same pearl white and about the same age. It plays like a dream. |
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Location: Texas | What an awesome looking guitar. No doubt she matches her looks in sound. |
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Location: Cologne/Germany | Detlef, you still suffer GAS, do you!?
Enjoy!!! |
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Location: When?? | Seeing that makes me want to eat a butter frosting sweet roll... oh, and to listen to your guitar in that cool, inviting garden too. Looking good. Real good. |
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Location: Phoenix, AZ | 1758... correct? Love the new tuning knobs.... perfect match. |
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Location: Muenster/Germany | Yes, a 1758. Built on a Monday morning. I found curiously drilled holes for the neck bolts (under a piece of tape) so that the lower screw even was about to work loose. I filled the hole with strong epoxy. 
The brass trussrod screw was mounted so tight under the top that it caused a crack at that point and I had to file it cone-shaped, because I had to correct the wrong neck angle a wee bit so that the strings have now normal pressure on the pickup again (3 Ovation shims).
The last owner did obviously not play the guitar for a longer time, and thus all the freat did show green corrosion, but that was only superficial, not structural. But after all the ordeal the guitar turned out to be a REALLY great sounding and (now) easy playing guitar, string action E11th 2,25mm, neck relief ca. 0.8 mm. |
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Location: Muenster/Germany | I forgot to mention, it´s an earlier model and it has a wonderful rosewood fretboard unlike the later Elites. |
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Location: Jet City | The rosewood looks better on the -6Ps for sure. My 6 and 12 SSB have some great striping on them
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Location: Muenster/Germany | 
Damon67 - 2016-07-15 8:35 PM
The rosewood looks better on the -6Ps for sure. My 6 and 12 SSB have some great striping on them
Just like mine |
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Old Elite 12string from 1989 and still a beauty