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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | It stinks to be selling Ovations right now, but it's a great time to be a buyer! :eek: :D I've been trying to snag one of these for over two years now. :cool: Hope it was worth the wait! :)
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Location: Texas | Very nice Patch and that is a very good price. You are right, it is a buyers market right now for everything. Sounds like is was worth the wait. :) |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Patch, you devil. How did I miss this one? Nice snag! and yes, You stole that one! I usually save this comment for Gway, but...Guitar thief! |
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Location: Parkersburg, WV | Nice Catch! I found one on E-Bay about a month ago for about $100 more, and I thought I got a steal. By the way, the picture on the e-Bay site doesn't do it justice.
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Those are beautiful guitars. It's a little too close in looks to my Waterfal Bubinga 99 Collectors for it to be on my list, but as long as I only kept one out at a time, I might get away with it. Not! Nice grab. |
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | Originally posted by Trader Jim:
Patch, you devil. How did I miss this one? Nice snag! and yes, You stole that one! I usually save this comment for Gway, but...Guitar thief! Hi Jim,
I was watching this one too just in case.
Another \'02
Maybe this one will keep its head down as well. Hope you get it! |
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | Originally posted by Patsbro:
Nice Catch! I found one on E-Bay about a month ago for about $100 more, and I thought I got a steal. By the way, the picture on the e-Bay site doesn't do it justice.
Patsbro Hiya Patsbro,
I've seen these beauties in person, and been wanting one ever since. I was actually hoping the short description and average pictures might keep the price down. I was still surprised, and my max was higher than I got it for. But, believe it or not, I ain't complainin' a bit! ;) :D |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Beautiful guitar Patch, very nice grab! Thanks for sharing it with us!
Blessings! |
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Location: Japan | I haven't seen all the collectors Ovations, but that is one of the few that I really like!
Another one I really like is the Angel Step Walnut Elite that I got for my ex.
By the way, does anyone have any idea what the 1776-1976 Bicentennial model is worth? |
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Location: Chehalis, Washington | Akami, depending on acoustic only or ac/el and condition, anywhere between 800 and 1200 on average for a 1776. Lately, not as good. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Patch, you did steal that one judging from where this one went. I was lookin...er lurking when it went past 610, I quit. And look what it went for. :eek: |
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Location: Chehalis, Washington | Yeah, me too! I was watching both and missed the first one...my MAJOR bad, obviously.
Great deal, Patch, especially considering the competition. |
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Location: Central Oregon | Excellent buy. If you like a slim, fast, electric-style neck you'll love it. Mine is the easiest to play acoustic I have. |
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | I picked it up yesterday. (Saved myself $50 shipping.) It's in perfect cosmetic shape, but took over an hour to set up.
Action was so high I had to remove all the shims. :confused: (Honestly, the previous owner must have fingers of steel to have played it for any length of time.) There was also a neck warp, a big one! You know what they say, use slight adjustments and check as you go. So 1/8 turns at a time, I had to give the truss rod a full 1 and 1/4 turns. :eek:
Then a nice polishing and new Elixir lights. Now she's a playing sweetly. Niiiiccee tone! :D The action is still a tad high to my liking, though not so much that I don't like it. Not much else I can do anyway, all the shims are gone already!
Here are my big questions, I took the bowl panel off and noticed that the inside of the soundboard has a finish! Is this normal? :confused: Also, I thought these were laminated tops, yet the inside of the soundboard has some beautiful figuring on it. What gives with that? :confused:
Still, she looks gorgeous and sounds gorgeous. I defy someone to find a better guitar for $610. :D
Depending on how things go, I might keep it or sell it sown the road. We'll see. I'd love a cobalt blue W-597, but I'm down to the 1-in-1-out rule now. ;) :cool: |
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I think I mighta stole this one!