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| My dad handed this guitar down to me, and I'd keep it and continue playing it, but I need to start saving to pay off my student loans. Anyways, it's an Ovation Celebrity CC68. I don't know what year it is, and it has a dent on the soundboard (there when I got it). I want to sell it locally, but I don't know how much it's worth. I know these are collectors items, so any help would be great. Here's some pics:
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Location: Orange County, California | Keep the Celeb,
Sell the puny rear-projection TV. Yeah, I said PUNY, Mine is 80"!! ;D :p :D
Seriously, The Celeb is an import. They don't bring that much used. Not that it's not worth that much used, just with the ding and all, it's probably worth keep around just because your dad gave it to you. |
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Location: Tennessee | Right Said Fred! The guitar won't really bring very much if you try to sell it. |
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Location: big island | yup! keep it. the fact that your dad gave it to you is worth much more than what you would get for it. in fact, selling it wouldn't even make "a dent" in your student loan. ;) |
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Location: New South Wales, Australia | Hey there zthang. Yeah I reckon you should keep it. I've got a 13 year old 1860 and a 25 year old bbq guitar (my first) and already I'm stressing as to which one of my kids will get the Ovation and which one will get the other one when I'm gone. I'm hoping that they'll be able to pass them on to their kids one day. :) |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Oz, hopefully, by the time you're 'gone', you'll have more than one Ovation to spread around the family. |
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Location: New South Wales, Australia | I'd like to think so Muzza. Unfortunately the day I start adding to my collection is probably light years away. Just lost my job and can't even afford new strings. Lucky I got some a couple of weeks ago before the wolf started knocking at the door. I'd hate to think of either of my guitars ending up in a pawn shop one day. |
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Location: New South Wales, Australia | Sorry for the sob story..Don't wanna bring things down. Life's good and I wouldn't be dead for quids :D :D |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | Slap some new good strings on her and oil the fretboard, then wipe her down with some Pledge and play it for a half hour. You'll be glad you kept her. |
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Location: Minden, Nebraska | Ditto.... the sentimental value of the guitar along with having a having a guitar you can take anywhere outweigh the market value. |
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Location: Portland, OR | To answer your question though... my guess is maybe 100-200 and that's on ebay.. locally you might be able to get a higher price from someone who doesn't know much about what they are buying.. but if I were to buy that guitar i'd consider paying 50-100 with that ding in it. SO that's alteast one pricing opinion. My real opinion holds with the others in that you would do mcuh better to keep it sentimentally.. it probably sounds much better than what its worth! |
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| Thanks for all the advice. I still ok with selling it because the real sentimental gift my dad gave me was my violin (it's worth way more, and i'm much better on that than I am on guitar). I'd be ok with getting ~$300 for it, but from what people are saying, I'll probably keep it. |
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Location: CT | Originally posted by ozwatto:
Sorry for the sob story..Don't wanna bring things down. Life's good and I wouldn't be dead for quids :D :D Here here! Every day above ground is a good one.
I sold a Celebrity like that about a year ago and just cleared a hundred bucks. The foreign made guitars just don't bring that much. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | With case, up to $115. Some kid may need it in his dorm room, if you sell it on your own. If you go to a pawn shop, at the most $50.00. |
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| Thanks for all the input guys. I posted it on craiglist in houston asking for $150, and I had a ton of people emailing me about it. I also just put it up on ebay b/c I saw a similar model on there going for a lot. Even if I get my starting bid price I'd be ok. I know everyone keeps saying keep it, but I really just don't need it. I only want to keep one guitar, and it's gonna be my Everett guitar. If you've never heard of them, check 'em out on the website www.everettguitars.com They are works of beauty! I'll try to post some pics of her soon. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Those everetts are pretty expensive, are you sure you want to sell a road worthy guitar? |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | "Could someone appraise my ovation for me ..."
That's a nice guitar.
THERE, how's THAT ???
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PS Fred - what the hell is a rear projection TV? I think I might have seen one in an antique store not too long ago. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | ". . . . what the hell is a rear projection TV? . . . . "
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Location: Orange County, California | Actually Tuppy,
There are some nice DLPRPTV's out there. It's still the cheapest way to get a HUGE viewing area. Ours was free. It's an albatross from when our church moved. Hopefully I'll score a 3" objective (or bigger) DLP projector before the "TV that dwarfs you" dies... :D :p :D :p
Zthang, Don't let them grind you down from that price too much. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Fred, I'll trust your judgement because I have no idea all the techncial stuff you're saying. I don't really watch TV. I watch Reno-911 DVD's on my computer and surf for porn. Just curious what a church does with a 80 inch TV? Do they simulcast the bingo or something?
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Location: SoCal | Hopefully I'll score a 3" objective (or bigger) DLP projector
A 3 inch projector??? You downsizing Fred? |
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Location: East Tennessee | Sell the wood backed guitar. :D |
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Location: Orange County, California | I wasn't gonna say anything to Zthang about the "other cr@p" on the stand with his Celeb.... :p :D :D :p
That does look like some nice back and side wood there. It's probably a much nicer guitar than the one he's selling. |
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| No they're right...that wood backed one next to it was my first guitar ever. $100 epiphone from guitar center...it's total crap compared to the ovation or everett. I'm trying to get rid of that plywood box with strings too. |
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| As promised, here are a few pics of the guitar I will probably never sell. Everett Laurel seires. Alaskan sitka spruce top, indian rosewood back/sides, L.R. Baggs dual source pickup/preamp. The sound is sublime...
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Location: big island | whoops! someone spilled their jelly :D
very sweet looking instrument. |
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| Haha yea...i wondered what it was at first too. I was like "wth is that!?!?!"...then i realized it was wax |
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Location: ranson,wva | looks like a wax seal...jason |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Didn't Bill do that on a coupla guitars? |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Been a while since it's been posted... For those few who haven't seen it...
Bar Monkeys. |
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(y'just CAN'T go wrong with chimps . . .) |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | Absolutely LOVE that clip. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Thanx, I needed that! |
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Could someone appraise my Ovation for me?