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Location: Amarillo, Texas | I made the mistake of loaning to a friend's son an early 90's Legend Ovation...which he promptly hocked. :( It was my wonderful first guitar. His family family attempted to make good, but had his help on finding another. They purchased one on E-Bay that shows to be an Ovation 1111-6 guitar but doesn't appear to be anywhere close to the same caliber guitar. It has a black neck, no serial number that I can locate, with no electronics, etc. Is it possible this is a fake Ovation? |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Welcome TD1.
I would suggest you take a look at www.ovationguitars.com especially under "archived" and the "Timeline" sections.
Reading "The History of Ovation Guitars" would be a great help as well. What you have is a balladeer model which is constructed differently than a "Legend".
There is a lot to learn and share here!
welcome! |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | It's an Ovation. An early Balladeer model. Your lost legend was a higher end guitar.
Tell your friend's son to get off the crack. |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | They owe you a MUCH more expensive guitar....you need to tell them that YOU will pick out a guitar to replace it, NOT them.
You need to get a clean model 1717 or 1777 out of the deal. That is what you should look for.
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Location: Amarillo, Texas | Originally posted by MWoody:
Welcome TD1.
I would suggest you take a look at www.ovationguitars.com especially under "archived" and the "Timeline" sections.
Reading "The History of Ovation Guitars" would be a great help as well. What you have is a balladeer model which is constructed differently than a "Legend".
There is a lot to learn and share here!
welcome! |
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Location: south east Michigan | txdelicateone...
Yours is a sad situation. I bet you had the good intentions of trying to help a kid out.
I remember loaning my brother-in-law and item. At the time I took the mindset that I better be prepared to concider this item a gift. I figured right.
The replacement guitar offered is less than what you loaned. But you already know that. They really should have consulted you befor they purchased the replacement off of e-bay.
Good luck.
Please keep us posted. |
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Location: Amarillo, Texas | Yep, I tried that, that's why I was wondering about this horrible little guitar. Ovation's have always been wonderful, sounding great, substantial in your hand, easy action, etc., but this one feels like it doesn't belong. As to the 1111-6, if I understand Ovation's "code", the "hyphen 6" means it's a white guitar, which it isn't, it's a natural color. I'm new to trying to check up on guitars, as I've always purchased them new, so maybe I'm just confused!
Originally posted by MWoody:
Welcome TD1.
I would suggest you take a look at www.ovationguitars.com especially under "archived" and the "Timeline" sections.
Reading "The History of Ovation Guitars" would be a great help as well. What you have is a balladeer model which is constructed differently than a "Legend".
There is a lot to learn and share here!
welcome! |
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Ovation Balladeer 1111-6