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Location: south of munich, Germany | nice description.. maybe the former owner didn't want this guitar to look like an ovation any more ???
small chip on the headstock.... |
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Location: NJ | looks like a cat that's been out in the cold too long and his ears froze off . . . . |
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Location: SoCal | 2nd one I've seen like this. Tony bought one just like it w/o realizing it from the pics. Did he sell his to this seller? |
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Location: SoCal | Nope, still have mine. Believe the seller of mine didn't even realize that the wings were off. Yet, we did adjust the price...otherwise, guitar and case were in perfect condition - I paid $450.
This is an oiled walnut neck, several OFC'ers have seen it and until I put it next to another O, didn't notice the "bobbed" wings.
I would suggest writing the seller about the damage...get him to place the damage as a revision (might keep the price lower.) If you wanted to repair it, quote I got was about $150 - personally, I would leave it as it looks fine. A good looking headstock if you didn't know better. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | I bought a Viper 3 of eBay about a year ago that never looked quite right in the pics. Never could quite put my finger on it but the guitar was in great shape so I snatched it up.
After I got it, I realized the wings had been clipped and the headstock nicely rounded.....such a nice job I called Kim K and asked if Ovation ever made rounded headstocks. He assured me it was done by someone who had broken off a wing or two.
I would post a picture in this message if I knew how!
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Location: SoCal | Stephen,
To put a picture in your post, click the "IMAGE" button under Instant UBB Code to pop up a prompt to enter the URL of the picture you want to insert. If your picture is not hosted anywhere, upload it to your OFC Photo Album and use the URL given to it for your Photo Album.
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[*]Once it is on the OFC site, view it and right-click it to display its properties.
[*]Copy its properties to your Window's Clipboard.
[*]To insert the picture when you are are Posting, click the "IMAGE" button under the Instant UBB Code and paste the properties of your picture into the window that popped up.
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Thanks Noah....here's the pic. :p
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | I'll be Danged, as Al would say, that is sure a modified head stock and done intentionally. Kinda surprising to me as I love the Ovation headstock and can't see why anyone would change it.
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Bailey,
As I mentioned, apparently one or both of the ears were broken off and this was probably a cheaper alternative to spending money to send it back to the factory for repairs.
Certainly looks better than a headstock with a broken wing on it.
Oh yeah....in regards to our Viper thread...this is the Viper 3 that I picked up about a year ago.
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A SMALL CHIP ON THE TOP SIDE OF THE HEADSTOCK
