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Location: Georgia | Just letting anyone who might be interested, that my Adamas 1687-5 (1981/black deep bowl) with original case on e-bay tonight.
I posted on the OFC Sell/Trade board on July 26. My asking price there is $2375.00. Letting this group know that I will sell this for $2000.00 or less.
To say it was a tough decision to sell is an understatement. But, I no longer can play very often. And, honestly, right now, I need the money.
If anyone has any questions, please e-mail me at [email]InfinitiMinus1@aol.com[/email] .
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Location: NJ | Lauren
good luck I always cringe when I hear of situations like this. If I could buy it and turn it I would.
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Location: NJ | Lauren e mailed me and told me her guitar was sold tonight. I don't know why but it just made me really sad.... I hope it found a good home. |
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Location: SoCal | Al:
I'd tease you about being one big sentimental bag of mush, except I know exactly how you feel.
I've never been able to sell a guitar to somebody I don't know, but I have been known to give guitars to people where they will have a good home and be appreciated. |
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | Lauren
Sometimes it's sad to let something go that means a lot, but when you need to provide food, gas rent, or whatever at a bad time in your life, it is what makes the difference between failing and moving on. I travelled to California in 1962 with 3 kids and no safety net and had the fourth shortly, and did what was needed to survive. It all comes back if you hang in there. Somebody on this board said that a blues guitar had to spend time in a pawn shop, some of mine have. When the children need things, there is no such thing as a collector's item, those are comfortable peoples pleasures, I can joke about anything else, but when the money you need to survive comes out to more than you have, unnecessary items have to go. The bright side is, if you survive, in time it all comes back. Then when you are old and have all this stuff you wish to be young, even if you were poor.
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Location: Georgia | I came here tonight to catch up on the latest posts. I was about to leave when I noticed that my post now had 4 answers.
I cannot begin to tell all of you how much reading your posts has meant to me. Just to know that others chose to take time to relay their support and personal experiences regarding my selling my Adamas is priceless in my book.
Thank you all very much! This board may be about Ovations but, it never forgets the people behind the instruments either. That, is a rarity in today's world.
As Al mentioned, I did sell my Adamas on Ebay. And, I let it go for a dollar amount that was much less than what it was worth and/or others that were the same have sold for in the past.
But, the bottom line is that it sold. And, financially, I can at least get my nose out of the water so I can breathe.
Here's a bit about who bought my Adamas. They are a couple from NC. The wife plays guitar and "has always loved Ovations". It is their 20th wedding anniversary and was purchased as a gift for the wife. Out of all of the inquiries I had, it was my hope that this couple would win the bid. I am very glad to see that this guitar will continue to be a source of joy in the music it makes for this couple and for the others who hear her play what is now "her Adamas".
I also would like to thank Al for all of his support and advice through our exchange of e-mails during all this. I don't think I would have managed so well without that.
Again, thanks so much everyone. And, yes. Should I be fortunate enough to have the money to buy another guitar in the future, I have already decided to purchase another Ovation. And, I plan on continuing to be a "regular" member of this group whenever possible too.
Bailey mentioned that "it all comes back". It certainly does at that. It already has in many ways. |
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Location: SoCal | Laureen:
Your last post was one that made me sigh heavily and then put a small smile on my face. I hope all works out well for you. And you had better stay with this board. Don't make me track you down and duck tape you to your computer chair and force you to read and post here! Just kidding. I know you'll stay here.
Let the couple who now have your Adamas (it will always be your Adamas even if it's "their" Adamas) know about this place as well. That way we all grow and you stay in touch with your guitar. |
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Location: NJ | Originally posted by Lauren:
I also would like to thank Al for all of his support and advice through our exchange of e-mails during all this. I don't think I would have managed so well without that. .
STOP IT you are going to ruin my image!!!!!!!
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Location: NJ | Lauren;
My condolence on your loss, and my compliments on your positive attitude.
While I've never had to sell a guitar, I can empathize with your situation.
When my ex-wife and I first split up, I was in pretty dire financial straits (spent the first couple of weeks sleeping in my office and showering at friends'). I made the very difficult realization that I should consider selling my Adamas SlotHead (I've had my Custom Balladeer FAR too long and it's become my "talisman") for some desperately needed cash. Like you, I wanted it to go to someone who would take care of it and appreciate it. I approched a very, very good friend of mine who, while he doesn't play, has long appreciated the guitar for it's history, uniqueness, and collectability. He deperately tried to convince me NOT to sell it, and I told him that I NEEDED to and that if he didn't buy it, eventually someone else would.
Not wanting to see this happen, he made a loan to me for the full amount of my asking price using the Adamas as collateral (which he never took possession of) without interest. In a few months I was still struggling, but I was at least back on my feet and little by little I paid him back in full, was able to keep my SlotHead, and found out who my REAL friends were.
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Location: Phoenix AZ | A somewhat related tale just to prove "what goes around comes around" .... In 1971 at the tender age of 16 I became the very proud owner of a new Thunderhead deluxe. It was my first electric Ovation and I treated it like gold. It was the dark nutmeg color, which I find out now was pretty rare. I just loved that guitar and still have some old photos of me in my youth playing it. In 1974 I got into a bit of a sticky situation with a girl and needed some quick cash to get myself out of it (if you know what I mean). I sold the guitar to a total stranger through an ad in the newspaper. I regretted it the day I did it and I have regretted it ever since.
But now here's the happy ending. For about the last 10 years I have been searching high and low for a similar guitar. I've got several other Thunderheads, but not exactly like the one that was the love of my life. I found a few nutmegs, but not up to my standards. I was probably looking for something that didn't exist. But then earlier this year I found it - a dead mint nutmeg Thunderhead on ebay. I made the deal and could not believe my eyes when the guitar arrived. It was perfect and absolutely identical to mine. A few weeks later I decided to adjust the neck angle slightly. When I unbolted and removed the neck I could not believe my eyes - written into the wood under the neck block were MY initials. I had forgotten that I had put them there on my guitar back in 1971. I had actually found and re-purchased MY VERY SAME GUITAR! I rummaged through my old Ovation warranty cards to check the s/n and sure enough this was A-302, my original nutmeg Ovation.
Not sure how many of these guitars were made, but the probability of finding one is somewhat low to begin with. But the odds of finding and re-purchasing your original guitar after 27 years must be pretty darn slim. I don't know what I did to derserve this good luck, but believe me it will take a crow bar to remove this guitar from my possession in the future.
Dave
PS - Moody, don't even ask if I will give it to you :) |
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Location: NJ | Dave;
That's a GREAT story!!!
Just out of curiosity, do you remember how much you sold it for back then, and what did it cost you to re-purchase it? |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | I paid $345 for it new in '71. Still have the receipt from Red Bank Music in Neptune, NJ.
I think I sold it for about $200.
Bought it back for $550. I guess with inflation, I pretty much broke even. By the way, I never heard from the girl again - but that's OK with me.
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Location: Atlantic City, NJ USA | This is a fantastic story!
Here's to everyone getting their lost
treasures returned! :) |
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Location: SoCal | Dave:
I want the blonde one, not your nutmeg THead.
I traded, back in 1979, the Artist model that I bought in high school in 1972, for a Legend (along with some cash), and now wish that I still had the Artist.
If I ever see it (and I would know it from the repair to a corner of the headstock) I'd buy it for any amount of money.
But Dave, that is one of the best stories I've heard in a long long time. I'm very pleased for you. And I remember your guitar when it was up on ebay. I thought about bidding on it, but it wasn't the blonde THead I've always wanted. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Paul - You should have bid on it. Imagine if you had bought "my" nutmeg guitar. I own the blonde one that you want and most likely would have traded you straight up. Don't fret, wife will sooner or later turn up the heat and you'll get first crack at blondie. Dave |
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Location: NJ | Lauren;
Was the decision to sell the Adamas strictly financial, or was there some physical impedance that doesn't allow you to play anymore.
Please don't take me as being "nosy".
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Location: Georgia | It's Great to be back!
It's been awhile since I've been to the OFC board. In fact, I didn't realise just how long it had been until I checked my previous posts! I had even forgotten that I had sold the Adamas in August until I checked here. I had no idea others had shared their stories after I appeared to have dropped off the planet.
Well, alot has happened since I have been away. After I sold the Adamas, honestly, for whatever reason(s), I just could not come back to the OFC. Now, the OFC never left my thoughts at all. Hard to explain.. I just felt "lost" in a sense without the Adamas. I've been sick on and off, but primarily, my own issues, my grief perhaps, were what kept me away for so long. I missed this place and everyone here alot. And, this added to the sale of the Adamas created a huge void.
As I the stories that others shared about their lost, almost lost and found guitars, I was so overwhelmed. Once again, I realised that the OFC is such a special group of people who just happen to share a common love of Ovations. At times, especially now, I am thoroughly convinced that there is so much more to Ovation guitars and the people who love them so than meets the eye.
I swear, without sounding too far out, that it seems almost "magical" at times. Then, perhaps is not so much magical as simply people who collectively care about the music and each other which I've rarely seen in my lifetime.
So, with this, I'll add my own story of endings and new beginnings. And, how sometimes, when things seems at their darkest, there is truly a dawn that follows.
Besides, selling the Adamas, which, at the time I felt was primarily for financial reasons with some physical reasons being secondary. I had found it increasingly difficult to play the guitar as I would have liked. Yet, after feeling like a "lost soul" after the sale, I realised that when or how often I played served only to soften the harsh reality of being in dire financial straights. I really did need the money.
Since the sale, I can only say that Murphy's Law was the rule in my life. Whatever could have happened .. happened. And, this was not anything I saw as "good". Sheesh.. it was awful. I really was at one of my lowest points. I remember sitting on my living room floor one night just sobbing for lack of knowing what else to do.
The next day, I had some errands to run. On the way back home, I passed Yancy's Music Store and thought about how I missed going there when I had the Adamas. I thought about the OFC too. I was feeling so discouraged .. pretty much hopeless. I went up to my door to unlock it and saw this box outside. I did a double take because it looked just like the box that I had sent to the woman who purchased the Adamas. My immediate thought was "omg.. something's wrong!" Well, I picked it up and took it inside. There was nothing on the box and my hands shook as I opened it.
What I found inside was truly, to me, a miracle. It was not the Adamas at all. It was a Legend! I just started crying and crying. I could not believe what I was seeing! Yet, here it was and it was outside of my door. But, things like this don't happen to me. My head was spinning. Yet, I cannot even begin to describe the joy I felt. I called my mother, to tell her. And, once I collected myself, went down to Yancey's.
Everybody at Yancey's was smiling when they saw MY Legend. I had it tuned and truthfully, I kept looking at the case trying to even comprehend that I would be taking this guitar back home with me!
Well, I see this post is long. But, it is so hard to really explain all that happened. I can say that the guitar .. when it came .. and whoever dropped it off .. is truly a miracle in my life. For the first time in a long time, I actually felt a true sense of hope.
I love MY Legend!! First, it sounds GREAT! AND, it is perfect for me! The shallow bowl and thinner neck is so much easier for me to play with the physical problems I have from time to time.
Truly, this Legend is just what I needed! And, it's an Ovation! Gosh.. I still cannot believe it at times. Yet, here it is and a gift for me in many many ways.
Damn..it's good to be back!
Thank you everyone for your support!!
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Location: SoCal | Laura:
It's been my experience that when a guitar has your name on it, it will track you down and show up on your door when you least expect it.
And to all of you blonde THead owners, let me tell you where my door is.... |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Endeavor to practice random acts of kindness each day. Thanks, everybody, for the good kharma. We are truly blessed by our fellowship. |
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Location: SoCal | You're right about that, but actually, I didn't do anything. I'm just lusting after a THead (did I mention blonde?) |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Every once in a great while in the middle of a barnyard, a flower will grow. Enjoy your flower. |
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Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana | Lauren, I'm so glad you like your new guitar. A lot of love went into this process of surprising you with your new Ovation Legend. This is a great fellowship, a truly loving and compassionate circle of friends who believe in Ovation and in each other! I believe in it, and hope all of you do as well!
Now, Paul Moody, have you gotten the blonde Thunderbird you want yet? Someone, gee, please help this guy out of his misery!!!
Glad to be back in this club. I've been quite busy with work and life.
Still playing "Gentle On My Mind" in E-flat, but with the capo on the 3rd fret, I can do it fine and easy in C Major!
Cool that we now have 731 members in this elite group! |
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Location: SoCal | Tommy:
The blonde THead just got pushed back a couple of months. I just bought a Preacher Deluxe 12 string on ebay.
I don't know, tho', which will be better... the owning of a blonde THead or the anticipation of owning a blonde THead. |
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | Tommy
Good to hear from you, I hope you survived all the bad weather with no damage. It seemed like Baton Rouge was popping up in the news every week for one reason or another. I missed a City Confidential on Baton Rouge last week but I'm going to catch it next time it comes around.
Lauren
Nice to hear from you, as you know there are some nice people on this board wishing you well.
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I'm listing my adamas for sale on ebay tonight
