| ||
The Ovation Fan Club | ||
| ||
Random quote: "It's much too late to do anything about rock & roll now ..." - Jerry Garcia / Grateful Dead |
87 Collectors refurbishing
| View previous thread :: View next thread | |
Members Forums -> General Posting | Message format |
cb13 |
| ||
Joined: May 2013 Posts: 8 | First I have to thank everyone on these boards for all the great information and resources you guys put out here. I only stumbled on this site a few months ago and found the enthusiasm for Ovation guitars contagious. All of a sudden I have not one but two Ovations- my '79 UK2 (see electric forum, or my album), and the cool survivor '87 Collectors below.
| ||
Patch |
| ||
Joined: May 2006 Posts: 4226 Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | I looked at that one a couple of weeks back I think. I passed on it since it needed the work and since I already have an 87C or 3. I bought one several years back that was in even worse condition and opted to customize the rebuild. It turned out great! So congrats! You will be floored by what the good folks at the factory will hand back to you. | ||
titti |
| ||
Joined: January 2011 Posts: 348 Location: Italia, Zianigo di Mirano (Venezia) | really congrats....azz,only 300 $ | ||
hwebster |
| ||
Joined: June 2005 Posts: 489 Location: California | JB is a great guy, let us know how this project turns out. Hope the cracks are thin enough to allow the sanding process to work. We love pictures! | ||
Mark in Boise |
| ||
Joined: March 2005 Posts: 12755 Location: Boise, Idaho | I paid a lot more for the one I got and it has a similar crack up by the end of the fretboard. I tried sanding it down and buffing it out, but I couldn't go deep enough to get it. Those finishes were thick! The 87 Collectors are among Ovation's best. After the repairs, you'll still have less into it than what its worth and you won't always be thinking about whether you should get those cracks fixed. You UKII has the original pickguard, knobs and fewer dings than mine. You did well there, too. | ||
SOBeach |
| ||
Joined: April 2010 Posts: 823 Location: sitting at my computer | Congrats cb, Both are really nice guitars. (imho) Ya did good! And sending the '87C to the MS will make it even gooder!
IIRC the FRG status may be why there's no serial number. Try a search through the archives about that.
Enjoy 'em and may your enthusiasm (and collection) grow! | ||
cb13 |
| ||
Joined: May 2013 Posts: 8 | Yeah, I thought the lack of serial # may have been because of the FRG status. I asked John Budny at Ovation about that and he just shrugged, basically he wasn't sure if that was regular practice or not that year. Somewhere in the forums I ran across a thread where someone had a serial number that was actually higher than the supposed # of guitars produced- and the theory was that some FRGs took up some some #s but they made sure they made the total amount of regular guitars anyway, and ended up with say 1200 serial numbered guitars instead of 1000. So that year maybe they numbered the FRGs. Anyway, I may never know for sure, just makes it more interesting. And by the way, the guitar comes with a name- there's a small gold oval metal plaque on the headstock between the strings that says "Stephie"- I presume an earlier owner. The guy I bought it from had it for 20 years and got it from a shop so didn't know who Stephie was. | ||
moody, p.i. |
| ||
Joined: March 2002 Posts: 15664 Location: SoCal | The best guitars always have a story...... | ||
Jump to page : 1 Now viewing page 1 [25 messages per page] |
Search this forum Printer friendly version E-mail a link to this thread |
This message board and website is not sponsored or affiliated with Ovation® Guitars in any way. | |
(Delete all cookies set by this site) | |