Beauty, but I thought mine was unique Custom Legend, errrr, Elite...

arthurseery - 2015-02-01 8:33 PM I got a "Legend Elite"... That's kinda close.

Nice pic Art

This won't make it a Custom Legend, otherwise the 87C should be called Custom Legend Elite as well.

And I do know the Legend Elites and always thought that their names should be read as "Legendary Elites".

But guiguite says, this one is a mixture of a Custom Legend and an Elite, and my question is serious: Where in this guitar is a Custom Legend to be found?

Thanks,

Kurt

I wondered about this naming enigma while putting the calendar together. I finally decided that, since it was built by an employee to his personal specifications, he could call it whatever he wanted. For all I know, it has A-bracing under the top.

Ovation has always been a little loose with it's titles anyway. When I got my custom parlor, rebuilt from a busted 1997 Collectors, it had a 97C label in it. I asked John Budny if they could replace it with a custom label, and he sent me several blank labels and said I could name it whatever I wanted,

It's now a 1997-X because it certainly is NOT a stock 1997C.

As far as Guiguite's guitar goes, the name is a minor detail passed on by mouth from the original builder about a one-of-a-kind instrument. Accuracy is secondary, and in this case just adds to the story a bit.

An SSB 1537 would be a wonderful thing to have no matter what you call it.

I assume the truss rod cover is decoration only.

Probably was tuned in to Johnny Cash, listening to One Piece at a Time, while building it.