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NGD -- Slummin' with a CSE44

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Old Man Arthur
Posted 2017-09-20 7:35 PM (#537501)
Subject: NGD -- Slummin' with a CSE44



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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR		I have owned at least one of these before.
When I was slumming with Celebrities this was top of the line for that brand.
Made in Korea, Solid top, gold-ish tuners (when they were new), OP-30 and an Original wide pickup.
I saw this and just had to grab it.

(Tempting evilBay pic)

No case.... But came with a bunch of stuff for "padding"




(but what happened to my HAIR?)

New Toys are always Nice.
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jgorse
Posted 2017-09-21 10:52 AM (#537506 - in reply to #537501)
Subject: Re: NGD -- Slummin' with a CSE44


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Lovely guitar with a beautiful burst. There's not much love here for the Korean models but I have to confess that I love mine and at the end of the day if your budget is limited then its nice to have options to buy a new Ovation.

Enjoy - it looks lovely!

Jon
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marenostrum
Posted 2017-09-21 1:05 PM (#537512 - in reply to #537501)
Subject: Re: NGD -- Slummin' with a CSE44



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Location: Tuscany, Italy		Nice find Arthur .. !!!
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Love O Fair
Posted 2017-09-21 10:39 PM (#537514 - in reply to #537501)
Subject: Re: NGD -- Slummin' with a CSE44



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Location: When??		I know that model. Looks like a good snag ya made there, Arthur. So is the slum better or worse than you remember it?






Edited by Love O Fair 2017-09-21 10:41 PM
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Old Man Arthur
Posted 2017-09-21 11:19 PM (#537517 - in reply to #537501)
Subject: Re: NGD -- Slummin' with a CSE44



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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR

My previous one was New England Burst.
I did take the CSE44 out today, and it worked well. OP-30 Preamps always do.
It has a Solid Spruce Top, but that top is kinda thick. About 3/16" thick.
But it has good intonation and such. CSE's were that Top of the Budget line.

Edited by Old Man Arthur 2017-09-21 11:32 PM

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DetlefMichel
Posted 2017-09-22 5:26 AM (#537518 - in reply to #537501)
Subject: Re: NGD -- Slummin' with a CSE44



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Location: Muenster/Germany		Wonderful sunburst! And the colour of the epaulets perfectly matches the paintwork. (Not all Ovations are so fine-tuned, very often the colours of the several guitar parts absolutely don´t mesh with each other).
What kind if inlays are in the fretboard? Appears to be abalone?
To make it perfect, I would replace the white plastic saddle on the pickup with the black one.
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Old Man Arthur
Posted 2017-09-22 1:03 PM (#537528 - in reply to #537518)
Subject: Re: NGD -- Slummin' with a CSE44



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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR
DetlefMichel - 2017-09-22 3:26 AM

What kind if inlays are in the fretboard? Appears to be abalone?

"Mother of Toilet Seat"
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arumako
Posted 2017-09-23 7:51 AM (#537542 - in reply to #537501)
Subject: Re: NGD -- Slummin' with a CSE44



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Location: Yokohama, Japan		Nice pick-up OMA! The fret board extension doesn't look like the usual Celebrity Deluxe models at all. Those CSEs are pretty special and take home a pretty good price in auctions over here. They're like US Elites only assembled in Korea with glue-on necks instead of bolt-ons. Assembly consistency seems to be the determining quality factor. How does she compare in build quality to her NH counter parts?

Edited by arumako 2017-09-23 7:52 AM
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leonardmccoy
Posted 2017-09-23 6:36 PM (#537549 - in reply to #537501)
Subject: Re: NGD -- Slummin' with a CSE44



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Location: Katmandu		What kind of bracing does she have?
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Old Man Arthur
Posted 2017-09-23 8:37 PM (#537550 - in reply to #537501)
Subject: Re: NGD -- Slummin' with a CSE44



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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR
Arumako = How does she compare in build quality to her NH counter parts?

It is a Celebrity. And a used one at that. But I have owned this, and two other CSE's that I am sure of, and they were all pretty nice. Like I said, the top seems a bit thick...
So it doesn't vibrate as freely as it could.
But for $235, it is okay. Plus I got it to plug-in to a battery-powered "CubeStreet" amp.
It has an OP-30 preamp which has more output than an OP-Pro.
But this CSE44 has a Wide "original" pickup, so I could swap an OP-Pro into it.
It is a nifty little guitar.
I still need to find that best Strings for it.

Leonarmccoy = What kind of bracing does she have?

Quintad bracing... Or the Celebrity copy of such.
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