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Location: Leicestershire, UK | I had a look at the section of this website which puts a year to your guitar, could I just double check with you guys the year of mine...and any other interesting facts you may know (maybe it was a good year for ovations!?)
Anyhow, its an ovation legend, model no. 1717 , serial number 308581.
Am I right to think its from 1985? If so its only year younger than I am! =D
The problem is I have two ovations and sadly I may need to sell one in the near future, I wanted to get my facts right before I advertise it anywhere.
It has a slight bend in the neck, plays fine until you get down between 10th and 13th fret on the B and high E string, go past that and its fine again! also it has a couple of dinks in it, apart from that it plays really well, plugged and unplugged.
What kind of price do you think I would get for an ovation in this state and of this age, I could post some pics if that'll help?
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| Others here know more about this than I do, but I think your 1717 replaced the older Legend model I have (1617). I picked that one up just a few weeks ago for $380, with no issues other than the kind of wear you might expect from a nearly 30-year-old guitar (a few minor finish dings). I've seen similar ones go in the neighborhood of $400-500 on eBay recently, but with a neck issue it'd probably be less than that. |
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Location: CT | The serial number list on the Ovation web page will get you in the right general area, but don't take it as gospel-there are errors. The list goes from '83, to '84 when umm..only Balladeers and Elites were made (NOT) then 85-86. My Custom Legend (313423) would be an '85-86 guitar, but I bought it late in 1983. |
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Location: Leicestershire, UK | Thanks for your responses, I just wanted a brief idea of how old my guitar was, I was told it was around 15 years old when I bought it but obviously its a bit older than that. The problem is the more I talk about it the less I want to sell it!
Thanks again,
Chris |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Originally posted by silent_elegy:
The problem is the more I talk about it the less I want to sell it! Yeah, it gets even worse when you play it... ;)
A good guitar is hard to replace, a guitar you like is easy to miss.
<Still missing the Japanese electric with 4 mojo switches, 8 penlight batteries, and a 2" speaker that I had in 1969> |
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