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 Nice older Balladeer for sale. Anyone need a good little strummer?
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Joined: May 2006 Posts: 4226 Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | If anyone out there needs a nice, serviceable guitar to take about town, here's your critter. It's a 1982 Balladeer in good shape with only some dings to detract from it aesthetically. The worst ding is on the top edge of the headstock. (See photo.) It has no finish cracks and only minor fret-wear, so it should last a good, long while. The sound is very nice and the action is good too. It had a cracked saddle, but John Budny provided a replacement which has been duly installed. I've set the action a little higher than I prefer as I've been told I like my action too low. (I have a pretty light pick attack, so I tend not to buzz when others do.) Overall, this guitar plays quite nicely and has a very pleasing tone to it. Now for some of the minor mysteries associated with this instrument. It has one of the old (though contemporary for its build date) Celebrity passive pick-ups in it. It puts out a decent signal, though not as strong as that of a powered pre-amp. It does fuzz a little when you adjust the tone or volume, but sounds clean otherwise both strumming and fingerpicking. Also, according to the Ovation website, this should be braced with X-bracing, but this specimen actually has A-bracing...a definite plus in my book. Otherwise, the specs are as stated by Ovation: Solid Sitka Spruce top 1 11/16 inch nutwidth 25 1/4" scale length. Deep bowl Walnut Bridge Ebony fretboard and Deluxe chrome tuners It comes freshly strung with D'Addario lights and its hardshell case. The case is one of the cheaper Ovation cases with the cover starting to peel from age. (See pictures.) But it is still solid and entirely functional with like-new-looking latches and hinges. So what's the bottom line for a USA-made, solid top Ovation? How's $335 shipped in the continental US sound? I took way more pictures than can fit in this post, so feel free to follow this link to its Photo Bucket Album. 1112 Balladeer Pictures As always let me know what you think and feel free to ask questions. Thanks for looking everyone!         | ||
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