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FOR SALE: 1982 COLLECTORS SERIES

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Tupperware
Posted 2006-11-02 1:42 PM (#323794)
Subject: FOR SALE: 1982 COLLECTORS SERIES


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Location: Phoenix AZ		FOR SALE: 1982 COLLECTORS SERIES GUITAR



Up for sale is my 1982 Collectors. This was the very first year of the annual collectors series, so it has some historical significance. I bought this guitar several months ago for $175. and it meets my every expectation. Very nice sound, great action, beautiful appointments. And the Blueburst top fits in perfectly with any Adamas collection. The problem is that 1) I never, ever play it, and 2) it's very redundant to other guitars that I own and 3) I really need some room.

So here's the deal: $195. delivered to your door in the USA

Why so cheap: OK, nothing fundamentally wrong with the guitar. It's been played and knocked around a little. Nicks, small dings, 2 lacquer cracks and an area on the lower bout where the lacquer flaked off and took some of the blue finish with it. Looks like it was touched up with matching blue nail polish (not mine). It's really not bad at all and I'm probably being too critical. When I got it, I installed brand NEW Ovation chrome tuners and a FD14 truss rod cover. The guitar is acoustic ONLY. The 2-knob electronics were dead, so I removed everything from the inside and nicely plugged the holes. The guitar weighs significantly less now.

So that's it. It's not "beat up" or anything like that. Just used for what it was designed for and has some road scars. Plays and sounds every bit as well as it did 25 years ago. Deep bowl, bound neck, abalone rosette, blah, blah, blah. Case is the red fur lined Ovation Archcraft case, which on it's own is kind of a collectors item.

If you are looking for a fantasic front porch guitar, this is the deal for you.

More photos, specs, etc. at the following link.

1982 COLLECTORS SERIES GUITAR

Dave
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stonebobbo
Posted 2006-11-02 2:11 PM (#323795 - in reply to #323794)
Subject: Re: FOR SALE: 1982 COLLECTORS SERIES



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Location: Tennessee		Dave,

You have mail.
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Tupperware
Posted 2006-11-02 3:27 PM (#323796 - in reply to #323794)
Subject: Re: FOR SALE: 1982 COLLECTORS SERIES


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Location: Phoenix AZ		Rule of thumb, if a guitar takes 3 days to sell then it was probably a good deal for both seller and buyer. This one took 45 minutes which means I probably got screwed. Oh well, guitar is on it's way to Bob. Thanks to the others who inquired. Dave
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MWoody
Posted 2006-11-02 3:45 PM (#323797 - in reply to #323794)
Subject: Re: FOR SALE: 1982 COLLECTORS SERIES



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Location: Upper Left USA		Dave,
If you had been paying attention you could have sold it for the going price of the abalone Rosette!

No kind deed should go unpunished. Will we be seeing Bob Seger on Tour with this gem?
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Tupperware
Posted 2006-11-02 4:20 PM (#323798 - in reply to #323794)
Subject: Re: FOR SALE: 1982 COLLECTORS SERIES


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Location: Phoenix AZ		You know, I actually DID think about parting it out. Tuners. Abalone rosette. Walnut knobs. Bowl. Braces. I probably could have turned it into about $400. But the sight of Bob Seger playing a baby blue guitar is priceless. Dave
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Mark in Boise
Posted 2006-11-02 6:22 PM (#323799 - in reply to #323794)
Subject: Re: FOR SALE: 1982 COLLECTORS SERIES


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Location: Boise, Idaho		As I said in my email, if I would have bought it, I might have filled my quota of "blue ones" authorized by SWMBO, when the quota should be filled by an Adamas. I suppose if I was going to get a #47 I'd have to sell the 99 Collector's so I wouldn't exceed my quota of "red ones."
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stephent28
Posted 2006-11-02 6:28 PM (#323800 - in reply to #323794)
Subject: Re: FOR SALE: 1982 COLLECTORS SERIES



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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066		Hmmmmm

'99 collectors vs #47 Reissue...

Gotta think real hard about that one ;)
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Mark in Boise
Posted 2006-11-03 12:09 AM (#323801 - in reply to #323794)
Subject: Re: FOR SALE: 1982 COLLECTORS SERIES


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Location: Boise, Idaho		If the price was the same, there would be no question.
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stonebobbo
Posted 2006-11-04 5:08 PM (#323802 - in reply to #323794)
Subject: Re: FOR SALE: 1982 COLLECTORS SERIES



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Location: Tennessee		Guess I got what I deserved
Kept you waiting there too long, my love
All that time without a word
Didn't know you'd think that I'd forget or I'd regret
The special love I had for you, my baby blue
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