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Location: California | Nice guitar, the number 120883 will be for m/d/year. congratulations!
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Location: Taxed To Death State | Fixed the electronics today. The battery was plugged into the PU port. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | You're killing me. Will you go look through some old barns and see if you can find an old Porsche for me? |
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Location: Taxed To Death State | Mark this is the best find I have ever stepped in trust me. I wish I found the old Porche Model 1. My Uncle actually found this for me so he really gets all the credit. I just bank rolled the find. |
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Location: Flahdaw | I'll give you $295 for it right now.... |
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Location: Taxed To Death State | if you add a zero to that number maybe. |
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Location: Flahdaw | danomyte - 2014-02-12 8:07 PM
if you add a zero to that number maybe.
Yeah, that's a great find. I'm still waiting for something like that to fall in my lap... |
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Location: Des Moines, Iowa | Super Sweet Guitar! Ya gotta love those wooden knobs, which I believe... in my uneducated (but learning) memory is an Adamas feature. The one thing you didn't mention was how much you paid, which you'll have to forgive me for asking if that's out of "protocol" for the group. I'm a bit new, so just slap me if I get out of line and I'll figure it out. Of course it does help those of us less educated on pricing to learn what others have paid for this year of this model of that type of guitar, because it helps us build our own mental price buying guide for future reference.
Sweet find no matte the price, since I know for myself that I've paid and probably will pay more than I should for something I really want in mint condition.
But that's just me, because I'm a....
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Location: Colorado | There are a few original slotheads floating around |
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Location: Taxed To Death State | Ovation guys told me the wooden knobs are from an early adamas guitar. They probably were just kicking around the factory and they threw them on. I traded another guitar so no monies exchanged hands. My wife appreciated that :-) As far as value goes, I have no idea what its worth, but early Elites bring some good scratch. They are really nice playing sounding guitars. At the end of the day it's pretty much worth what someone wants to pay for it and how bad they want it. |
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Location: Des Moines, Iowa | danomyte, you said it JUST right. I'm probably going to be guilty (if I'm not already) of paying more than I should have or could have paid for a particular guitar just because it was something I really wanted and just the right year and model that turned my head or felt right in my arms. I paid $100 for an old 1979 Legend model 1617 that had a long crack in the top, the bridge was broken and torn off completely, (taking a thin layer of the top with it), the tuning pegs are pretty pitted, and there's not much shine left in that top's finish, BUT... I have another 1979-year Legend (model 1651), so when I discovered (by serial number) that that guitar was basically the same as my other Legend (year, series, and basic materials) I couldn't resist buying it and paying even more money to repair the crack, buy a new bridge and have it attached, and I might even get real stupid and have it completely refinished. I've already paid/put almost $250 into it, which is probably more than what many/most would value one already in very good shape and I might end up putting even MORE money into it.
So, it's definitely about preference and what sounds, looks, or feels good to you OR just makes you FEEL good owning it. If you're buying and selling for profit or to finance upgrades, then emotion, sentimentality, or desire of ANY kind towards ANY guitar better not come into play. Dang it, I guess I'm not quite there yet, because something sweet like this guitar coming into my view would most certainly cause me to throw logic and caution right out the window along with my brain AND my bank account. |
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Elite II ?? Interesting Find
