I don't need 2 Shiny bowl Balladeers. I know the K1111 is very special, and very beautiful, but I just don't need 2, and the old girl wins hands down.

This is #03 of a very limited run. When I received it, the saddle was not the right one. The pictures show the old saddle with gaps at the end. I had a new one made that fits perfectly and is compensated for spot on intonation.

There were some silly rumors about this guitar that floated around after my purchase, so I contacted John Budny at Ovation to find out what the history was as he knew it and did find out somethind VERY disturbing...

Someone put a pick guard on it. JEEZUS, really? Anyway, it may have been Patch that had it sent for removal, and after John and Co were done, there was no trace of a pickguard ever being on it.

In addition to the new saddle, I had the frets leveled and dressed, and a complete setup done here locally. The thing is in perfect working order and in perfect cosmetic condition.

It's prettier than the original, but I gotta stay with the mature gal.

$850 with case plus whatever it cost to get it to you.

It wasn't me that sent it back, but I would've if it had a pick guard on it. That mental image hurts my brain just thinking about it!

And BTW, that's a great guitar!

The soundboards on the K1111 RI's were, hands down, the prettiest Ovation ever produced. Throw that on top of a shiny bowl and they are just a beautiful instrument with a killer acoustical response. Less than 50 of these were produced, so they rarely show up on the secondary market.

After seeing Sammy Ash's posting on the Ovation Collector FB page, I think I know where #4 is.