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Location: Foothills of Mt. Rainier | Hi Everybody,
I was jamming with some friends last night and having a ball. I took my 1983 Collector's Edition and my Roland amp and played most of the night away. Great sound and a wonderful playing guitar. One of my friends brought his Alvarez Jumbo acoustic/electric model 60 and we spent the night trading off on lead and rhythm. Both guitars sounded like a million buck to us and we got to talking about the looks. My 83 Collector has the grayburst on a "hand picked spruce" top while his Alvarez has an almost white Engleman spruce top. I am just wandering if Ovation ever sold a guitar with an Engleman Spruce top? This wood was very attractive and I like a good looking guitar as much as anybody. My Collector Edition was sounding great last night with just a touch of delay and reverb dialed into the Roland amp. I am new to Ovation guitars but this has to be one of the best acoutic/electric guitars around...I love it! Thanks for your help....if Ovation has ever offered a model with an Engleman Spruce top I just might have to start looking for one...I loved that blonde look.
all my best,
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | 2005 collectors |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | There were a couple of 05 Collector's on ebay and it seems like there was one in the For Sale section here recently. There may have been others that had the Engleman spruce. According to many board members the 05 was one of the best sounding Ovations. It has the contour bowl, which didn't appeal to me, but I've become much rounder since then.
I'm going to try to sneak out this afternoon and take a look at an 83 Collectors. I've never played a shallow bowl that I liked much, so we'll see. The guy is way too proud of it. |
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| If its the looks of the wood your interested in first, there are some Custom Legends with the Bear Claw Spruce tops that not only sound great but have that figured wood beauty. |
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Location: SoCal | About 10-14 years ago there were some Legends and Elites with E-spruce tops that were built for the overseas market..... |
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Location: Foothills of Mt. Rainier | Thanks everybody,
That 2005 Collector is one beautiful guitar! It seems to me that our beloved Ovations are way underpriced compared to other quality guitars in the used market place and that is just fine with me. Still...I cannot afford a 2005 Collector at this point but I am going to start saving my money now and maybe by late March I will have enough to buy one on the used market. Thanks again for the info.
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Location: Munich, Germany | Hi Bob,
besides the 2005 Collector's there were some Engelman top Elites and Celebrities, as Paul mentioned.
The overseas production Elites were 1768 EMSX, called German Special Edition Vol. I (and maybe II and II followed, but I never heard of them).
You can see one of those if you click the link in my signature and scroll down. This is not only one of the nicest natural Elites I have seen (with matching headstock), but as well one of the nicest sounding Elites I ever heard/had.
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Location: 6 String Ranch | there were elites and legends made for Germany with E tops. |
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Location: Minden, Nebraska | They are relatively rare, but are out there. I believe the finish code is -ES, and they are obviously natural. |
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Location: NW NJ | Yeah - '05 Collector's... Sweet, Sweet, Sweet :) |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | One was on ebay yesterday for $999, but I don't think anyone bid. |
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Location: Winston-Salem, NC | Mine is still available in the for sale section! |
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Any Engleman Spruce tops on Ovation guitars?
