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Vintage 1617 on the bay - bf special

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G8r
Posted 2006-12-01 11:49 AM (#322608)
Subject: Vintage 1617 on the bay - bf special


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Here's a bottom-feeder's special 1617, with a BIN of only $228! Looks like it wasn't well taken care of. Probably a good canditate for sending to the mothership or as a project:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Ovation-1617-4-Vintage-Acoustic-Electric-Guitar...

I won't be bidding :( Mrs g8r would kill me since we're about to buy a house.
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Norseman1
Posted 2006-12-01 1:00 PM (#322609 - in reply to #322608)
Subject: Re: Vintage 1617 on the bay - bf special


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check this one out...wonder what's up with the paint? Looks like it will go cheap!

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Ovation-Acoustic-Electric-Guitar-1621-1...
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Jason_S
Posted 2006-12-01 1:09 PM (#322610 - in reply to #322608)
Subject: Re: Vintage 1617 on the bay - bf special


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looks like shiot if you ask me..i may have to step in on this one...jason
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G8r
Posted 2006-12-01 2:12 PM (#322611 - in reply to #322608)
Subject: Re: Vintage 1617 on the bay - bf special


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hey jason - hope the bandsaw injury's healing well
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Jason_S
Posted 2006-12-01 2:14 PM (#322612 - in reply to #322608)
Subject: Re: Vintage 1617 on the bay - bf special


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its healing, i tore a few stitches last night but its no biggie..just another scar on my hand...ruins my damn career as a hand model..lol...jason
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G8r
Posted 2006-12-01 2:19 PM (#322613 - in reply to #322608)
Subject: Re: Vintage 1617 on the bay - bf special


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yeah, i ruined my hand modeling career too. glad to hear it's doing ok. i shudder when i think how it'd feel to not be able to play because i was careless.
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Jason_S
Posted 2006-12-01 2:25 PM (#322614 - in reply to #322608)
Subject: Re: Vintage 1617 on the bay - bf special


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i tore a few stitches last night playing....i probly could have been ok if i was playing the legend or the balladeer but i was playing the folklore with that fat 1 7/8 neck..kinda streched the web a bit too soon...jason
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G8r
Posted 2006-12-01 2:29 PM (#322615 - in reply to #322608)
Subject: Re: Vintage 1617 on the bay - bf special


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i haven't had the pleasure (or pain?) of playing a 1-7/8 neck O. it's really that big a difference?
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Jason_S
Posted 2006-12-01 2:37 PM (#322616 - in reply to #322608)
Subject: Re: Vintage 1617 on the bay - bf special


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a standard neck is much thinner. ive got chubby fingers so the extra string spacing is a blessing...jason
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CrimsonLake
Posted 2006-12-01 2:47 PM (#322617 - in reply to #322608)
Subject: Re: Vintage 1617 on the bay - bf special


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Jason man... take care of yourself! Take up the harmonica until the stitches heal.
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Jason_S
Posted 2006-12-01 2:52 PM (#322618 - in reply to #322608)
Subject: Re: Vintage 1617 on the bay - bf special


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ive been playing a bit of slide lap style on the balladeer and the academy since the mishap..but its healing just fine now..jason
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seesquare
Posted 2006-12-02 12:15 AM (#322619 - in reply to #322608)
Subject: Re: Vintage 1617 on the bay - bf special


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I think widenecks sound different, too. True, mine is about 35 years old, and has only two braces in the top. Generally, a lot easier to fingerpick, too.
RE: hand injuries- good light, patience, & sharp wits!
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Old Man Arthur
Posted 2006-12-02 1:06 AM (#322620 - in reply to #322608)
Subject: Re: Vintage 1617 on the bay - bf special



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Originally posted by Johnnycash83:
a standard neck is much thinner. ive got chubby fingers so the extra string spacing is a blessing...jason
Way-back-when, when I just got to touch a guitar, someone let me play with a classical git-fiddle. I really liked the wide neck, just cuz I got fat finger-tips. But I also got short fingers... When I got the P-strat, I got used to a skinnier neck, good for barre chords.
Now both my O's are somewhere in between, which is cool.

Jason, easy does it with the pinkies.
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Jason_S
Posted 2006-12-02 1:07 AM (#322621 - in reply to #322608)
Subject: Re: Vintage 1617 on the bay - bf special


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iv'e never mastered the the 4 finger chords...hell i can only play 4 chords but i can play them damn good..lol...jason
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Capo Guy
Posted 2006-12-03 11:08 PM (#322622 - in reply to #322608)
Subject: Re: Vintage 1617 on the bay - bf special



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Originally posted by Gospel Guitar Guy:
Originally posted by Norseman1:
check this one out...wonder what's up with the paint? Looks like it will go cheap!

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Ovation-Acoustic-Electric-Guitar-1621-1...
I was in the lead on this one but had to work today,( a rare and unfortunate situation but another employee had Tennessee Titans tickets so I filled in and lost a pretty nice guitar).

If I had it to do again I'd still do it . There will be other guitars but a good co-worker is a RARE breed these days.
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G8r
Posted 2006-12-04 12:02 AM (#322623 - in reply to #322608)
Subject: Re: Vintage 1617 on the bay - bf special


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I'm sorry you missed out. But you helped out someone instead, so I think an even better deal will come your way as a reward for a good deed.
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G8r
Posted 2006-12-04 1:34 AM (#322624 - in reply to #322608)
Subject: Re: Vintage 1617 on the bay - bf special


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that 1617 is back ... i thought it went out on a BIN. guess the sale fell through.
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