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jay
Posted 2011-02-11 9:00 AM (#356053)
Subject: Widest steel string fretboard???



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Location: Texas		Does or has ovation made a steel string guitar with a wider fretboard than normal...if so, what is or was the model #?

Thanks in advance for a response. BTW...this is a great board...always cool info here.
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Old Man Arthur
Posted 2011-02-11 9:18 AM (#356054 - in reply to #356053)
Subject: Re: Widest steel string fretboard???



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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR		1114 , K1114 , 1614 , FD14 , 2774LX

There maybe others, but that is a start.
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G8r
Posted 2011-02-11 10:33 AM (#356055 - in reply to #356053)
Subject: Re: Widest steel string fretboard???


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2008 Collector
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Darkbar
Posted 2011-02-11 10:34 AM (#356056 - in reply to #356053)
Subject: Re: Widest steel string fretboard???



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Location: Flahdaw		Click on the 2774LX and look at the picture of the slothead. I swear those are nylon strings...
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cholloway
Posted 2011-02-11 11:48 AM (#356057 - in reply to #356053)
Subject: Re: Widest steel string fretboard???


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Location: Atlanta, GA.		The top 3 look like Elixirs. The bottom 3 could be nylon.
Then again, with my eyesight...
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TAFKAR
Posted 2011-02-11 6:35 PM (#356058 - in reply to #356053)
Subject: Re: Widest steel string fretboard???



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Location: Sydney, Australia		Also Adamas 1680


and the Adamas U681T
(aka UTE)
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Darkbar
Posted 2011-02-11 9:43 PM (#356059 - in reply to #356053)
Subject: Re: Widest steel string fretboard???



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Location: Flahdaw		Holy moley...check this out.
2774LX
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jay
Posted 2011-02-11 10:58 PM (#356060 - in reply to #356053)
Subject: Re: Widest steel string fretboard???



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Location: Texas		I think that the Craigslist guitar was on ebay...both from CT

http://cgi.ebay.com/Ovation-Folklore-Country-Artist-2774-LX-Acousti...

A couple of things seemed strange to me. The first being that the bridge looks classical and the second, if you look at the label in the soundhole, I could swear it says FOLKORE

I asked the seller about this, but no reply.
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Old Man Arthur
Posted 2011-02-11 11:20 PM (#356061 - in reply to #356053)
Subject: Re: Widest steel string fretboard???



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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR
Originally posted by jay:
I think that the Craigslist guitar was on ebay...both from CT

http://cgi.ebay.com/Ovation-Folklore-Country-Artist-2774-LX-Acousti...

A couple of things seemed strange to me. The first being that the bridge looks classical and the second, if you look at the label in the soundhole, I could swear it says FOLKORE

I asked the seller about this, but no reply.

"Curiouser and Curiouser" cried Alice.

Maybe a 2774 and a 2773 are the same guitar with different bridges? :eek: :confused:
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jay
Posted 2011-02-12 12:09 AM (#356062 - in reply to #356053)
Subject: Re: Widest steel string fretboard???



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Location: Texas		Maybe the 2774 is the FOLKORE...
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jay
Posted 2011-02-12 12:14 AM (#356063 - in reply to #356053)
Subject: Re: Widest steel string fretboard???



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Location: Texas		I actually meant the 2773...the model # is right below that, but i cannot for the life of me make out the 4th #, at that resolution.

Regardless...excellent price to have no takers on ebay.
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bburg
Posted 2011-02-12 6:42 AM (#356064 - in reply to #356053)
Subject: Re: Widest steel string fretboard???



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Location: Germany, where delicious wine is growing (Rheinh)		The widest steel string guitars I know are the 1114 / 1614 Folklore, Nutwidth 1 7/8". All other widenecks have only 1 3/4" I think, also the 2009C.

Bernie
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Darkbar
Posted 2011-02-12 7:48 AM (#356065 - in reply to #356053)
Subject: Re: Widest steel string fretboard???



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Location: Flahdaw		Yeah, I read the label as a 2773. Still a great price.
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WillaMuse
Posted 2011-02-13 11:25 PM (#356066 - in reply to #356053)
Subject: Re: Widest steel string fretboard???



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Location: Right now?		Love, love, love, LOVE my 1680.

:)
Willa
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numbfingers
Posted 2011-02-14 12:50 AM (#356067 - in reply to #356053)
Subject: Re: Widest steel string fretboard???


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Location: NW Washington State		Does the label on the "FOLKORE" say Made In Korea? Kinda hard to see.
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jay
Posted 2011-02-14 12:57 AM (#356068 - in reply to #356053)
Subject: Re: Widest steel string fretboard???



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Location: Texas		Nope...I think it says "bowl made by Ovation USA Patented and then the number, which is right above the sticker.
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Old Man Arthur
Posted 2011-02-14 1:35 AM (#356069 - in reply to #356053)
Subject: Re: Widest steel string fretboard???



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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR
Originally posted by numbfingers:
Does the label on the "FOLKORE" say Made In Korea? Kinda hard to see.
Uh... Yup! I think that you noticed the obvious defect that escaped us all!

It is hard to see, but I know that it Doesn't say Made in New Hartford, CT USA.
All Ovation bowls say that they are made in USA. Even Celebrity bowls.
The correct contour bowl label should look like this...



I also think that the Folkore sez "AX"... :(
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Darkbar
Posted 2011-02-14 6:23 AM (#356070 - in reply to #356053)
Subject: Re: Widest steel string fretboard???



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Location: Flahdaw		So then, what is this? A counterfeit? The label's wrong, the rosette is wrong, and the ad says 6774???
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numbfingers
Posted 2011-02-14 3:45 PM (#356071 - in reply to #356053)
Subject: Re: Widest steel string fretboard???


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Location: NW Washington State		The eBay listing location was Meriden CT, not too far from the factory. Wonder if that means anything?
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jay
Posted 2011-02-14 4:16 PM (#356072 - in reply to #356053)
Subject: Re: Widest steel string fretboard???



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Location: Texas		From my perspective it is a 1773LX looking guitar.

http://www.centraleguitars.com/imgs_db/OVA_GOV%201773LX_2.jpg

The sticker on the inside is what makes this a little odd...and the domino's continue to fall from there.
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Darkbar
Posted 2011-02-14 5:11 PM (#356073 - in reply to #356053)
Subject: Re: Widest steel string fretboard???



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Location: Flahdaw		I think you are right, Jay.
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Jargon
Posted 2011-02-24 4:44 AM (#356074 - in reply to #356053)
Subject: Re: Widest steel string fretboard???


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Location: Philippines
Originally posted by numbfingers:
Does the label on the "FOLKORE" say Made In Korea? Kinda hard to see.
I think it does. I blew up the photo to see it more clearly. The text at the bottom of the label looks like the following:
[list]
[*]A KMC MUSIC PRODUCT * MADE IN KOREA
[/list]
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AussieJames
Posted 2011-02-24 5:34 AM (#356075 - in reply to #356053)
Subject: Re: Widest steel string fretboard???



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Location: Brisbane Australia		LX is USA made .......AX is Asian manufacture

AJ
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