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Location: Boise, Idaho | Congrats, Tim. That's another one I'll have to borrow from you. I threw in a bid at the end when I noticed someone outbid you and I was wondering if you were watching. I missed out on the 1624 and gave some serious thought to getting this one if you didn't, but I'm glad you got it. |
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Location: North Idaho | Whew..Just about gave up. I didn't notice you had come in. I should have emailed you. This one will probably spend a lot of time on HW55. I hope it will sound close to the 1547. I wonder if the fretboard could be unglued from the top like the 1537/47? 'The Book' has AAA top and maybe the same bracing. Should be very interesting to play with XLR electronics on a mixer. If the weather is as nice your way as up here, we will have to meet up in McCall in Feb. I am also working on aquiring some USB microphones, mixer, and Sonar 5. |
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Location: North Idaho | Just got off the phone with the seller making shipping arrangements. This is a NOS. The 'small chip' is a mark in the wood, not a scratch or ding. As they are an official O dealer, supposedly has full warranty. The so called 'fretware' in the original post was simply tarnish on the frets, as it has not been played for sometime. Seller said he has been playing this last week by his desk, and if wouldn't have sold, was going to keep it for himself because of the 'unbelieveable sound'. It has a $2600 price tag on it. BTW, 44 confirmed watchers and I did not have it marked. Thanks guys for allowing this to come my way and add to the OFC family. The seller stated that was an unusual number of 'watchers' for an item. |
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Location: Parrish, FL | I need to get to Florence, KY and see what else has been laying around that shop! I'l prbably be through there in teh next month or two. Great Grab! I didn't even consider it because I figured it go for much more. I guess the description scared off the competition. Good for you. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Nice grab. Dispite the sellers assurances that it is a "deep bowl", the Book Elites had a mid-depth bowl.....at least mine does!
Dave, am I dreaming here? |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Book Elite is indeed Mid depth bowl. Dave |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Tim, isn't it time for a review? Did it make it to your place in one piece? Pictures? |
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Location: North Idaho | I've been having troubles posting lately, but here goes--hopefully posts in less than five minutes.
Hope to have more details and pics by tomorrow. This is definitely a 5 3/4 deep bowl. I just restrung both 1547 and book with exp16s. The 1547 has more bass, the book has ringing mids and trebles. Both play equally well with the book having a satin finished modified oval neck similar to an adamas w. I still probably prefer the gloss modified V 1547. The action is very low with less that .080" on the 6 string 12th fret. Definitely a remarkable piece with fantastic sound. The voicing is a bit more 'woody' than the 1547 but still very close. I would be hard pressed to choose a favorite. Another great O that's hard to stop playing. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Something is not right here.
CWK2....can you chime in.....were some of the "Book" elites made with a deep bowl?
Tim, regardless, you got a very nice guitar at a great price. I am just curious about this since Dave and I both definately have mid-bowls. |
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Location: North Idaho | Stephen, it's identical size to the 1547. I did notice that this one has a much earlier serial number than yours or Dave's.
I was also looking back at some old posts and this does not have the underside birch veneer like the 1537/47 and 87 C. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | CWK2.....got anything to add here? |
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