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Location: closely held secret | Our family is going to Uganda again next January (another missions trip), and I'm looking for a used O to take with. Perhaps a Balladeer, if it has a p/u.
I need to keep the cost at around $250 or $300.
If anyone has one they're looking to move, please let me know.
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Location: Fayetteville, NC | Glenn Hess had one a while back. Don't remember the price. I don't think it had a pick-up but it looked like it was in great shape.Balladeers show up fairly often.I'll keep a look out for you. |
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Location: closely held secret | Thanks, Steve. I kinda need a pickup, because we'll be traveling to different churches and working with their worship musicians. They play loud.
Last time we went I bought an inexpensive Celeb on sale, but I left it with someone there. (You wouldn't believe how rare Ovations are in central Africa!)
This time I want to take a better quality guitar, but I plan to bring it back with me. Unless God has other plans for it, that is... |
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| I have an 85 1112-4 (no pickup) for sale, Howie has an Ultra w/pickup in good condition think you could get it for 225 maybe less,
1112-4 $350
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Location: closely held secret | Thanks, Glenn, but I really should have a pickup. It is a beauty, tho!
I'll keep the Ultra in mind - my first O was an Ultra! |
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Location: closely held secret | Any opinions on the Pinnacle Deluxe ? (Yes I know it's Korean! But I'm taking it to Africa!)
OP30, no case (I have several...)
... Or the S771 Balladeer. |
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Location: SoCal | Personally, I'd spend the extra $130 and get the Balladeer. Even with the damage, it will sound better unplugged. |
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Location: closely held secret | Good point, Paul. Plus it has a case and no bids.
Thanks for the input. Did you get that package I sent you? |
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Location: Madison, Wisconsin | Glen,
Nice job of getting that guitar and case to hang upside down from the ladder :rolleyes: |
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Location: Madison, Wisconsin | Waskel,
It might be cheeper in the long run to find out what God's plan is for the guitar ahead of time! |
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Location: closely held secret | I agree, Bill. Unfortunately, that's sometimes not revealed to us.
My plan last time we went (last year) was to buy a Celeb (extorted it out of GC for cost) and leave it with a missionary from our church who was living there. This is what I did and felt very right about it.
This time I plan to bring it back with me to use both for future trips and just as a campfire guitar - unless God shows me an alternative plan... |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Waskel,
The 1778T is fairly bullet-proof.
and loud! |
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Location: closely held secret | I know, Mike. They're also $700-$800.
I can't afford to spend that much on a guitar that's going to be stuffed in a British Air cargo hold for 24 hours and may or may not show up in Entebbe.
That's why I'm looking for an older Balladeer - lower cost, decent quality. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I have just what you're looking for, but I just got it and I'm not willing to part with it. I only paid $225 for it, but got burned for $70 in shipping because I had my father-in-law handle the transaction. I've well documented my fights with my wife over guitars. I enlisted the aid of her dad, but she really complained when we got the $70 bill for shipping it. I should have thought about selling it to you when Stephen's 1537 was for sale. I could have come up with $500 and she wouldn't even noticed the difference between a Deluxe Balladeer and the 1537.
I'm not sure you'd want the shallow bowl, though. Mine really projects, but the strings seem very heavy and it takes a lot more work with the left hand, especially on barre chords. I'm assuming that when I go to lighter strings it will lose a lot of volume unplugged. If you don't find anything, let me know. I'm sure my wife won't mind if I let you borrow it. Check the pics on dcrunner's site, or it might still be in Paul Blanchard's. Nebraska to Iowa to Idaho. |
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Location: closely held secret | well, :p I'm glad you're not bitter about the $70. :rolleyes:
I have 2 shallow bowls, 1866 and 67. Not as room-filling as my 6778LX, but still fun to play, and great plugged in.
Besides, I'm taking it to Uganda. I love the people there, but they're easy to impress, guitar-wise. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I'm not bitter. I just whine a lot and it's hard to tell the difference in print. Sounds like you have a couple choices already. I'll keep my Balladeer then. I did have a mid bowl Celebrity Deluxe that looked and sounded very good. Had a big finish crack, so I traded it for my Collector's. The Balladeer is my first solid spruce. That may also explain the seemingly big sound, but I still think it's the strings. I don't need the volume and my fingers are getting sore, so I'll get a set of lights next time I'm in the guitar store and see. |
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Location: closely held secret | No, no choices yet, really. Thanks for the offer though, Mark. I'm glad you're enjoying your Balladeer, sounds like you need to spend more time together. :D
I'll keep it in mind, though. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | By choices, I was referring to your Legend. If my memory is correct, it is similar to my Balladeer except for the 5 piece neck. If you don't want to take that, I'm sure you will be able to find a Balladeer in the price range. I got mine off this board when I wasn't really looking and I was surprised no one else expressed interest or I would have let them have it and avoided the hassle with my wife. (I bought the Classic and Balladeer on the same day, so she was a bit shocked.)
There's an ebay O where the guy wants $75 for shipping and handling and explains why. For $70, mine was packed so well that it could have been run over with a truck without damage. The biggest problem was that it took me almost an hour to unpack so I could start playing it. Keep looking. |
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Location: closely held secret | I'm trying to avoid taking the Legend.
First, it's a long trip on several planes (picturing apes on steroids chucking luggage in and out of loading doors).
Second, there's nothing like getting off an air-conditioned jet in Entebbe and walking into a wall of equatorial humidity. I could almost hear the Celeb I took last time swelling inside the case.
That was after I got over the sheer amazement of it actually showing up at the airport at all. "Ooo look an American guitar! And it's an Ovation!" "Ah, forget it - it's a Korean Celebrity. Let it go - maybe next time he'll bring an expensive one..."
I think I'd rather take something I won't have to cry about. Maybe an MOB? That would give the nationals something to talk about! Anyone willing to donate one? |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | That's what I figured. I'd feel the same about my Balladeer, although I only paid $225 for it and it has a couple small finish cracks. I assumed the laminated tops would be more resistant to finish cracks, but my Celebrity Deluxe had one the length of the body. There are quite a few decent O's on ebay that go for low prices because of finish cracks. Maybe that's where you'll end up. |
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Location: closely held secret | Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. Just a knock-around guitar, doesn't have to be beautiful. Just missed that s771 on the bay, but didn't want to go $300 for it. He's going to relist it, maybe he'll start a little lower. He didn't get any bids on it. |
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Location: closely held secret | Can someone please identify this 12-string slothead?
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Location: NJ | Pacemaker. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | I second that.
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Location: closely held secret | Check it out at ebay .
Is it worth $150? I can't tell how deep the cracks go... |
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