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 I Never Saw This Coming (Book Elite 12 - Part Deux)
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| Brown delivered today...opened case...hmmm, seems ok...spent the next three hours adjusting neck, lowering action, restringing, clean and polish everything (very dirty and strings were the original set...), retuning...new battery...pictures...retune...play, play, play... OK, so what does it sound like? Many here have put down the SSB's for no power, no tone, etc. but I am here to tell you all, you have to hear this guitar...absolutely incredible (even the wife was complimentary, and she is not a huge Ovation fan...). I truly have never played an Ovation 12 string that sounds like this guitar does...(I'm not counting the Adamas guitars...just the wood top Ovation 12's)... One small bump: The seller (who bought it new) said it was mint...well not quite...I guess if you don't include the two very hard to photograph finish cracks on either end of the bridge (only finish...not through the wood)...but that's it...in the grand scheme of the guitar, it doesn't mean much...it is gorgeous and sounds awesome (I'd say incredible again but I don't want to gush...) BUT: This is a monster 12...and it's an SSBC...go figure: but true! Case is also near mint and includes all of the original case candy from 1995/96...The serial number actually makes this a late 1995... I am awaiting some additional info and I'll add that later... Here are several pic's and the link to the new album...enjoy (Believe me, I will)...    1868-7LTD Book Elite 12 | |||
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Joined: May 2006 Posts: 4236 Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | Originally posted by stonebobbo: I don't know if Al has the smaller size for a 12-string, but buffalo bone or buffalo horn buttons look great on that headstock as well. WOW! NICE! FYI, some of Templeman's MOP buttons are a must for that guitar.  | ||
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Originally posted by stephent28: Mike is the proverbial kid in the candy store or the sleepy eyed child on Christmas morning.  Mike, first of all, CONGRATS! Please keep us posted as to any damage resolution. | |||
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| I've been busy...But, I now have the whole story and it's so interesting that I am going to share it with the entire fan club. First as to how many were made: there were probably only several of these made: Several groups of the original series were made for each of the markets at the time...so maybe only 2 or 3...I personally know of only 2 including mine that have surfaced. No one is completely sure and records were not kept...But it definitely is very rare: it may be the only SSBC Book Elite 12 made or one of two...no one is sure. IMHO at least qualifies as the proverbial Holy Grail...for 12 stringers at least... Now to the mysterious blue label on the back of the headstock:  Turns out it is a COA placed on every Ovation product in Germany to distinguish them as original and not counterfeit...these were place after the guitars arrived in Germany...so how could the guitar end up back in the US w/a German COA sticker on it?  First back up for a minute: As I said earlier in this thread there are two small parallel finish cracks along side each bridge end on the top...the seller told me again last night they had to have happened in shipping...that he had pic's showing that they were not there when he took the pic's for eBay...well, last night, after I answered my previous post, I got to thinking...so I blew the eBay pic's up bigger in photoshop: sure enough, they are there as plain as day... So, who's right and what happened...well, it all came together just a few minutes ago with a phone call: the reason that the guitar w/a German COA sticker ended up back in the US was because it developed the cracks while in the German distributor's inventory, the German distributor wanted a replacement or more likely a credit, so the guitar was shipped back. The call told me that the finish in the mid 90's did this a lot...often enough that the company changed the formulation and got rid of the problem (for the most part)...Dave, that may be what happened to your former Book Elite 6... So the guitar had the finish checks/cracks even before it arrived back in the US back in the mid/late 90's... The other Book 6 for sale by the former seller of my Book 12 also has a 6 string Book Elite for sale: here is the same sticker on it:  I looked at the eBay pic's for that guitar and it is not as definitive as the pic's of my guitar were but thee has to be a reason for that guitar to have ended back in the US...you do the math... So mystery solved, I have an estimate for the repair if I chose to get it done...bottom line here is that it is a great guitar (yes, I said great) which should only appreciate in value and with a very cool history lesson to go with it... | |||
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Joined: May 2006 Posts: 4236 Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | Originally posted by Gallerinski: If you send it to get the finish crack fixed make sure they gloss the neck as well !!!  | ||
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