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No! I Know that you didn't just slap a sticker on the case and ship it!

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Old Man Arthur
Posted 2008-03-22 2:19 PM (#48233)
Subject: No! I Know that you didn't just slap a sticker on the case and ship it!



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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR		Aw, Yes they did! They actually put a hang-tag on the handle and just shipped it.

And they didn't wash it either. It is covered with dust, and had a red hard-candy stain on the top, which made my heart skip...
I was looking at the Fed Ex Track, and it said 14.7 pounds... Now I have never shipped a guitar that light. So either no case, or no box. It was the later! But it is one of the Good cases, with the metal stick-on letters, so that is cool.
I am still letting it warm-up, but I took it outta the case. It is still a bit cool inside, since there are only eleven little holes.
(It oughta be ready by the time I compose this...)
So... Time to Brag!

I really need to clean that corner before I take pictures, huh? :p
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Slipkid
Posted 2008-03-22 2:27 PM (#48234 - in reply to #48233)
Subject: Re: No! I Know that you didn't just slap a sticker on the case and ship it!



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Location: south east Michigan		Very nice.
Twenty years from now that model will be very sought after here on the OFC.

Did you hear that Al & Miles?.... 20 years from now.
And Al... to put that in perspective, that's after 20 more OFC Factory Tours.

Wait sec. Hold on.
Oh no... that's 20 more calendars!!! :eek:

Very nice OMA... Let's see a picture of you playing it.
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alpep
Posted 2008-03-22 2:30 PM (#48235 - in reply to #48233)
Subject: Re: No! I Know that you didn't just slap a sticker on the case and ship it!


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Location: NJ		brad
i hate you
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2ifbyC
Posted 2008-03-22 2:35 PM (#48236 - in reply to #48233)
Subject: Re: No! I Know that you didn't just slap a sticker on the case and ship it!
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast		Didn't someone here get one for his daughter? The more I look at it the more I like it. It didn't appeal to me at first.

I received an Epi Sheraton II shipped that way, except it must of had a full roll of wide plastic packaging tape around the case seam.

Enjoy the 'heat'!
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cholloway
Posted 2008-03-22 2:42 PM (#48237 - in reply to #48233)
Subject: Re: No! I Know that you didn't just slap a sticker on the case and ship it!


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Location: Atlanta, GA.		Nice git.

I really need to clean that corner before I take pictures, huh?
Just wash the dirty socks!
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Old Man Arthur
Posted 2008-03-22 2:44 PM (#48238 - in reply to #48233)
Subject: Re: No! I Know that you didn't just slap a sticker on the case and ship it!



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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR		So... Is this marketing by the seller or what? This came with an orange handwritten hangy-tag that sez
"Elite 1778T $1789"...

Also, my 1778T-5 has a thin saddle, but this one has the wider one, like my 1718...
I thought that that was the "older" style, but this guitar is newer than my black one.
(14,631 guitars newer)

["Just wash the dirty socks!"-- Those are the clean sox for today, I'll have you know]
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knuckles
Posted 2008-03-22 3:38 PM (#48239 - in reply to #48233)
Subject: Re: No! I Know that you didn't just slap a sticker on the case and ship it!


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Originally posted by cholloway:
Nice git.

I really need to clean that corner before I take pictures, huh?
Just wash the dirty socks!
No, no. The dirty socks act as mothballs.
Dirty minds need not reply.
knuckles, who thinks flames are cool.
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2stix
Posted 2008-03-22 3:44 PM (#48240 - in reply to #48233)
Subject: Re: No! I Know that you didn't just slap a sticker on the case and ship it!


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Originally posted by 2ifbyC:
I received an Epi Sheraton II shipped that way
Must be the standard way to ship a Sheraton II, mine came the same way!
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Elliot Meldoy
Posted 2008-03-22 4:18 PM (#48241 - in reply to #48233)
Subject: Re: No! I Know that you didn't just slap a sticker on the case and ship it!
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Location: Stow, Ohio		I have shipped guitars to Iraq that way.
Putting the guitar case in box would not provide
anymore protection, except maybe keep the case from
getting scuffed. I do however put some packing material under, and above the headstock to keep it from flexing during shipping.
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2ifbyC
Posted 2008-03-22 4:31 PM (#48242 - in reply to #48233)
Subject: Re: No! I Know that you didn't just slap a sticker on the case and ship it!
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast
Originally posted by Elliot Meldoy:
I do however put some packing material under, and above the headstock to keep it from flexing during shipping.
That's what dirty socks are for!
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stephent28
Posted 2008-03-22 5:32 PM (#48243 - in reply to #48233)
Subject: Re: No! I Know that you didn't just slap a sticker on the case and ship it!



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Originally posted by alpep:
brad
i hate you
:D :cool: :D
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FlySig
Posted 2008-03-22 7:03 PM (#48244 - in reply to #48233)
Subject: Re: No! I Know that you didn't just slap a sticker on the case and ship it!



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Originally posted by 2ifbyC:
Didn't someone here get one for his daughter?">
Yup, I'm one of those Dads. My girl plays hers all the time, and has since inspired at least 3 others at school to buy Ovations. Hers, though is the previous iteration of the Red Flame. It has the Op30 preamp and the candy apple red color. Old Man Arthur's is the newer version with OpPro and the orangy red paint job.

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Weaser P
Posted 2008-03-22 7:43 PM (#48245 - in reply to #48233)
Subject: Re: No! I Know that you didn't just slap a sticker on the case and ship it!


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Location: Bluffton, SC		Now THAT is a pricelss pic.
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2ifbyC
Posted 2008-03-22 7:51 PM (#48246 - in reply to #48233)
Subject: Re: No! I Know that you didn't just slap a sticker on the case and ship it!
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast		I love the blurred strumming hands!

Way to go Dad!
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Trader Jim
Posted 2008-03-22 9:40 PM (#48247 - in reply to #48233)
Subject: Re: No! I Know that you didn't just slap a sticker on the case and ship it!


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Location: South of most, North of few		Very cool, Sig!

Oh, and OMA, that's a very nice guitar. I've been toying with the idea of one of those, but just haven't brought myself to the flame thing yet...
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kotadawg
Posted 2008-03-22 9:46 PM (#48248 - in reply to #48233)
Subject: Re: No! I Know that you didn't just slap a sticker on the case and ship it!


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I've been toying with the idea of one of those, but just haven't brought myself to the flame thing yet...
10, 9, 8.....
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Old Man Arthur
Posted 2008-03-22 10:17 PM (#48249 - in reply to #48233)
Subject: Re: No! I Know that you didn't just slap a sticker on the case and ship it!



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Originally posted by Slipkid:
:eek: Very nice OMA... Let's see a picture of you playing it.

I almost looked respectable in the first pic.... So I had to toss-in the second! :cool:
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muzza
Posted 2008-03-22 10:19 PM (#48250 - in reply to #48233)
Subject: Re: No! I Know that you didn't just slap a sticker on the case and ship it!



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Location: Sunshine State, Australia		Needs to be hung upside down.

The flames were obviously painted by an Australian.
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Old Man Arthur
Posted 2008-03-22 10:33 PM (#48251 - in reply to #48233)
Subject: Re: No! I Know that you didn't just slap a sticker on the case and ship it!



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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR		"Needs to be hung upside down. The flames were obviously painted by an Australian." --Muzza Australis

"I've been toying with the idea of one of those, but just haven't brought myself to the flame thing yet..." --TJ

Yeah Muzza, I thought the same thing when I first saw them... Or that you gotta run across the stage that direction.
But, Jim, they kinda grew on me over time. Way back when I first started in my O-diction I let a GCXT get away for $500 BIN (Free shipping too)! Decided that I oughta grab this one. Since they are going for $800 plus now!

One of these days I will get one of dem Puke-Blue Adami... Didn't like them when I first saw them either.
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an4340
Posted 2008-03-22 10:38 PM (#48252 - in reply to #48233)
Subject: Re: No! I Know that you didn't just slap a sticker on the case and ship it!


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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands		Very nice get!
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muzza
Posted 2008-03-22 10:42 PM (#48253 - in reply to #48233)
Subject: Re: No! I Know that you didn't just slap a sticker on the case and ship it!



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Originally posted by Old Man Arthur:
... Or that you gotta run across the stage that direction.
:D

Nah!

At our age? Just hang it upside down.
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Captain Lovehandles
Posted 2008-03-22 10:55 PM (#48254 - in reply to #48233)
Subject: Re: No! I Know that you didn't just slap a sticker on the case and ship it!



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Location: GA USA		That's the same guitar Nicky's got!

Sig, that's such a cool pic. Why don't they have it up on the band page?
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Oddball
Posted 2008-03-23 1:00 AM (#48255 - in reply to #48233)
Subject: Re: No! I Know that you didn't just slap a sticker on the case and ship it!


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Location: CA		The flames do go the wrong way. I note that other guitar painters also paint flames top-to-bottom, but this looks 'right' to me:

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/document?cpd=0OEY&doc_id=99371&base_...
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First Alternate
Posted 2008-03-23 6:49 AM (#48256 - in reply to #48233)
Subject: Re: No! I Know that you didn't just slap a sticker on the case and ship it!
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Location: North Carolina
Originally posted by Old Man Arthur:

I almost looked respectable in the first pic.... So I had to toss-in the second! :cool:
No problem. Add the grease paint and the spandex, and you're ready to fill in for Gene Simmons.
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AussieJames
Posted 2008-03-23 7:02 AM (#48257 - in reply to #48233)
Subject: Re: No! I Know that you didn't just slap a sticker on the case and ship it!



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Location: Brisbane Australia		Hot Art, very hot :D
Nice grab.
BTW I am now having my guitars shipped from the US (in cases)just bubble wrapped and covered with a few layers of plastic wrap.
No problem so far and a lot less packing.
AJ
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