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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Foyle, in the "sale/trade" section, I have several Adamii for sale. Maybe one will fit the bill for you. |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | " I was actually thinking this morning that I should sell my 1537 and 87 C and buy the Tak. Then realized that if I do sell them, the right thing to do would be to help pay off the OFC guitar. And that might happen this summer "
Would that be a sunburst 1537 ? in pristine condition,including case perhaps ?
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Location: Alberta, Canada | Personally I like the Tak headstock. Too many guitars have the same cookie cutter headstock. Trademarks set a company apart from the competition (ever wonder why the Ovation headstock looks that way?) and I like the fact that this guitar will "never" be mistaken for anything else.
It seems to me Martin uses the same headstock on their whole line, so what's the diff?
I completely understand the hesitation to buy without hearing/playing and if you read the original thread you'll see that in spades. I was the ultimate skeptic mainly because I just don't have the play money, some here, have.
Altho I know none of these guys personally, I have read their posts and given the quality of instruments they have and their years of experiance, I felt I could trust their judgement,and that they were giving the straight goods on this model. I still could not just go for it on blind faith, so to speak, and luckily for me I was able to play the guitar I bought.
This was a very serious purchase for me and it ends a 40 year search for a premium guitar. As I've said, I may at some point want another guitar, but I sure won't "need" one. Due to where the price point was I have ended up with a guitar that is so far beyond what I had envisioned it is amazing.
I hope someday you all find "The One" if you haven't already.
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Location: NJ | goober
I think you are only half correct on this one. We ask opinions about things we purchase all the time. My sister will not buy ANYTHING without looking it up in comsumer reports and if it is not rated or test she will not buy it. I told her they don't test every brand of everything and she got mad at me.
someone recently asked me about buying a pickup. I have owned many and I told him to stay away from the new ford diesel. This is thier first year and they usually need to get the bugs out of them first. Would it be wrong to ask that advice? or would you buy a diesel even with the advice? your personal choice.
As for guitars, yes your hands and ears should always be your primary guides. But when buying something that is not available locally or of limited supply is it wrong to go with the judgement and thoughts of someone you may respect in the biz? I think not. Sure there is always the chance that you get the instrument and it will not be for you or that you will get a dog but generally that is why you instill trust upon whom you make the purchase.
by no stretch of the imagination should my ears be considered golden or is my opinion worth anything but I get asked about instruments all the time. I see a bunch of them have owned tons of them and probably have played some of the most interesting collectible guitars on earth due to my associate with scott chinery. does that make me an authority, no, but at least you may conceed that I can be a good guesser.
I had an original fuzz face for sale at a guitar show once for $350 the customer asked me what I thought of it. I said it sounded like buzzy bees to me and I didn't like it. he asked to try it out. he told me how wrong I was and how great it sounded and handed me $350. it all depends on your context. I guess the best salesman like everything they sell. being a member of the worst salesman on earth clube I can tell you that I don't have to like everything to sell it. with that said, my opinion still should hold more weight than a snot nosed kid in guitar center working to get enough cash to buy a crate amp and berhinger pa so he can go out on the road and make it big.
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Maybe you can't judge a guitar with out hearing it for yourself. But you can sure look at pretty pictures and dream ...
Lots more photos updated on the website:
http://www.takaminegallery.com
A member here emailed me and I'll quote him, even though it is somewhat profane. "You know what Dave, If I had the money I'd buy the f*cking thing just based on how it looks. Son of a b*tch that's one nice looking guitar."
OK, I'll stop pimping this guitar so heavily here. After all this is the OVATION fan club. And what am I some kind of traitor? My work here is done. Closing comment: We accuse folks on other boards of being closed minded wrt Ovations. Let's not fall into the same trap.
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Location: Athens, GA & Gnashville | Dave, I'm not close-minded. I just felt like going fishing......and I caught a shit-pot full! LOL! :D |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Goober, good points raised.
And since I started this whole thing with the first post I'll say I'm sorry, but when I got my #71 and it was that good I had to tell somebody and ya'll're it.
The headstock that they are using on this model is like the Nashville series, it's a little narrower than their regular production(One of my last suggestions to Ichiro Katayama, now Tak pres, was to go with a littler peghead for the Solid Solid series. Glad he took my advice) I think it looks every bit a $850 peghead, don't you?
Now as for the Dirty Hawaiian, Mr Sutton is waiting in Asheville to show you #21. If you're good maybe he'll even let you have some mountain sake, which has been known to make the Takamine people talk a 1000 year old dialect of chineese and throw each other into the bushes at a NAMM show. True story, ask about it.
As far as going on and on about this guitar, yeah we did, so what. Isn't it nice when you get so pleasently suprised and it's all good and keeps getting better? I guess this will die down some now that Tuppy has the takgallery. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Hey Goob, that comment wasn't meant for you. You made a good point that playing a guitar and judging for yourself before you commit big bucks to buy it is the thing to do. In a perfect world, that's the way it would be for all of us.
My poke at being closed minded was meant for those folks (and I used to be the ring leader of the bunch), that by default kissed the ass of every single ovation guitar ever produced. The worst POS that ovation could ever in their wildest dreams produce was still superior to anythig else out there. 'Course we all know that's crock pot full of half cooked cabbage. Same's true on the other side of the Hatfield-McCoy's camp. Folks "over there" won't give ovations a second sniff 'cause by definition any guitar with a plastic bowl has to be some kind of toy, or something. They even call 'em stupid names like Salad-bowls and Tupperware. Well, we all know those folks ain't right a good percentage of the time either.
So what's this all mean? No idea. 'Cept that there's a whole bunch of really good guitars out there and depending on your personal taste and the requirements of the job, you can pick the right tool for it. I'm starting to not really care what the name on the headstock says. Btw, the OFC guitar HAS no name on the headstock. Just thought I'd point that out.
I guess I felt "sorry" for the EF75 because it was an unknown, under-appreciated little gem. Selling at half what it's worth and only available is very limited quantity. The call was shouted out by Bill others, and a good half dozen folks responded. Far as I know, nobody has had second thoughts or been disappointed.
Play on brothers!
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Location: big island | Originally posted by cwk2:
Now as for the Dirty Hawaiian, Mr Sutton is waiting in Asheville to show you #21. bill, is this statement meant for goober, or for me?
sorry for my confusion, just didn't want to miss anything since i will be in asheville in june. |
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Location: NJ | All I know is that (before Bill that is), I got to PLAY this thing before any of you clowns.
Or to quote the great Larry Fine (of the 3Stooges) in his immortal address from the stage to the crowd at Woodstock:
". . I had long hair befor ANY of you jerk-offs!! . ." |
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Location: big island | "where are the clowns? there ought to be clowns. send in the clowns..." |
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Location: Athens, GA & Gnashville | So Dave,
You'll still sell me the tenor uke at the tour? :cool:
Thanks,
Goob The Goober
BTW, the woodbox I'm holding out for is when I play that "right" mahogany Collings. That shouldn't be too difficult. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Yes Lanaki, that was meant for you. Maybe with enough mountain sake you can get steve to talk hawaiian. Call him ahead of time and set it up |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | I think you can get his email from here. |
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Location: NJ | Is that the "plum" sake?? . . . |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | "Hi" |
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Location: NJ | ". . . Ah, . . So . . " |
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Location: Athens, GA & Gnashville | Who you callin' an ahso, Cliff? |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | I trust the opinion and recommendations of experts. The OFC membership has a lot of them. I have not been dissappointed. |
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Location: big island | Originally posted by cwk2:
Yes Lanaki, that was meant for you. Maybe with enough mountain sake you can get steve to talk hawaiian. Call him ahead of time and set it up i should have my EF75 by then, but i would like to catch one of debanjo's gigs, if possible.
mountain sake might just be cheaper than gasoline these days. probably burns cleaner too. i know our rental van will be able to run on it. |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | So, now that the propaganda for that TAK EF 75 seems to be drawing to a close , somebody could maybe tell me about the OFC Gem ?!....will it come in SunBurst,Engelmann Spruce, Price....and why No Logo ??!....( OFC Logo would be Nice,in Ovation design , on Both Guitar and Case ) .
TAK !!....(Tak stands for Thank You in Danish )
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Location: 6 String Ranch | As an "unidentified person" at a NAMM show once asked, "If I have two shots of this will I be able to see God?"
And Debanjo said "With three shots of this you will be God".
He's only doing pick up gigs. Need a banjurist for your gigs? |
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Location: big island | Originally posted by cwk2:
"With three shots of this you will be God". as he jumps off the building trying to fly... ;) |
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Location: big island | Originally posted by cwk2:
He's only doing pick up gigs. out of the back of fords or chevys? |
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Tak EF75 Hype...
