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Location: Snellville, GA | Until I get the house paid for, the car paid for, the pool paid for, the 26 year old out... I'll be content to play my cedar O... Oh the agony! |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | TWA...
i know "people" |
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Location: Snellville, GA | Originally posted by Jeff W.:
TWA...
i know "people" Jeff, I'll let you know by the end of October. |
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Location: Snellville, GA | Don't missunderstand me, I shoulda did this... ;) |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Al Pepiakastiglia,
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | I posted this message in a separate thread but I wanted to also leave it here.....so if future OFC'ers decide to do a search to read about the U681T they will see this happy ending to the tale.
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My U681T was returned home to daddy today.
Al had emailed last week and mentioned that while at the OFC tour he had seen my baby and in his words..."It looked steller". Well we all described items differently, so while I was hoping that it came back to me the way Al had described it, I wasn't holding my breath.
Well, Al was wrong. He understated it. It wasn't steller, it was magnificent! This is what I had expected from the mothership when I first placed the order many moons ago. Let me repeat that.
THE GUITAR IS NOW MAGNIFICENT.
When I opened the case, there was a strong smell of resin or some agent, but it was a good smell. The top which had been mottled in appearance was now a brilliant black with gold flakes evenly spaced all over the top. The neck issues were corrected, the binding was perfect.....and the sound (which was never a problem) was to die for.
I don't know who did what, but the guys at the factory absolutely NAILED IT this time.
I know that I bitched and moaned, but that was because I expected the U681T to be what it now is. The boys at the mothership are to be commended for taking the bull by the horns and running with it. They did an outstanding job and I thank them all.
Because of the way this was handled...and the final results....the OFC guitar or #47 are now back on my plate for purchase.
I would like to especially thank Al for sticking up for us, listening to us bitch and whine, and then doing everything within his power to make us happy. I would have never gotten this kind of attention or action from one of the online stores and certainly not from GC or some other chain.
Again, FANTASTIC JOB by the guys at the factory and a BIG THANK YOU to both them and Al for handling this is a professional and incredible way.
Now....I gotta go play! :D |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Stephen,
Mine went back to the factory the day your's arrived.
Al is instrumental. |
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Location: SoCal | I also had posted in another thread. The guitar came back absolutely perfect. Also with the strong "resin" smell when I opened the case...like napalm in the morning - wonder if it comes in a can?
My highest compliments to all involved. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | It smells like VICTORY! |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Tony,
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Location: SoCal | You know, I hate to say it, but I told you so. All during this thread, I kept saying "let Ovation make things right", and son of a gun, it was the one time when the moon lined up with the sun and the weather was perfect and my kids weren't bugging me, and for that rare moment, I was right.
I'm just surprised that everybody was so worried. Ovation doesn't screw up much, but they have a great track record of making things right.
Trust me on this guys...... |
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Location: NJ | ". . . You know, I hate to say it . . ."
. . . anywhere near as much as we hate to hear it?? ;) |
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Location: SoCal | Nah.... |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | And knowing things will eventually turn out ok doesn't dispell the initial disappointment of things gone wrong.
but thanks for saying again "I told you so!" :cool: |
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Location: SoCal | Stephen, I'm very happy that you're pleased with your U681. It's a great guitar and one of the best that Ovation has ever built.
But maybe it's just that I'm old (50), but if I spend big bucks on something and it's not right when it arrives, I'm not that bummed. My first response on something like this would be to see what couls be done to make it right. Maybe it's because I buy guitars that I want to keep (and there is that "old" perspective thing as well), but I tend to look a little further beyond just short term gratification. It's more of a "let's get this right in the short run and I'll enjoy it for years" kinda thing.
Maybe when you get to my age....... |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | And your point is ??? |
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| "Maybe when you get to my age......."
Given your line of work I'm surprised you have got to your age. |
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Location: SoCal | "And your point is ???"
Get over it.
The older I get, the meaner I get. Survival gets easier. |
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| I'm older, therefore meaner. And with my back I can't get over anything anymore. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Paul, I will never get to your age because I am already past it (52)!
I guess as I have gotten older, my tolerance for sloppy work has grown shorter. I never doubted for a moment that Ovation would not make things right, I just felt it should have been done properly before it left the building.
Regardless, great guitar that will make me happy for many years to come.....I have actually learned my fifth chord now that I have a shorter neck to play with ;) |
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UPS JUST DELIVERED...
