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Location: NJ | still trying to get final specs
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Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota | nerdydave - 2015-11-07 6:38 PM
Gosh thanks Ovie. No one is ever with me!!
Doesn't mean we don't love you NerdyDave, you just have allot more willpower and restraint than me, and you are one of those rare people who are completely happy with what you have! |
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Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota | elginacres - 2015-11-08 10:56 AM
I am patient AL
I am not by nature, but can be for something Special, and this is ***SPECIAL***!  |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | alpep - 2015-11-08 6:57 AM still trying to get final specs this is not an easy task and it should be Couldn't you have had a really close look during the factory tour? (Carried a small mirror to check bracing patterns, measured bowl depth, got the staff drunk so they'd tell you what was made with what) |
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Location: Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA | "Woulda, shoulda, coulda", etc. I 've only got 3 questions about these guitars, and yes, even alpep doesn't know the answers yet. Hold your horses just a little bit longer, OFC People. Give Al room to breathe. I'm doing my best at being a patient fellow, and I'm also anxious for the new models, too. We shall see what we shall see, won't we? My questions are: 1) What does the " black and gold" look like? 2) Are all 50th Anniversary Models offered in Deep Bowl Contour only? 3) Why are the prices so, so very HIGH? I only ask the last one, because I'm CANADIAN, and the prices may be even higher for me here.
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Location: moline,illinois | Michael R. Seguin - 2015-11-08 5:36 PM
3) Why are the prices so, so very HIGH? I only ask the last one, because I'm CANADIAN, and the prices may be even higher for me here.
Mike S.
Does anyone know the price range for the 50th models.I'd love to get one,I've been waiting for specs and to see if I have to sell a kidney to afford one before committing myself.
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Contact Al... Like it sez at the start of this THREAD
In a discussion on FaceBook the number 3499 was mentioned.
But you would have to ask Al to see if that is correct.
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Location: Ontario Canada | 2wheeldrummer - 2015-11-08 10:37 PM
Does anyone know the price range for the 50th models.I'd love to get one,I've been waiting for specs and to see if I have to sell a kidney to afford one before committing myself. i don,t think kidney,s are going for that much...what else you got??? |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Michael R. Seguin - 2015-11-08 4:36 PM
Why are the prices so, so very HIGH?
Compared to WHAT? This boutique custom shop (I would not call it a "factory") is going to turn out a very limited number of guitars all built with the finest materials and impeccible workmanship. Yes $3-$5 grand is a lot of money, but I doubt at that they even cover the costs.
As a comparison not too far from the Ovation stable ... the Guild anniversary guitar (built in New Hartford by these same hands) sold for a street price around $5000 and the Takamine anniversary guitar was around $8000. And these were built in factories that were fully churning out a full product line of routine models to "spread" the cost.
Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't see a new $1500 USA made Ovation in the crystal ball |
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Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota | 2wheeldrummer - 2015-11-08 9:37 PM
Does anyone know the price range for the 50th models.I'd love to get one,I've been waiting for specs and to see if I have to sell a kidney to afford one before committing myself.
Hi 2Wheel!!
Here they are:
http://www.lostartvintage.com/Categorys.aspx?categoryid=8&categoryi...
If you want to get on the list to get one, just email Al, and once he has all the specs, he will let us know what the scoop is! |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | The last limited editions of 50 guitars, the 1617ALEs from 2011, listed for over $3200, so $3499 shouldn't be surprising.
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Standingovation - 2015-11-09 3:48 AM
Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't see a new $1500 USA made Ovation in the crystal ball
No more $599 Sweet-T's or K1111RI's? 
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I bet there won't be any more OFC 1s either. The reissues were great, but I don't know whether they were profitable. The #47RI helped Al convince Ovation that the OFC guitar could be built at a reasonable cost. A bunch of the K1111RI's went into the Factory Reconditioned bins and were sold cheap. I have yet to find a flaw in mine, other than in the guy who plays it.
I'll bet that someone decided that the Collector Series were no longer sufficiently popular or profitable, so they tried very limited editions, which still didn't sell out. Instead of increasing the demand, they cut the supply. Standing Ovation could probably explain this in much more colorful marketing terms. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | MARKETING = creating a buzz for something that people probably don't need and usually can't afford.
The 50th anniversary guitars certainly fall into this category. But for completely irrational reasons I DO WANT ONE, or TWO, or THREE ...
So at least for the short term I'd have to say that the marketing guys have hit a home run. Still not sure it's a sustainable business and only time will tell. |
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Location: NJ | I am really not happy with how this process is going. I like to be upfront and honest with customers and give them all the information I can.
I have been waiting for a response to specific specs for over a week.
please note this is NOT the way I do or want to do business |
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Location: undisclosed | Perhaps they are second guessing their model choices as feedback and preorders roll in? |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | I can only imagine what all parties involved must be going through. They need samples for NAMM by the end of January, but they want to build flawless, exceptional guitars, and design/spec/redesign is part of that process, but at the same time, it's hard to sell something without a description, but they want to surprise and wow everyone, but they are so excited they want to tell the world. I'm guessing it's both exciting and frustrating on both sides of the curtain. |
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Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota | Since there are people waiting to order pending those specs and information, I'd get my rear in gear and get those specs out to the Dealers so I could get those Orders in!
At least an ETA on when they would have the information, so that folks know what is going on.
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Location: Lebanon, TN | God bless Al! He is putting the information and photo's on his website as quick as he can get it. If you check now you will see he has received some spec sheets for some of the models so kudos to him for doing that.
Like Miles says I am sure there is stuff that is in flux and specs may change but I have to say I am just stoked at having the potential to even place a order deposit for a brand new USA made Ovation product.....super stoked! |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Here are the specs from Lost Art Vintage Instruments
http://www.roundbackguitarforum.com/50THAnnSpecs.pdf |
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Location: SoCal | mid depth contour! Isn't that interesting..... |
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