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| went to the Slydog Ovation lending library and vintage shop today....(have to fix his new Vista Machine) go figure...,
and borrowed a very nice 15 yr old 6868 Elite in Vintage burst with 1 piece maple epaulets, FET3 preamp, and a natural finish(oiled) neck, basic plain jane model with no fretmarkers, bookmatched neck and top, and is probably one of the prettiest finishes I've seen on an Elite.
I love the Natural finish neck, and it sounds really nice... granted a shallow bowl, but this basic workhorse shows its stuff pretty well..
it has the 5 ply multi colored binding like on the 1718 models too.. pretty guitar, easy low action, and looks good even with the outies.
stock photo is here: 
but I think this one's a lot prettier.. and sounds as good as they get for a shallow.
I'll get some photos of this one up tomorrow.
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | Lovely, I do like the SSBs, real pics though please |
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Location: New South Wales, Australia | Glenn, what do you think of the FET3 preamp? My 1860 has one of these and I play it plugged in most of the time and it sounds good to my untrained ear. But I'm interested to know how it compares to the other preamps out there. |
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Location: Melbourne Fl. | Quit makin fun of my "Outies"..........get the pics up for me Glenn,she's a beauty,and yes I will entertain offers........ slydog |
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Location: Location Location Location | Reminds me of the 6768 I recently bought. Looks just like it. You don't see much about it, and it's not listed in Ovation's archived items. It's pretty much a 6868 with a deep bowl.
It's currently with a great local guitar guy for some fret tweaking and a few other things. I think it's gonna be a nice one when it's done. Sure do miss it. |
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Location: CA | Ack! Trying to find what I want on the Ovation Guitars website just drives me nuts. And I thought Martin numbers were hard to figure out...
So I'll just ask you guys: 6868 is a shallow (not super shallow?) bowl. 6768 (not noted on %#@* website) is a deep bowl — cutaway? My question is, did ovation make a mid-bowl edition of this guitar, WITH outies? |
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Location: Location Location Location | I wish I could help more; but here's the little I know about the 6768 I've owned about a month. It's a deep bowl cutaway with outies. I don't know if there's a mid bowl. When I googled the 6768 I only saw a couple of them and both were listed in Japan in Japanese. I haven't seen many around, and don't even know if they were made as exports or not. |
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Location: Location Location Location | Oh, it's a 1995. |
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http://api.ning.com/files/-51J5PazrZmcGpE0CZt7nD13fuvQD8c9wX36tQlFX...
http://api.ning.com/files/-51J5PazrZl1fslb8TyfDH6*nzOjbyKg3hI4NjjsE...
this guitar is in exceptional condition, and is even prettier in person... and plays as good as it looks... pretty minty with original ohsc.
More photos over at the social site!
Contact Al(Slydog) if interested in it... great price
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Location: East Tennessee | Originally posted by dweezil:
Lovely, I do like the SSBs, real pics though please Maybe not quite as big next time. I still have slooooooow dial up and it took 10 minutes to load. :D |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | Man that's a BIG guitar! |
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | I'll vouch for Slydog. His description of my purchase was spot on and his price was great. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by Patch:
I'll vouch for Slydog. His description of my purchase was spot on and his price was great. Ditto here! Super guy with great deals...
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| Thanks for the thumbs up for Al, he's got a LOT of very nice O's for sale, and it's a have-to sale..
partial list, adamas II, 1617-4, 2985-1, M868, 1982 collectors(2), 1651, 1612, 6868, t-bolt, preacher, 1624-1, 1115, GC Artist, Black Elite T w/op pro, Breadwinner, and a few more I can't remember, oh yeah a new sunburst elite with inlaid epi and op pro too...
most photos are in my gallery on the other side/social site.
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picked up a loaner... pretty nice SB 6868
