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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by richardd:
If this guitar is so much better than any other wood topped O then why don't they keep making it? 1537, Josh White, Adamas Slothead, GCDB, Ultra GP, ... The good ones never get made for too long.
You're right as far as the 'bling'. Ovation has built a reputation on lots of glittery appointments, day glow colored tops and sophisticated electronics. Nothing wrong with that. I think the FD14 screws with peoples minds. They see a guitar that's plain jane and it looks and sounds every bit like a Lowden or Goodall. It costs 1/3 the price and says ovation on it and that just doesn't seem right.
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | Agreed, Dave. Even though I had just gotten back into guitar-playing at that time, I knew it was a keeper when I played it at Elderly. But it was an impossible sell to SWMBO with the "stealth mode" appointments at the $1400 that Elderly was asking for it.
Since they "can't" reissue it (that would make The Mothership liars having said it was a limited edition), maybe they can now think about making a more general edition of it with fret markers, a nicer rosette and a contour bowl.
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | That would make an interesting addition to the Alpep Limited series....it would certainly grab my interest. |
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Location: Le Havre (France) | 3 hours left and nobody jumped on it !
I don't understand how such a beauty is still standing on the road waiting for the man... |
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| I had a chance at one of these.... a couple months ago... at about 1/2 that price... then another member found out about it... and he asked me to let him buy it instead... I deferred and I think he did buy it.. I never checked back.
if he didn't I want back in that deal RC!!
.... been kickin myself ever since.. wasn't minty, but then none of mine are except the Breadwinner..
I really have come to love the wider necks..
the 1114 is nice... but is no comparison to a FUD or a UTE
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Location: Parrish, FL | Yeah, I did pick that one up. I don't want to rub it in, but I'm glad I did. The previous owner had PM'ed me offering it for sale. I had passed on one a while back that ended up with Aloha Tim and had been kicking myself ever since.
Glenn, I agree with you, I'm really liking these wider necks.
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Location: Tidal Mudflats of Virginia | Had mine out today for a couple songs by the pool :) |
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FD-14 on Da 'Bay
