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Location: Boise, Idaho | Plastic cars, plastic guitars. Who wants 'em? |
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Location: SoCal | more money for O's & A's |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Speaking of cars and guitars, Tony, I will look you up in 2007 when the Porsche convention is in San Diego. I probably can't fit any O's in the trunks and don't want to go a week without a fix. I'll probably do the same next year in Portland and finally meet Waskell. |
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Location: Keller, TX | So, who has one? Al still has mine. He is holding it so it doesn't sit on a frozen shipping dock in Chicago over the holiday. Should get it on Friday.
When I ordered it from Al, he said that he now has one left.
The list I have is:
Tony Calman
Dave Witko
stonebobbo
ME
Al said he had six total. Who's missing? |
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Location: SoCal | well, Al sold one through eBay listing-BIN
whoever shantisf9 (361) is?? |
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Location: Tennessee | 18 more hours until mine gets to come out of the shipping box permanently! I'm being worse than my kids! |
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Location: Keller, TX | BIN for $999 and sold within three hours. What does that tell you? Al, you should have gone for more. E-mail the guy and have him come visit. |
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Location: SoCal | that's what I told him...at least $1,400.
so, only one more left? |
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Location: Keller, TX | On Wednesday he said two. Then I bought one. That makes one left unless someone has claimed it already. Didn't WeaserP have a "friend" who wanted one? |
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Location: SoCal | going, going, gone :p :p :p |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | I did have a friend who wanted one but I couldn't close the deal. He's definitely new to the sickness of GAS and was thinking he'd like to pick something up in the $400 - $500 range. I took him shopping and he opened his eyes to what a couple more dollars could get him and I had him seriously considering the Lennon. Then - and here was the killer - he spooke to his older sister - the NUN, who doubles as a diehard Martin freak. (She has two and is actually very good but wants no part of a "plast...", well, you know where that is going). Anyway, he shrank from the pressure. Too bad but I showed him no mercy - I told him it would probably go to a better home anyway... ;)
Sorry Al, I tried. |
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Location: Tennessee | Maybe she threatened to rap his knuckles with a ruler. That's enough to scare anyone straight. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I told my wife that in church tonight when she put her feet on the kneelers. "If you'd have done that in Catholic school the nun would have smacked you with the missal." Incoming!!! |
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Location: Maryland, USA | Man that looks like a sweet guitar...unfortunately, I have no money at all to spend on ANY guitar...one day...I'll hope to own an Ovation acoustic.
And a John Lennon one would be superb, if I ever found a used one once I get some more cash. |
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Location: SoCal | Sell the D-18 and buy the Lennon. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | I'll trade you MINE for the D-18. |
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Location: Maryland, USA | I don't think I'd ever forgive myself is I sold or traded the D-18...it was the first "real" acoustic I ever had.
When I was a child I had an inexpensive children's acoustic. 5 years later I picked up my first electric (Ovation Viper 1271), and never touched the children's acoustic because I was too big for it...
Then a couple years later, I decided I wanted an acoustic again, and I saved my money and shopped around and chose the D-18.
Sentimental/emotional value keeps me with the D-18. And it's great tone and volume, of course. |
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Location: Keller, TX | Tony, Dave, Bob, ?
Any of you have photos of yours that you could send to me. All I have is the one at the beginning of this thread. Won't get mine until Friday - If Al shipped it today.
Any comments on the sound, how it compares to the 1681/1581?
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Go to my website. There is a whole page of photos.
You can't compare to the Adamas guitars. Different animals. To me the Lennon sounds more like my Custom Legend LX. The thing I was the most impressed with about the Lennon is how perfectly it was set up. All Ovations come well adjusted, but this one just seemed extra perfect.
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Location: Tennessee | I have some pictures but they are in the camera not on the computer so I can't send any right now. Mine was set up really nicely like Dave's was. The thing that I've noticed about my Lennon is that it is very percussive ... far more than any of my other acoustics. I get great tone and volume from palm/finger mutes and wide tone variance as you move your picking hand from neck to bridge. There's nothing like a deep bowl! Only bummer is that the preamp is not working quite right. :( But that can be fixed. The rest of the guitar is a dream (#9). |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Pre-amp? Geez, never plugged mine in yet. Sounds too good acoustically, why screw it up. Dave |
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1651-7 john lennon model
