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Location: Caribou, ME | Will ovation be doing repairs in it's new version? I'm picking this up tonight and I'm wondering what it would cost to just have a new bowl slipped onto this neck. I haven't seen it in person so I don't even know if it's a bolt on or set.
Furthermore I don't know if the cracks could just be knit together.....
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Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota | I know that they are Super busy right now with just a 7 man crew, and trying to get the Anniversary's out, I sure hope so too, I have a couple that need to go home to Mother too!!  |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I doubt they have bowls and cedar tops sitting around to be "slipped onto" the neck. That looks like it needs a new top, which appears from the recent Bottom Feeders threads to be a major amount of work. |
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Location: Caribou, ME | Okay, never mind. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Don't give up on my account. If I was as close to the Mothership as you are, I'd take it down to have them look at it.
Edit: I don't know my Northeastern geography very well, either. I just found out that Caribou, Maine is a long way from New Hartford.
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Mark in Boise - 2016-03-22 11:44 AM
I just found out that Caribou, Maine is a long way from New Hartford.
Uh, yeah.
You can throw a rock from Caribou and bust a window in Canada. 
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Nice. That critter is worth repairing. Send it to Dan Savage, AKA Mother-Of-The-Left-Coast. |
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Location: Caribou, ME | Meh. Not something I'm going to pursue after all. I bought it but it's back on the market. |
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Location: SoCal | How much you want for it? |
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Location: Caribou, ME | It's on ebay. |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | http://www.ebay.com/itm/162016592394?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&s... |
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Location: michigan | I recently purchased a BRAND NEW 1968 Custom Balladeer (never been played) through luck from the comptroller at Kaman Aerospace. It is pristine however, I wanted to send it in (it may need a neck reset as it has been strung at tension all these years).
How does one get in contact with the folks at ovation that can tackle this. This guitar belongs in a museum. |
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Location: When?? | rhoadsscholar... that is an amazingly incredible find! Pictures?? |
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Location: michigan | this is the find.
It is a shiny bowl. Amazing condition |
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Location: michigan | correction, Deluxe balladeer. I use to have a 40th anniversary reissue. This guitar is a lot lighter in weight. Can't wait to get it set up right.
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Location: SoCal | is that a raised rosette or inlaid? What you want to do is have the repair shop go thru it, then play the thing nonstop for the next 25 years. Bet it will sound great!
As to the 1113 mentioned earlier in this thread, it now has a torrefied addirondak spurce top and is played every single day.
Guitars are meant to be played, not be museum pieces......
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Location: michigan | Moody, it has the raised rosette. Would love to have the mothership go through it. How does one contact them. Email address, phone number? I agree it needs to be played and a playing I will do. Can't wait to get it out and about. Any contact info provided would be greatly appreciated. Love bragging about this guitar. |
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Location: michigan | Love this forum, got the contact info and will be following up. THANK YOU |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | That is a NICE guitar. 
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Location: south east Michigan | Wow... It's still "blond".
Must be because it stayed in the case, out of the light..
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Great get Roady.
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Location: Canada | Oh my that is incredible. Congrats on the find. |
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Location: michigan | Buyers beware, I don't know if the buyer listed it on ebay and reverb (where I got it), but this listing appears to be the same guitar which is now in my possession.
I reached out to the seller to see if he forgot to take down his ebay listing. Someone on this forum pointed it out to me. I will post back once he lets me know.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Ovation-Guitar-Deluxe-Balladeer-SN-...
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