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Location: Caribou, ME | Hi all. Just joined the group. I've been buying, selling, trading guitars all my life. They come and go out of here so much, half the time I don't know what I've got. In the middle 80s I had a small guitar shop in my home. I took an early Applause in on trade. It sold a while later, to a teenager. Well, somehow the neck got broken (I'm sure by some despicable person on purpose). I bought it back for $5.00. I was able to buy a neck directly from Ovation, and then sold it AGAIN. A few weeks back I bought another early Ovation, a 1976 according to this site. It sparked interest in getting one for myself. I bought my first "real" Ovation, and it came in today. It's a 1990 Custom Legend, sunburst, model 1719, with all the abalone trim. I got it for $425. All I've done to it so far is oil the bridge and board, touch up a couple frets, and put new strings on. It came from Louisiana to Maine, and despite my perception of Ovations being less susceptible to climate changes, I'll let it acclimate for a few days before doing any more tweaking. It really is a striking instrument, and my first impression is very good. The action is VERY low. I like that, because I primarily play electric, and my fingers are spoiled! Anyway, I just wanted to introduce myself, and let it be known that I'm proud to be an Ovation owner. Please check out my home page. You'll see I have a genuine love for instruments, and I can ramble on about them. | |
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Location: the BIG Metropolis of TR | Welcome aboard Scott!!!
I dropped by your home page.....NICE!!! - Love that Tele :eek: Looks like you have some pretty good/great luthier skills (I envy you-I've always wanted to do something like your '79 Strat project-but don't have the patience or skill :( )
You'll find this board is a wealth of infomation on anything to with guitars-Got some folks here with some "skills" of their own and are more than willing to help you with any problem/question you might have!
Great to hear you finally got you an OVATION!!
You already have G.A.S(Guitar/Gear Acquision Syndrome) hopefully you'll catch "Roundback Fever"
Posts some pics of your Custom Legend and we don't mind if you ramble on..........
Mike :cool: | |
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Location: Caribou, ME | Here's a quick shot:
http://images.andale.com/f2/115/106/872437/1049347577587_1719.jpg
Scott | |
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Location: California | Beautiful guitar! Any cracks or major blemishes on the guitar? Good price. | |
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Location: Caribou, ME | It's got the usual finish crack that runs right along the center seam. The soundhole rosette looks a little funky, almost as if the black is deteriorating from the inside surface.... hard to decribe. Other than that, it's very clean. | |
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Got my first real Ovation!