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Location: Michigan | $400 + Shipping
1114-4 in Excellent condition with an almost invisible finish crack (won't even show up in a picture) and a small flaw in the finish in the center of the headstock (also won't show). Has ohsc, in good condition.
Features :
-12th Fret Body Joint (very popular these days)
-Wide Classical Style Fingerboard (also popular)
-Slotted Peg Head (ditto)
-no belly on top, perfectly flat
when I bought this guitar, the music store owner (a friend) told me that it was in a closet for 20 years. The strangest thing was that it had old classical strings on it, and even then sounded great.
Why am I selling you ask? well I tried in 2007, and the deal fell through for some reason. To be honest this guitar is a bit hard for me to play, as the neck is a bit wide. Also, I have been eyeing Martins for years, and would like to start saving to purchase one. |
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Location: Tuscany, Italy | JKF, good luck with the sale. This is a good opportunity for someone to get a supernice guitar. I got my 1114 nearly a month ago otherwise this one would be mine in a heartbeat.
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Location: Michigan | Thanks a lot! I really love this thing, if it wasn't for the wide neck, and my desire to have a martin, I would never need another guitar. |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Any Photos? Original case?
As long as it's in the condition you say, I'll take it.
(Sorry Cliff.)
You don't have to ship to Australia, just Manhattan.
(Sorry Cliff)
I'll PM you tonight (my time) as I'm at work and just about to go into class. |
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Location: NJ | NoWorries,Mate! |
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Location: Michigan | Photos tommorrow morning , took them tonight. I guarantee you won't be dissapointed. |
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The wavy pattern is in the wood and beautiful. It changes in the light. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | looks really nice! |
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Location: Location Location Location | You have a PM. |
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Location: Michigan | replied to. didn't get your PM through the system though, got it through email. |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Not thinking of gazumping are you Gary? |
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Location: Location Location Location | I had to go to my colloquialism dictionary to realize that I WASN'T gazumping.. :D |
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Location: Location Location Location | Is this sold? |
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Location: NW Washington State | Maybe you're gazundering. It's all so confusing. But it's not clear from the thread if it's sold.
-Steve W. |
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Location: Location Location Location | Well, I just sneezed, maybe I just gesundheited. |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | As far as I'm concerned, it's sold.
Originally posted by muzza:
As long as it's in the condition you say, I'll take it. That to me is pretty clear. It's sold.
Whether or not it's sold to ME is still up in the air.
Watch this space. |
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Location: Michigan | One way or another it is sold, as long as I can make up my mind which deal to take. I'm not trying to delay things, I just want to make sure that I'm making the right descision. |
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Location: Cicero, NY | "...which deal to take."?
Seems to me that muzza was first to say he'll take it. If you accepted that deal, Gary's offer is irrelevant regardless of the offer.
What's to consider? |
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Location: Location Location Location | Woh...easy cowboys. I never made an offer. As a matter of fact, I never had any intention of making an offer. I asked a couple of questions. That's it. If it was sold to someone else, I certainly wouldn't, what was that?...gazump??
Before I asked those questions, I didn't see anything that said this guitar was sold. |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Sorry if I assumed you had made an offer, Gary. You sent a pm, then inquired again if it was sold and then Jkf said he was considering "which deal to take" so I assumed you had made the second offer.
But we all know what happens when you assume... |
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Location: Flahdaw | Originally posted by Weaser P:
But we all know what happens when you assume... It means you make an assumption. |
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Location: Cicero, NY | 'Zactly! |
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Location: Michigan | I don't know exactly what to say. I have to conversations pleasantly going on through pm and email. And I have a difficult descision to make. It may look like I'm dithering or playing people against each other, but since people posting here aren't privy to the entire conversation ( and I have no intention of posting any part of a private business transaction) I posted this ad at the same time I replied to muzza's post, thinking he was in austrailia. So please, don't assume anything underhanded is going on. |
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Location: Michigan | I had two conversations I mean. The w was left out |
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Location: Location Location Location | No problem Weaser, apology accepted. It means you make an assumption. Wow..saying nothing has been raised to an art form. Well done! |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by GaryB:
Wow..saying nothing has been raised to an art form. Well done! Yepper, tis a talented group we have here...  |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Originally posted by Jkf_Alone:
I had two conversations I mean. The w was left out I assumed that. |
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Location: Flahdaw | Originally posted by Weaser P:
Originally posted by Jkf_Alone:
I had two conversations I mean. The w was left out I assumed that. |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | You can all assume that Muzza is the soon-to-be new owner. Just waiting for Josh's PainPal details. |
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Location: Hanau, Hessen, Germany | I assume you are very happy Muzza. Congrats ;) |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Nice. Glad we could all help. |
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Location: Michigan | SOLD TO MUZZA! I almost wonder if my indecision was based partially on having second thoughts. My wife and I each spent about 30 minutes playing the 1114, saying goodbye, then I packed it up, and to console myself, I spent a half hour staring at Martins in the Elderly Catalog. Here's a pic of the baby in her crib ...
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Cliff, make sure the vacuum cleaner is nearby when you open it. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Originally posted by Jkf_Alone:
My wife and I each spent about 30 minutes playing the 1114, saying goodbye, then I packed it up, I often spend time playing guitars that I have sold, just to play them one more time...
That is just fuel for Sellers' Remorse! :p |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | When I sold my 1768 (which funded this purchase) I took it to one last Thursday night jam session and broke a string on the first song.
I NEVER break strings.
Spooky. |
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Location: Tuscany, Italy | Congrats Muzza, you'll never regret this purchase ! |
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Location: NJ | Notta'Problem, Muzz.
I'm taking the guitar case outta' th'box & shipping all that sh!t back to Michigan . . . |
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Location: Flahdaw | Michigan? I assumed you were shipping all that sh!t up to Weaser in New York. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Packing peanuts should be against the law. They are bad for the environment, they make a HUGE mess, and they settle in shipping just like cereal in the box, so they don't even do a very good job protecting what they are designed to protect. Whoever invented them should be forced to eat nothing but packing peanuts as a steady diet until they are eradicated from the planet. (Oh, am I grumpy today? And I'M not even the one who will have to deal with these. Cliff, I agree - send them back, but make sure he knows there is something in the middle of the box that will make it worth opening. :D ) |
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Location: NJ | That'sMyPlan.
. . . but, as ANY OvationOwner knows . .
WORTH is such a "subjective" term . . . |
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Location: NJ | if it ain't peanuts y'gotta' deal with, it's cashews . . . |
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Location: south east Michigan | Michigan??
What did I ever do to you?? |
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Location: Flahdaw | The Fiero was a masterpiece compared to the Aztec |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Hey now... You can haul alot more guitars & gear in an Aztec than a Fiero! |
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Location: south east Michigan | Originally posted by cliff:
th'PontiacFiero. Well yeah, there was that. |
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Location: Michigan | Hey, those are used peanuts. With my furniture store, I always get way too many of these things. :) |
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Location: Michigan | Also, there aren't as many peanuts as it looks like, I rolled up cardboard and used it to immobilize the case. The peanuts are in between. I know better than to depend on them. |
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Location: NJ | y'can't depend on peanuts . . . cashews, however . . . . |
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Location: closely held secret | The peanuts in that box are worthless anyway. The vulnerable points are the front and back of the case, not the perimeter. All the peanuts you can fit in that box won't stop that forklift blade from going through.
The best method is the one the factory uses, secure the case in the box by making a recess for the case at the bottom out of stout cardboard, and a collar at the top keep the guitar centered in the box. |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | I agree. I just sent my Elite to Melbourne in an Ovation carton with no further protection other than about 6 layers of packing tape over the ends (I use the cheap stuff) and it arrived in perfect condition.
I've sent an email trying to describe how to do it but my descriptive skills Seem to have abandoned me. |
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Location: Michigan | Repacked to Murray's specs. should be no mess and still well protected. never shipped an instrument before, so i figured overboard was better than underpacking. |
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Location: Location Location Location | Ok, I'll take it...Hello..anybody there? I said if no one wants it......going once....
Dang...gazobbled... :(
PS..Good on you Muzza..enjoy it! |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | I will, eventually... |
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Location: NJ | Muzzer;
Your guitar arrived in NewJersey this morning and is sitting behind me, in it's case acclimating (it's about 50-degrees today, after a rather chilly night). Will pop-open th'case once it's had a chance t'WarmUp . . .
btw;
stryrofoam peanuts (especially, those LITTLE ones - th'size of pencil erasers) are absolutely th'Devil'sSpawn. |
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Location: NJ | NiceNeck!!
I might have t'GET me one of these!
(it'd be a DamnShame if ThisOne didn't "make" Rob's CruiseShip . . . ;-) |
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Location: Flahdaw | Old Chinese proverb:
Man with itchy butt should not chew fingernails
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Originally posted by cliff:
NiceNeck!! Is that it??
C'mon Cliff. You're killin me.
Tell me more, PUUHLEEZE?
(BTW, do you have any Ovation guitar cartons laying around? The Folklore will have to be checked in when Rob returns as he's got a few days in Hong Kong. I'm not too keen to have the guitar just protected by the case.)
I reckon you've got nearly 6 weeks to decide if you want one or not.
Enjoy it Cliff, and THANKS. |
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Location: NJ | Folklore?
WOT Folklore??? . . . |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | I know JFK and I've played that guitar. You got a really nice deal on that one muzza. He's also one of the most trustworthy people I've met. |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Originally posted by cliff:
Muzzer;
YOUR guitar arrived in NewJersey this morning I'm SOOO glad that I've got that in writing... |
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For Sale! Ovation Folklore 1114-4 $400 + shipping