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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | SIGH.....
I hate when this happens.
I've made no secret that I'm trading to raise funds for my mothership projects. So I find a nifty piece of Ovation Craftsmanship (a closer adjective than it seems on the face of it), thinking I can flip it. Then I open the case and...well...kind of just gape at the thing for a minute.
Then I clean it up.
Then I string it up.
Then I tune it up.
And DANG IT!
It's one of the best-sounding, easiest-playing guitars of any brand I've ever touched! And as you can tell, it looks fabulous as well. So now what am I supposed to do? I mean....
Just LOOK at this thing!
It even matches the scenery....
This one's a little out of focus, but it's the only pic that shows even a little bit of the mind-bogglin grain in the fretboard.
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Location: Tennessee | That's a one of a kind beauty. Sell something else. Very nice find. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Beautiful Patch! How much for the girl? :D |
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Location: south east Michigan | Ooooo... blingy.
I'd feel a powerful attraction for that one myself. |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | Ah the dweez sky shot!
That's purdy and like you say blends with/compliments the background.
Seems a shame but why not leave it outside as a piece of landscape art?
Makes me want to dig out my 1537, in fact I'll get the old girl out tomorrow and blast through The Irish Girl (Adrian Legg). |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Yummm, I like a lot! Is that a rosewood or walnut FB? |
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Location: Route 66, just east of the Cadillac Ranch | Originally posted by Patch:
So now what am I supposed to do? That's a tough situation, but I can think of a lot worse places to be. ;) One thing about it, whether you decide to keep it or sell it, SOMEBODY'S going to own a beautiful guitar! |
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by 2ifbyC:
Yummm, I like a lot! Is that a rosewood or walnut FB? Rosewood. These were made for the Asian market but some of them stayed in the states. They are beautiful guitars. They play, sound, and look great.
Keep it and find something else to sell. Like your oldest daughter....... |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | "...so now what am I supposed to do?"...
Just say no.
Although ... if you begin to feel REALLY guilty about having all the most beautiful guitars in the world, perhaps it's time to just GIVE one away. There's probably at least one person out there that would be extremely grateful. |
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Location: Right now? | Then I open the case and...well...kind of just gape at the thing for a minute.
:eek:
Don't you just HATE when that happens?
You are EVIL!
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Location: Texas | Patch (or should we call you Pavlov?),
I don't know if you are planning on keeping it, but if not, your initial post exhibited some excellent salesmanship. You've got us all salivating without even naming a price (yet?) ;) |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by standing:
excellent salesmanship Sowing the seeds of need!  |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | Yeah ... To be honest, I can't tell whether he's talking about selling it, or if he just received it. ?????? Patch ...? |
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | Whoa! Many questions! It's somehow comforting to know that my unanticipated consternation is mildly contagious. Lesse here....
Originally posted by 2ifbyC:
Yummm, I like a lot! Is that a rosewood or walnut FB? Looks like rosewood to me. Deep-colored, hypnotically grained rosewood.
Originally posted by dweezil:
Ah the dweez sky shot!
Have you noticed that the sky shots really seem to make the abalone edging go almost 3D! Especially with a flash.
Originally posted by dweezil:
Seems a shame but why not leave it outside as a piece of landscape art?
Ain't Ovation's great? If I had just picked up my Martin D-42, it would have waited for warmer weather to take pictures outside....MUCH warmer weather. (25 F here today.)
Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
These were made for the Asian market but some of them stayed in the states. They are beautiful guitars. They play, sound, and look great.
It fooled me too. The label says Elite 1768. No "N" or anything. I'm gonna ask John and Kim about it next week. Serial number dates it to 1990. The only issues with it are a minor ding and a place where it looks like a piece of epaulette was glued back on. (A good, clean job but it's just a smidge out of level, and if you look close you can see the tiny cracks where it separated.)
Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
Keep it.... Thinking about it....
Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
....find something else to sell. Working on it.....
Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
Like your oldest daughter....... Not even for Beal's entire collection. :cool:
Originally posted by WillaMuse:
:eek:
Don't you just HATE when that happens? I did warn you. :p
Originally posted by standing:
Patch (or should we call you Pavlov?),
um....DING!
Originally posted by standing:
I don't know if you are planning on keeping it.... Well I wasn't! "HONEST! Seriously honey, I bought it with every intention of just flipping it. But it's just so NICE!"
er...uh...Sorry standing, I just flashed back to a conversation I had a few hours ago. :rolleyes:
Originally posted by stonebobbo:
Sell something else. I need to. But I don't wanna. How nice is this guitar? For the first time, I'm seriously thinking of letting my 87C go.
I can't believe I thought that, much less said it, much less typed it! :eek:
Originally posted by Trader Jim:
Beautiful Patch! How much for the girl? :D Wow! THAT'S enthusiasm! :D
Originally posted by bvince:
Yeah ... To be honest, I can't tell whether he's talking about selling it, or if he just received it. ?????? Patch ...? Just got it today. Am I selling? Blamed if I know! I not only meant to turn-and-burn it, but I kinda needed to.....
Still, somebody I think is wonderful DID say I could keep it if I wanted! 
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | Great! Sounds like a slam dunk on keeping it AND your 87C. NOW ... STAY AWAY FROM EBAY!!!! |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | I was just pondering the model number, and how it just says Elite 1769. It MAY be this went back to the factory at one time and all the extras were added. That would explain the model number not changing. My only other guess without knowing about the model number is a 1769, would be that it was a custom order. Either way ... she sure is purdy. If I had ordered one like that, I think I would have requested dark binding all the way around and up the neck.(did I ever mention that I don't care for white binding?) |
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Location: Whitecourt, Ab | "Marketing spoo"...drool...slober... |
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | Originally posted by bvince:
... STAY AWAY FROM EBAY!!!! Dream on! :rolleyes:
But this one came from Craigs List. Now that I think on it, I haven't snagged a steal, or anything else from eBay in a long time. Too many sharks in that pool I think. ;)
And just for clarification, the label says 1768 not 1769.
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Originally posted by Patch:
Still, somebody I think is wonderful DID say I could keep it if I wanted!
If only all decisions were like this. |
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | Here's John Budny's take hot off the AM press....
"Hi Patrick, It is most likely a N768 that didn't make it to Japan then we would have put a regular label in it, my best guess anyway. John"
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | So, Patch, a fine burst with all the bling, and is that a shallow bowl? |
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | Not an SSB. It's a deep bowl and easily contends with my 87C and Book Elite acoustically. A VERY good sounding instrument. It actually has some of the best bass response of any of my O's. |
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Location: Michigan | Wow, nice find! |
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Location: SoCal | Build-wise, it's the exact same guitar as an 87C or Book Elite. Different fingerboard material and slightly different bling. The differences are all that you would find from different guitars of the same model..... |
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Location: Cincinnati | That's a real beauty, Patch. Congratulations! |
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Location: Back in the Valley of the Sun Mesa Az. | verrrrry nice! |
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Location: Central Florida | Another clue perhaps. Same OP24. Same brown deep bowl. Pics are nowhere near Patch quality but you can get the idea.
Love the look of this guitar. The burst is killer and the abalone… Schwinggg! Don’t have an 87C here to compare it to but it does have a great voice. Found this one in Florida and thanks to G8r, was able to nab it in complete confidence without ever having played it. Came from the original owner who used to live in California. Owner said it was one of ten that his favorite music store there had made for an anniversary and said that Pat Simmons bought one the same day he bought this one. Chance you may have a Doobie guitar there, Patch!
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Location: Cincinnati | Didn't you have that at the SSSJ, Otto? What a beautiful guitar. |
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | Any idea of the name of the store Otto? Might be worth investigating. ;) |
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Location: Central Florida | Jack, yup, this is the one I had at SSSJ. She's got a look, doesn't she?
Patch, he told me the name of the store but I sure didn't recognize it and didn't think it important enough at the time to write it down I guess. I do still have the guy's number and I did call but so far he hasn't returned 2 messages. I will post if I hear from him though.
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Location: Portland, OR | Looks just like my N768, "Brownburst". Not only pretty but a great sounding guitar. |
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | Thanks Otto. I appreciate the effort. I love trying to track down stuff like this. |
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Look what I just opened! (AKA I'm in trouble now.)