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Location: Central Massachusetts | Only around 20 of these were custom built in the USA for sale by sweetwater.com.
The durable, textured enamel finish is lighter than a regular guitar finish so the Elite T's sound awesome. The sweetwater versions bring a deep contour bowl, an OP-PRO pre-amp, and a single, very nice looking Koa-trimmed epaulet.
6-string acoustic/electric
Solid Spruce Top
Deep Contoured Cutaway bowl
Koa trimmed epaulet
OP-Pro Preamp with 3-band EQ and Chromatic Tuner
2-piece Rock Maple neck
Ebony fingerboard, with no inlays
Ebony bridge
Ovation 8158 hard shell case included
1 11/16" nut width
This guitar is in great condition. No scratches, dents, dings, or blemishes. Basically no fret wear. Nice low action.
This could be yours today for $700 shipped/insured to CONUS. Contact me to negotiate international shipping. Paypal, money order, cashier's check, or I can take a credit card, and I can ship quickly!
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Location: Tuscany, Italy | Nice guitar indeed. Simple yet beautiful and I bet with a wonderful voice to it. Good luck with the sale. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | PM sent. |
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Location: Central Massachusetts | Looks like this one is as good as sold! Thanks! |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Thank you DVD! This guitar will be a gift for that student I was talking about. She NEVER puts her guitar down. She keeps it by her bed and plays as soon as she sits up in her bed. Then she goes to school. When she gets home she plays before homework and supper. After supper while the family is watching TV, she sits in the corner and plays quietly. Her family is VERY supportive, and her clarinet teacher hates me. :D
Whatever I show her, she plays right back to me. Her tiny little hands are doing four fret stretches at the first fret. She loves classical and jazz. She likes bluegrass too. Her grandpa is getting her a banjo for her birthday in March.
I am SO excited!!! I can't wait to see the look on her face. When she comes in for her lesson I'm going to have her play the T instead of the Yamaha she usually uses. (She comes right after school so she doesn't bring her own guitar.) When the lesson is over I'm just going to put it in the case and tell her it's hers. I'll make sure to tell her Mom to bring a camera. |
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Location: Texas | I obviously had the wrong guitar teacher. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | If you met this little girl and heard her play, you'd want to buy her a great guitar too.  |
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Location: Visalia, CA | That is just beautiful thing, and a memory that will last forever. |
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Location: Minnesota | You will be making one little girl very happy. It is a very nice guitar with great sound. |
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Location: sitting at my computer | CanterburyStrings - This guitar will be a gift for that student I was talking about. --- When the lesson is over I'm just going to put it in the case and tell her it's hers. I'll make sure to tell her Mom to bring a camera. Good on ya CS! Hopefully you'll post a couple of those photos! |
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Location: Indiana | Very kind of you Alison. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Wow! The guitar came today, and after giving it a chance to warm up, I just took it out and tuned it up. SPECTACULAR guitar!! Rich and bassy. Beautiful to look at too. Shelby is going to freak out tomorrow when she sees it, and when her lesson is over and I tell her it's hers she'll probably faint.
I don't think you could find a guitar that sounds so much like an Adamas without actually BEING an Adamas. If I didn't already have FAR too many guitars, I'd be looking for one of these for myself.
Maybe later...
DVD, I can't thank you enough. You have made ME happy, and you have made the sweetest little girl in the world happy. I'll post some pics of the look on her face. |
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Location: Central Massachusetts | I'm glad it got there safe and sound! And I'm glad the timing worked out that you were looking right about the time I decided to cull the herd a bit.
Oh, and thanks to MWoody for throwing in a little extra bit of koa bling!
We all look forward to hearing how it goes with your student! I hope she enjoys it for years to come!
A donation to the OFC is forthcoming. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Yeah, Woody! When DVD told me you were sending something extra I told him you were a real sweetheart. And I was right! I thank you and Shelby thanks you.
This is the greatest place in the world! |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | It's been awhile since I enjoyed the smile of a kid getting a guitar. I look forward to the pics, Alison. Good on ya! |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | OK, I gave her the guitar last night. She LOVES it! Her whole family came in and they were blown away with how the guitar looks and sounds. They took pictures and sent them to me, but I can't figure out how to even sen a LINK to the pics, let alone post them here. I have them in my "pictures" file, but I can't seem to do anything with them. Any advice? |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | I figured it out! I sent them in an email to Flysig and asked HIM to post them for me. |
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Location: Pueblo West, CO | 1) Make sure the photos are less than 200Kb each.
2) Click to the album link at the top of the page.
3) Click on the 'Create and edit your photo albums' link at the upper right portion of the page.
4) Create an album.
5) Click on the 'Upload Photos' link below the box containing your album.
6) Browse to the folder containing the photos, then select the photo you want to upload.
7) Click on the 'Submit' button.
8) Repeat for all remaining photos.
9) Post the name of the Album to this thread so we can all enjoy them. |
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Location: Utah | Here are Alison's photos.
http://www.ovationfanclub.com/megabbs/photos/photo-thumbnails.asp?a...
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Location: Texas | Priceless |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Thanks, Flysig! And OMA, thank YOU for offering to post them too. You have come through for me in the picture department so many times. I had already sent them to Flysig so I knew they'd show up soon. I LOVE this place!
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Location: Pittsburgh, PA | How very cool. What a wonderful thing to do from all of you involved! |
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Location: NW Montucky | Been looking forward to these presentation photos. Awesome! |
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Location: Upper Left USA | This is the best part of being a fan club! |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Sweet 
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Location: Boise, Idaho | The picture says it all. She'll have a guitar that can keep up with her for a long time. |
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Location: Central Massachusetts | Very cool, Alison! She's a lucky girl to have you as a mentor. |
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Location: Minnesota | I still remember the guitar that I started with. An old beat up thing that made my fingers bleed the action was so poor.
A very lucky girl! It is so wonderful that you are able to do this for her. |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | Wonderful story. Very generous. What is the Woody extra? |
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Location: Central Massachusetts | Koa TRC |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Yes, and I got it in yesterday's mail. It's beautiful and will really dress up Shelby's guitar. Woody, I thank you and Shelby thanks you! Now, unfortunately, it's going to snow pretty hard on Friday, and as Shelby comes in from about 15 miles away, she probably won't make it in. Heck, the way they DON'T plow out here, I probably won't make it in either. I'm only a mile from the shop but I live on a hilltop, and the road to my house has a very long and steep, icy bridge.
Oh well, if I can't make it in I'll just stay home and play my banjo. |
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Location: Fort Worth, TX | What a fabulous story! I too obviously had the wrong teacher when I was young. I'd love to hear what she sounds like on it in about 5 years. This kinda reminded me of the guy here on OFC I've never met who kicked in a fourth of the selling price on my Elite I received earlier this week, and who has offered me another donation to help with the cost if I send it in for a re-top. Great place and great people. |
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Location: Flint Hills of Kansas, USA | You all are GREAT!! Awesome story and a very happy girl...I too had the wrong guitar teacher!  |
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