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ksdaddy
Posted 2010-08-04 8:45 AM (#279554)
Subject: WTB: absolutely trashed O


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Location: Caribou, ME		I think I want to make a floor lamp.

I would like to find an old Ovation with absolutely no chance of rehab. Multiple open top cracks, caved in top, holes in the bowl, twisted or broken neck, or no neck at all would even work. I have a topless '74 Balladeer with a neck twisted like a piece of licorice that I could re-use on another bowl just for the lamp construction.

I don't want anything that has any chance of being put back together as a functioning guitar, lest I feel guilty about repurposing it as home decor.

I could even use an old broken top if you have all the pieces and binding.
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scott lamperd
Posted 2010-08-04 8:37 PM (#279555 - in reply to #279554)
Subject: Re: WTB: absolutely trashed O


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Location: Eaton, Indiana		Sounds bad but I could probably still restore it...

scott
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Michael R. Winters
Posted 2010-08-04 8:54 PM (#279556 - in reply to #279554)
Subject: Re: WTB: absolutely trashed O



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Location: Seymour, Tennessee		I think that'd be cool.
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2ifbyC
Posted 2010-08-04 9:39 PM (#279557 - in reply to #279554)
Subject: Re: WTB: absolutely trashed O
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast		ksd,

I have a stripped (no hardware) 1861-4 Standard Balladeer with several surface cracks and no rosette. It may be a rehab 'tempter', but it would make a nice lamp.
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alpep
Posted 2010-08-05 12:56 AM (#279558 - in reply to #279554)
Subject: Re: WTB: absolutely trashed O


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Location: NJ		I posted one a while ago check the for sale section
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2ifbyC
Posted 2010-08-05 1:05 AM (#279559 - in reply to #279554)
Subject: Re: WTB: absolutely trashed O
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast
Originally posted by alpep:
I posted one a while ago check the for sale section
HERE
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MWoody
Posted 2010-08-05 9:07 AM (#279560 - in reply to #279554)
Subject: Re: WTB: absolutely trashed O



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Location: Upper Left USA		The fact is that I have several that you and others would find as candidates but I can't get past the "not repairable" part...
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ksdaddy
Posted 2010-08-05 9:21 AM (#279561 - in reply to #279554)
Subject: Re: WTB: absolutely trashed O


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Location: Caribou, ME		Agreed. It would have to be quite bad off, say a victim of flood or fire damage. Even the Ultra AlPep posted would be too good to trash in my book.

I could take the topless Balladeer and build a nice plywood "top" for it with a shelf inside for coffee cup and ashtray. Not sure how I'd run the 110 cord; too bad the truss rod is in the way.

This is the potential lamp before I pried the top off:

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