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Joined: May 2006 Posts: 4233 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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Originally posted by standing: Sowing the seeds of need! excellent salesmanship  | |||
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Joined: May 2006 Posts: 4233 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: Looks like rosewood to me. Deep-colored, hypnotically grained rosewood. Yummm, I like a lot! Is that a rosewood or walnut FB? Originally posted by dweezil: Have you noticed that the sky shots really seem to make the abalone edging go almost 3D! Especially with a flash. Ah the dweez sky shot! Originally posted by dweezil: 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.) Seems a shame but why not leave it outside as a piece of landscape art? Originally posted by moody, p.i.: 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.) 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. Originally posted by moody, p.i.: Thinking about it.... Keep it.... Originally posted by moody, p.i.: Working on it..... ....find something else to sell. Originally posted by moody, p.i.: Not even for Beal's entire collection. :cool: Like your oldest daughter....... Originally posted by WillaMuse: I did warn you. :p :eek: Don't you just HATE when that happens? Originally posted by standing: um....DING! Patch (or should we call you Pavlov?), Originally posted by standing: Well I wasn't! "HONEST! Seriously honey, I bought it with every intention of just flipping it. But it's just so NICE!" I don't know if you are planning on keeping it.... er...uh...Sorry standing, I just flashed back to a conversation I had a few hours ago. :rolleyes: Originally posted by stonebobbo: 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. Sell something else. I can't believe I thought that, much less said it, much less typed it! :eek: Originally posted by Trader Jim: Wow! THAT'S enthusiasm! :D Beautiful Patch! How much for the girl? :D Originally posted by bvince: 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..... Yeah ... To be honest, I can't tell whether he's talking about selling it, or if he just received it. ?????? 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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Joined: May 2006 Posts: 4233 Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | Originally posted by bvince: Dream on! :rolleyes: ... STAY AWAY FROM EBAY!!!! 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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Originally posted by Patch: I think you're wonderful, too, Patch, but what does your wife think?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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Joined: May 2006 Posts: 4233 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" As far as I'm concerned then, it's a Craftsman...in disguise.  | ||
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