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Location: Lebanon, TN | Wow Jim, Nice grab. Looks like it's almost a local pickup for you too :-)
Ovation lighted sign on the Bay
I spotted this earlier today and had it bookmarked as I had to run my daughter out to a party. Otherwise it would have been finding its way to Casa Miller. Hope it fits in nice at your place :-) |
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Location: East Tennessee | Way to go Jim.  |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | There must be more than one, because I bought one today as well.
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Location: South of most, North of few | Thanks, I'll let them ship it for 8 bucks. I'm going to have to get a bigger music room soon. You might want to check with the seller, there may be more. Stuart, It'll fit right next to the 06. :D |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | There's another one listed now Stuart. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Yup, Here. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | The seller said that he got a deal on a truckload of assorted signs, and that he is sorting through them. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | I just hope he's not selling the same one over and over....... |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | I guess we'll find out soon enough Jim. |
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Location: Up North | It's not the real Ovation logo, note the headstock. So he's probably just printing them off and putting into the frames. |
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Location: Midland, MI | Maybe the headstock is trademarked and the guy making these doesn't have a license? I wonder if Kaman pursues that kind of thing. |
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Location: Lebanon, TN | Actually there is a guy selling t-shirts on the bay and the same headstock applies, which got me over to Miles Ebay store and lo an behold the headstock on the Ovation fan Club logo also has the squared off headstock.
Then I went to the www.ovationguitars.com and stared really hard at the logo. Looks damned close to the lighted signs to me...headstock and all. |
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Location: NJ | This is a guy with a sign/graphics business whose probably "cranking" them out and posting 'em on eBay (probably making them up AS they sell). Did ya' notice that the Ovation/BMW/Triumph signs all pretty much look the SAME?
For about 200 bucks, you can buy a CD of thousands of corporate logos in .eps format (we buy one every year or so t'keep our library at work "up to date"). |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Ah, Cliff. You made me look back.
No Harley? No Budweiser? No Ford? No Chevy?
They got big names, but nobody with a Big Legal Department!
Pick the smaller players, they like the publicity anyway... |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | For the price ($69 delivered), it seems reasonable, particularly if the wood frame is decent. As soon as somebody takes delivery of one of these models, let us know what you think. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Mine is only about 150 miles away. I havn't heard if it is shipped yet, but when it comes in, I'll let you know how it is. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | OK, the sign showed up today. I had called the guy to check on the shipping and he said they usually ship out the end of each week. At that time I changed my order to one with an oak frame instead of the mahogany that I originally bought. It really looks nice lit up or not. I believe it's worth the money and makes a nice addition to office or studio. I don't know if this guy is knocking them off or really has a finite number of them, but if you're interested, I think he still has them listed. |
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Location: NJ | Cool . . .
Glad you're happy w/it. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Trader Jim, can you comment on how the Ovation logo is affixed to the plastic lens? |
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Location: South of most, North of few | The plastic is a kind of a multi hued opaque tan color and the logo seems to be in the plastic rather than a silk screen overlay. I don't know, but it really is well done, even at close inspection. I know, other than the logo, you could build the box and light it for probably 20 bucks. but all together it seems to be worth it. |
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Location: the BIG Metropolis of TR | Post us a picture of it in it's new home! |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | Go to bed TRB, you have to find me some talent at the yard sales early in the morning. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Originally posted by Trboy:
Post us a picture of it in it's new home! here ya go...
I know, I know, the clock shows the same time... |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | It's smaller than I thought. I guess I didn't read the ad very well. Might fit nicely in the music room.
I also noticed that his other listings include some big names like Porsche. Porsche's lawyers are very sticky about trademark and copyright violations, so if they see his ebay ads they might try to shut him down. |
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Location: NJ | ". . Porsche's lawyers are very sticky . ."
I'm sure they ARE . . . |
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