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Location: south east Michigan | D.A.N.?
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| Hang on guys, looking for a picture. I HAVE them, I just dont know where they are offhand.
And the guitar was not marked with a model name, number, or country of origin.
Even my luthier, who had taken it apart much further than I, couldnt ID it.
Again, it is much more useful to me to find a replacement guitar that fits the specs, than find out what it actually was. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | but if you post a picture we can give you an idea of which model it most closely matches. |
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| I found a picture, how do I attach it? |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | if you have an account to put photos online like flikr or something you can link to it in a post.
We also have our social network site (link at top) where people put photos and link to them..
You could just email me the picture mileskb at aol.com and I'll post it for you.
Also, you may find answers to many common questions here Ovation FanClub FAQ |
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Location: Ontario Canada | Welcome d.a.n.
Sorry to hear of your misfortune, losing a favorite guitar is very troubling. Good luck with posting the picture.
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| Here is me playing said guitar during a wedding:
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| Looks like a Celebrity CC48-RRB , or a Celebrity CS257 . It's definitely not a US-made Elite. |
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Location: NJ | dan
it is tough to view on the out of focus pic but no insurance company will care what a bunch of folks on a message board say. you need to find some comparatives on line and submit the replacement coast to them, then depending on the company they will either give you a compromised amount or if you have full replacement value the replacement. |
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| Al, I agree. That's what I am ultimately going to do. What I need is a currently produced model that is an adequate replacement. The problem I've had finding one is the neck. Most of the Ovations I've played have had V necks. I havent found any way to tell on the Ovation website which guitars have a C neck. |
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| G8r, do you happen to know if either of those guitars have a slimmer neck as I mentioned in my previous post?
I would prefer to replace it with an US made guitar. I thought thats what it was, however I defer to the experts. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | The presence of noticeable fret markers in the photo suggest that it isn't a CC-48. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | It looks like a CS257 to me. The new ones have a tuner and I think they have a pretty thin neck. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Professor -- They didn't make CC48's back then with the teeny abalone dots.
MIB -- Since they don't make CS257's anymore, the new ones are CC48's.
Unless you move up to the Solid Top CSE's and CDX's, they all have the OP4BT preamps.
Those are actually nice little preamps with a tuner. I had one in a GC057.
Personal opinion is that by the time you spend the money on a Solid Top Celebrity, you can get a Korean Balladeer or Elite....
Now the real question is are the Korean Elites any better than a CDX44? But they do have a Contour Bowl. |
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| It had a very very old, very very basic preamp. 1 or 2 sliders, maybe a button or knob. No tuner. I'd like a tuner.
In getting a replacement guitar, is the contour bowl that much better than the shallow? I like the shallow so when I have to take my guitar on the plane, it fits in the overhead bins.
Fairly certain this guitar predated the CS257. Did they make an earlier version? |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | So, can you pick out the preamp from one of these?
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| Good Lord!
It wasnt one of the silver ones. The rest look pretty much the same to me. |
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| Hi d.a.n. from the angle of the photo the fretboard looks to be that of a celebrity model as opposed to a USA which has the longer tongue on the treble side angling back toward the bass side, but hard to tell from that angle.
were the fret markers on the fretboard MOP, Maple, or possibly abalone stars or abalone Elite/Adamas markers? and was the fretboard rosewood or possibly ebony?
if ebony and stars.. or rosewood with maple or Abalone triangular inlays I can think of one or two USA models that were made with a super shallow bowl and OP24 preamp with one knob and three sliders.
but they would have had to have had the elongated fretboards to be USA models and not Asian Celebritys or Applauses which have the docked fretboard end.
without a clearer picture of the fretboard end I would say it's a celebrity in Cherry-Cherry burst on a flamed maple laminated top. if it did have the ebony fretboard and stars it would be a GC 35th anniversary collectors model 1/50 made and would have also have had abalone binding on the body and neck, and a carved bridge. or if it was with a rosewood neck and abalone or maple triangular Elite/Adamas shaped fret markers, and with abalone body binding it would have been a custom Elite CE1868, but without the longer fretboard it is most probably a Celebrity model, most probably one of the Celebrity Deluxes. The epaulets look like those on a USA tho as well.
got another picture that shows the bridge/pickup or the end of the fretboard better?
Hope that helps. and Welcome!
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| I am sure I have some other pictures of me playing it, but I wasnt able to find them. I found this one because it was tagged on Facebook!
If it makes a difference, it had NO marking anywhere on the guitar whatsover. And a 1/4" jack-- no XLR. |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Best of luck, but my vote is an early CC-257.
Happy Trails! |
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| Ahhhhhhhhhh...........ya know the more I think about it.........I had a nice "Adamas 1" out in the car and now I don't see it........ Al send me another one of those custom adamas quotes will ya.......lets make this one a #8 cutaway with the studio and the contour bowl.........where did I leave that insurance information........
Thats why I come here. This is a great "Idea" site! |
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| good luck with this d. a. n. it has to suck to have something stolen. My experience with insruance companies is more papaerwork and bullshit than it is worth to find out they will replace your item with something similiar and always of lesser value unless you have amazing documentation and proof.
If the insurance company will foot the bill though and you want a USA model, call on Al Pep he has excellent Used guitars as well as New. or there are a bunch of us in here selling great USA Ovations right on this site. You take your chances with ebay.
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | Dan, This one looks close enough to me: Ovation |
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Location: Utah | Originally posted by d.a.n:
In getting a replacement guitar, is the contour bowl that much better than the shallow? I like the shallow so when I have to take my guitar on the plane, it fits in the overhead bins. The standard case for the contour bowl is the same as for the mid bowl. It fits in the overhead bins on 737 and larger aircraft. It won't fit in the bins of a regional jet, but then neither will a shallow bowl fit in the RJ bins.
The deep contour bowl feels more like a square box wood guitar, and has a fuller deeper sound. Many here would say it is a big improvement in ergonomics and tone. A smaller group would say that it is uncomfortable to play standing up. So as a generalization the contour is considered an improvement. If you're super skinny and play standing up a lot, you may prefer the mid bowl shape. Mid bowl tone is "normal" and not deficient, just not as bassy as the contour. If you prefer an acoustic that feels thin like a solid body electric, go for the super-shallow bowl but realize that the tone will be thin when not plugged in. |
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| Which is actually smaller to play, the mid-depth or the contour? None of my local stores offer the contour for me to try.
I really prefer the super shallow, but they dont make it in an Elite or Custom Elite any more. |
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