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| selling this to cover a medical bill. its one of a kind and im sure you have seen it here before. all is well and its your chance at a terrific Legend
ser#4472 stamped on the neck and on the tag. it speaks for itself!
ships from 14617 NY
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270762414659 |
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Location: SoCal | Nice guitar. The bridge on it has been replaced. The original would have been a "winged" bridge. But the guitar looks to be in good shape.
Good luck with the sale... |
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Location: Texas | Hey Dan, looks like a beauty. Would you know what type of bracing that guitar has? |
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| Its called Ovation "A" bracing, i have looked at it with an auto inspection mirror (like a dental mirror w/ long handle). the glue and bracing is all secured and intact. no separation. ****If anyone from OFC would like to make me an offer please send an email through ebay or here. I would love to know it has a good home and would be willing to give a discount. just mention OFC please. I would also make another donation for letting me post and everyone here being some pretty cool laid back, and knowledgeable human beings! |
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Location: SoCal | Starting to think this guitar has a new body on it. Ovation didn't,t have A bracing in 1969. Nothing wrong with that. I have three Ovations with new bodies on old necks.... |
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Location: Texas | Could it be just a new top, which would have the updated bracing, rather than the entire body? |
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Location: SoCal | No. When the top is replaced, so is the bowl. Interestingly, the factory always tries to move the old label to the new guitar..... |
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Location: Texas | Thanks moody, I appreciate the information. |
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| the top was not replaced, you can see the original checking that was repaired. it was buffed out after the process. i got the A bracing per kaman's website info. wish i had a fiber optic camera, i'd certainly let you see it! |
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by dan H.:
the top was not replaced, you can see the original checking that was repaired. it was buffed out after the process. i got the A bracing per kaman's website info. wish i had a fiber optic camera, i'd certainly let you see it! Kaman's websito info is wrong. When this neck was used the Legend first had a modified X brace. Then it pretty quickly went to VT-11 bracing. About 50 guitars were built in about 1974 with A braced tops for evaluation. Custom Legends which all had A bracing came out about that time. Regular Legends started all getting A bracing in about 1979.
The easy way to tell if the top has A bracing is to look for two braces which run parallel to the strings on either side of the sound hole.
So what if the body has checking? Even if the body was replaced it could still be a thirty year old body and a forty year old neck. The label inside is definitely forty years old.
Odds are that I'm right on this or close to it. But who knows? As temp recently said, just when you think you've seen it all.... |
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1969 Legend 1117-1 w/ case $500 reserve worth a look
