Notes and commentary from an amateur musician as he attempts to keep fresh strings on his collection of instruments...
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Instruments for sale!
So here's one of the Ovations mentioned in my previous post, now for sale at Elderly. You can see it here: http://elderly.com/vintage/items/28U-2271.htmI used this one mostly for performances with GCD Demo Teams since of the 3 I owned (hey, I used to have 4!) it was the more traditional looking non-cutaway model. Also for sale at Elderly is the Eastman mandolin I used to own but never played: http://elderly.com/vintage/items/90U-5403.htmIt's on consignment, so it's still technically mine, Elderly is selling it for me.
Now I have a quandary - when we were arranging the deal with Elderly for the 3 Ovations I decided to trade one of them in on a guitar from their used inventory (yes, I know - 3 out, 1 in, but that happens sometimes...), a Fender Ensenada ESV-10E. Now since this guitar was advertised as needing some work and being sold on an "as-is" basis, I had an idea of setting it up as a lap-style acoustic slide guitar (what with it's 12-fret neck, wide string spacing at the bridge, slotted peghead and built in pickup) by using a nut-extender and perhaps installing a flat bridge saddle. But when I actually received the guitar and got to play it I found it's actually in fairly decent playable shape (for me, anyway - I'm not that demanding apparently), so now I'm considering using it as a performance guitar for Demo Team - so what about that acoustic lap slide idea? Guess I'll have to keep looking...
So here's one of the Ovations mentioned in my previous post, now for sale at Elderly. You can see it here: http://elderly.com/vintage/items/28U-2271.htm I used this one mostly for performances with GCD Demo Teams since of the 3 I owned (hey, I used to have 4!) it was the more traditional looking non-cutaway model. Also for sale at Elderly is the Eastman mandolin I used to own but never played: http://elderly.com/vintage/items/90U-5403.htm It's on consignment, so it's still technically mine, Elderly is selling it for me.
nsenada ESV-10E. Now since this guitar was advertised as needing some work and being sold on an "as-is" basis, I had an idea of setting it up as a lap-style acoustic slide guitar (what with it's 12-fret neck, wide string spacing at the bridge, slotted peghead and built in pickup) by using a nut-extender and perhaps installing a flat bridge saddle. But when I actually received the guitar and got to play it I found it's actually in fairly decent playable shape (for me, anyway - I'm not that demanding apparently), so now I'm considering using it as a performance guitar for Demo Team - so what about that acoustic lap slide idea? Guess I'll have to keep looking...
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