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o - as of today on Elderly's Vintage & Used page, my (or it used to be my) Ovation 1713 classical is listed as being "on hold" - meaning someone's interested in it + may have purchased it! Even tho it's not really mine anymore, I'm still excited that it might find a new home. Also, my (and it's on consignment, so it's really still mine) Eastman MD 504 is no longer listed on the Vintage & Used page; I checked the link I posted previously, it now reads "No longer available". Perhaps it's off to a new home as well? And perhaps another check in the mail for me? Stay tuned for further updates...
So now my white Ovation 1763 is now up for sale at Elderly's website: http://elderly.com/vintage/items/28U-2270.htm
It still has the strings I put on it before shipping it, and apparently they're selling in "as-is" condition. Usually used this for rehearsals - it wasn't very suitable for gigs due to it's unusual black/white color scheme. There's one more Ovation classical I sent that hasn't been listed yet...
Changed strings on my 2 Wechter 3135 Pathmakers before playing for the DelVal RSCDS Lansdowne social Saturday night. Would have done it Friday before playing for the LCD contra with Mr Darcy, but was too tired when I got home from work and decided to have some rest instead. Too bad, because when we were playing that night I wished I had put fresh strings on at least one of the guitars - but sometimes that's how things work out. So now both Pathmakers have fresh strings (Martin M240 Bluegrass gauge: .012, .016, .025w, .035w, .045w, .056w), waiting for the next time they're needed.Sometimes people who've seen me play a variety of different instruments ask, "How many guitars do you have?" Usually I'll just shrug and say something like, "Oh, too many" or something equally evasive. I don't think of myself as collector, and I certainly don't buy rare or vintage museum pieces; it's more like if I happen to find an instrument that I know is useful for a particular type of music, I'll buy it + then see what other kinds of music it might work for. I almost always buy used rather than new and if I find something that's well made and priced substantially below the price of the same or similar new model, I figure I've found a good deal. I'm going to try and list all my various instruments in future posts, first to see exactly how many I actually have, and second to list why I bought a given instrument in the first place and see if I'm actually using it for the reason I bought it.
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...
Changed strings on 2 instruments on Friday 9-4: the Trinity College mandolin (Darco D 500: .010p, .014p, .024w, .034w) and mandola (John Pearce 2250: .012p, .021w, .032w, .049w) in anticipation of playing for the LCD ECD that evening. Also, have recently said goodbye to 4 instruments: an Eastman mandolin I hardly ever played, and 3 Ovation classicals I played frequently when I was first learning to play for English Country dance. I used the Ovations for many GCD Demo team gigs + dances over the years. I'm now much more comfortable playing on steel-string guitars, also I most recently had the Ovations strung with John Pearce Thomastik Fingerstyle strings, which made them sound more like steel strings anyway. So, off they go to hopefully a new life with new owners...
Last night, on a whim, I took out a rarely used guitar - an Epiphone EF-500R VS. It's a rosewood grand concert (000) size, a discontinued model having a satin vintage sunburst finish, purchased used from Elderly ( elderly.com/vintage/items/20U-10196.htm ). It was listed as EC+, but as far as I could tell it was virtually unplayed. And - it's loud. Not just loud for a 000 - just plain loud. Nice dry, very woody tone, and loud. I currently string it with Martin M175 80/20 "custom light" gauge strings: .011 .015 .023w .032w .042w .052w - because it doesn't need anything heavier to get a volume and a good tone. I restrung it last night (Aug 1) to play for a Scottish Country dance house party with an open band. We had a very nice band, consisting of Jane Roberts on cello, Josh Burdick on violin, Dan Emery on flute and pipes, Larry Miller on whistle, and myself. And now I'm making plans to use this guitar at my next gig, the LCD 1st Friday English Country dance this coming Friday.
Last Saturday (July 4) restrung my 3120 Wechter Pathmaker with Darco D9100 Light Jazz electric set [.012, .016, .024w, .032w, .042w, .052w] in anticipation of my July 5 gig with FingerPyx at the Arden contra July 5. I like to use this set because I spend most of my time playing banjo with the Pyx and this set tends to feel very similar in tension to my preferred banjo set [GHS PF-160 .010, .013, .016, .026, .011], as used on my Deering Sierra 5-string that I also used on the gig.I also took the opportunity to try out one of my more unusual instruments - the Gold Tone Pat Cloud model Banjola. This was something unusual for me - I bought it because it came up used at Bernunzio's at a substantial discount + up 'til then I had never seen one in a used listing before. I think I got a better idea of how the 2 pickups (a piezo under the bridge saddle and a magnetic at the end of the fingerboard) work, both separately and blended together. I'm thinking it just might replace the guitar at the next Pyx gig - Saturday July 25 at Princeton.
o - as of today on Elderly's Vintage & Used page, my (or it used to be my) Ovation 1713 classical is listed as being "on hold" - meaning someone's interested in it + may have purchased it! Even tho it's not really mine anymore, I'm still excited that it might find a new home. Also, my (and it's on consignment, so it's really still mine) Eastman MD 504 is no longer listed on the Vintage & Used page; I checked the link I posted previously, it now reads "No longer available". Perhaps it's off to a new home as well? And perhaps another check in the mail for me? Stay tuned for further updates...
