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mjet
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by mjet » Fri Mar 16, 2007 2:46 am
Naturality wrote:
Wow. I hear the originals were really soughtafter and as such could reach £5,000
You might have heard that on the JunkGuitar site. The sentence is a bit nuanced, though:
Prices are obviously high due to this demand, the average being about $2500 - $3000. I have even seen one GP offered for $10,000 on eBay in late 2003. Not that it sold at that insane price, but apparently the craze was bad enough to make someone hope to get that much.
So someone *listed* it for £5000 - they didn't sell it for that, though. That being said, they have shot up in value
far beyond their original prices.
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by FireAarro » Fri Mar 16, 2007 3:33 am
mynameisjonas wrote:
this is what
eastwood guitars have to say about these:
In 1984 OVATION® released their high-end ULTRA®-GP. Less than 400 guitars were made. The guitar never gained in popularity, primarily because it was priced over $400, higher than a GIBSON Les Paul. Over 20 years later the original ULTRA-GP has soared in value in the Vintage Market with prices topping $3,000.
A Gibson Les Paul $400? It sounds like the prices have remained in a similar ratio...
Nowadays a new Les Paul will set you back $2300. If these are going for $3000, it's about the same relatively
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by eggwheat » Fri Mar 16, 2007 10:27 am
cool well i bought it like 5 years ago I never realised they had gone up in value..is it because of Josh Homme then? Hey anyway if you wanna hear what it sounds like check out:
www.myspace.com/dakotasongs the song is called thousand miles an hour.. all ovation gp one guitar track recorded in stereo with a bit of overdub in the middle 8 section..
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by Naturality » Fri Mar 16, 2007 10:58 am
£5,000 - $3,000 not hard to get confused. Sorry for the exaggeration
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by cmatthes » Fri Mar 16, 2007 9:45 pm
Quote from: mynameisjonas on March 16, 2007, 06:30:46 AM
this is what eastwood guitars have to say about these:
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In 1984 OVATION® released their high-end ULTRA®-GP. Less than 400 guitars were made. The guitar never gained in popularity, primarily because it was priced over $400, higher than a GIBSON Les Paul. Over 20 years later the original ULTRA-GP has soared in value in the Vintage Market with prices topping $3,000.
A Gibson Les Paul $400? It sounds like the prices have remained in a similar ratio...
Nowadays a new Les Paul will set you back $2300. If these are going for $3000, it's about the same relatively
Those facts are WAAAAAY off. A new Les Paul Standard's typical street price in 1983-4 was $629. The Custom ran a little higher at $699. The prices inched up yearly throughout the '80s, but not much more. The Ovations were not priced higher than a Les Paul to my recollection, unless they are talking about a Les Paul Studio or "The Paul" or some other such crap!
