Osaka City, Japan
About this listing
Thank you so much for taking the time to view this listing among so many options! ☆━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━【PRODUCT DESCRIPTION】■Ovation USA 1868-1 Elite Electro-Acoustic Guitar - 1993■FeaturesThis 1993 Ovation USA 1868-1 Elite represents the refined craftsmanship characteristic of New Hartford manufacturing combined with the distinctive visual presence for which the Elite series is renowned.The beautiful sunburst finish is complemented by the leaf-design epaulets and multi-sound holes, creating a striking aesthetic that immediately identifies this as a signature Ovation instrument.This instrument comes with a special quality inspection certificate, documenting that it meets rigorous quality standards in performance, materials, color quality, and vibration measurements. Far more than mere documentation, this certificate serves as proof that Ovation confirmed the instrument's finish and overall construction quality under their original quality control standards—a significant element that enhances its collectibility.The Super Shallow Bowl body offers excellent playability, while the single cutaway design provides superior access to higher frets. This makes it equally comfortable on stage or during home practice sessions.The combination of spruce top and Lyrachord back delivers the characteristic bright, defined Ovation tone while maintaining the ease of use expected from an electro-acoustic. The five-piece mahogany and maple neck exemplifies the robust construction typical of USA-made upper-tier models, and pairs naturally with the rosewood fingerboard.Gold-plated tuning machines and triangular position markers reflect meticulous attention to detail throughout, creating a model that brings genuine satisfaction to its owner.Despite its thin body, this instrument delivers a presence-filled tone suitable for live performance, recording, and singer-songwriter applications. In recent years, quality vintage USA-made Ovations have become increasingly scarce. A 1990s Elite model with complete documentation and quality certification is a find not to be missed by those seeking such instruments.Combining beautiful aesthetics, practical playability, the quality feel of USA manufacture, and original documentation, this special model comes highly recommended to any Ovation enthusiast.■SpecificationsOvation USA 1868-1 Elite・Manufacturing Year: 1993・Country of Origin: USA・Manufacturing Location: New Hartford, Connecticut, USA・Model Name: Elite・Model Number: 1868-1・Serial Number: 460715・Color: Sunburst・Body Type: Super Shallow Bowl・Body Shape: Single Cutaway・Top Wood: Spruce・Back/Side Wood: Lyrachord・Neck Wood: Mahogany/Maple (5-piece)・Fingerboard Wood: Rosewood・Bridge Wood: Walnut・Fret Count: 22 Frets・Scale: Approximately 25.25 inches・Nut Width: Approximately 1-11/16 inches・Sound Hole: Multi-sound hole・Ornamentation: Leaf-design epaulets・Position Markers: Triangular inlays・Tuning Machines: Gold-plated・Type: Electric-Acoustic Guitar【Measurements】・Nut Width: Approximately 41.5mm・Saddle Height: 6th string approximately 2.0mm / 1st string approximately 2.5mm・Scale Length: Approximately 642mm・Body Width: Approximately 405mm・Weight: Approximately 2.495kg・String Gauge: 12-54■ConditionThere is minor lifting in the epaulet area, but the body is free from notable scratches or dents and remains in overall excellent condition.*Note: The top shows evidence of factory repair work, which is only visible under direct light reflection and has been documented in the photographs for your review.・Neck: Slightly back-bowed (playability remains excellent)・Truss Rod: Minimal remaining adjustment room in the tightening direction・Frets: Approximately 70% wear remaining・String Height at 12th Fret: 6th string approximately 2.7mm / 1st string approximately 2.1mm・Electronics: Fully functional■Maintenance Performed・Full cleaning・Fret and fingerboard polishing・Metal hardware cleaning・Neck adjustment・String replacementThe instrument is in excellent playing condition.■Included Items・Guitar body・Hard case・Special quality inspection certificate・Expired warranty documentation■StorageThe instrument is maintained in an indoor environment with humidity levels between 45-55%, with humidity-regulation packets included in the case. While there is always minimal possibility of condition changes due to time passage between listing and purchase, we exercise strict care to preserve the maintenance condition at the time of listing.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ABOUT THIS TRANSACTION ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━【IMPORTANT NOTES】※Please read carefully■If you have any questions, please use the Q&A section.■This is a used item. Please carefully review all photos and descriptions before purchasing.■Regarding returns, please check the notes and policies below.■We strive to respond promptly, but please note that communication and shipping may occasionally be delayed.【SHIPPING】※We ship via EMS, UGX, and FedEx. (Within Japan, we ship via Yamato Transport or Sagawa Express)※Depending on your country, the item size may exceed shipping limits, making delivery impossible.We appreciate it if you could contact us via message before purchasing to confirm.※Wednesday is our regular day off, so please note in advance.(We cannot ship on Wednesdays, so please understand.)・Shipping times vary depending on your location, but items typically arrive 7-10 days after shipment completion.【PACKAGING】Regardless of whether the original box, hard case, soft case, or other packaging is included, we pack carefully to prevent any damage.(Unpacking may take a bit of time, but we appreciate your understanding.)Shipping insurance is also available, so please rest assured.【PLEASE CONFIRM】※As this is a used item, only one unit is in stock.※Please note that there may be scratches, dents, and other signs of use that are difficult to see in photos.※As this item is listed on multiple marketplaces, there may be a time lag in sales and inventory status.Due to the above, the item may already be sold at the time of your order.All items in our inventory have been played tested and adjusted. If operation cannot be confirmed, this will be noted in the description.All photos are taken of the actual item, so please refer to them for condition assessment.As this is a used item, it may have scratches and wear. We cannot accept returns for dents, impact marks, scratches, or cosmetic wear that are already noted in the photos or descriptions. We only accept returns within one week of delivery if there are defects not mentioned in the description. If shipping damage is suspected, confirmation with the shipping company and insurance claims will be necessary, so please keep the packaging materials and item condition as received (see policy).【VOLTAGE NOTICE】Japan's standard voltage is 100V, which differs from most other countries.Please check the voltage in your country. If the voltage differs, please note that you may need a voltage converter adapter before importing to your location.※IMPORTANT NOTESDepending on your country and product price, import duties may apply in addition to the product price and shipping cost.We apologize for the inconvenience, but we appreciate it if you could research any import duties before purchasing.※Italy in particular has a high possibility of additional duties, so please confirm before purchasing.If you send us a message, we will do our best to research this for you within our capacity. Please contact us if you need assistance.We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.For details, please check our policy.
Original Price€453.34
10% price drop
New Price€408.01
+ €109.37 Shipping
