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OVATION UK II WHITE MODEL SUPER DUPER RARE!!! EXCELLENT CONDITION!!! WITH CASE!!

Estimated price for orientation: 1 200 $

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Brand: OVATION String Configuration: 6 String
Model: UK II Exact Year: 1980
Dexterity: Right-Handed Country/Region of Manufacture: United States


IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT THIS AD THEN YOU ARE EITHER JUST CURIOUS OR YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT. NOT TO BE TOO DRAMATIC BUT THIS IS A 1980 WHITE SPECIAL EDITION OVATION UK II ELECTRIC GUITAR!!! I FIRST SAW THIS MODEL BACK IN 1980 AND I HAD ONE THEM. I TRADED IT@$!#$#@%$#^$^%$#$% THEN I HAD ALOT OF BIRTHDAYS AND THEN I GOT NOSTALGIC AND DECIDED TO RE BUY ALL THE MUSICAL STUFF THAT I HAD SOLD THROUGH THE YEARS. SO I DID!! THIS IS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT I RE BOUGHT. FACT IS I BOUGHT A TON OF PEDALS AND GUITARS AND EQUIPTMENT!!! NOW AFTER LOOKING AT THE HEAP OF STUFF I DECIDED THAT ALL I REALLY WANTED WAS TO BE ABLE TO SAY I GOT IT ALL BACK!!! SO NOW IM SELLING THE STUFF OFF AND I'M COOL WITH THAT. THIS GUITAR IS IN SUPER FINE CONDITION!!! IT PLAYS LIKE A LES PAUL AT HALF THE WEIGHT AND SOUNDS LIKE ONE AS WELL THE DOUBLE HAND WIRED HUMBUCKER PICKUPS SCREAM!!! THIS GUITAR WAS ONE OF OVATION'S CONTRIBUTION TO MUSIC HISTORY!!! THIS ONE IS RARER THAN THE OTHER COLOR UK IIs UK IS SHORT FOR ULTRA KAMAN II. THIS GUITAR WAS THE ONLY GUITAR FEATURING A HOLLOW BODY ALUMINUM FRAME ENCASED IN A MOLD OF URELITE, WHICH IS A DENSE URETHANE FOAM!!! THE ALUMINUM HOLLOW BODY DESIGN IS WHAT GIVES THIS GUITAR IT'S UNIQUE AND DISTINCT SOUND!!! THE NECK IS GULED AND BOLTED TO THE BODY TO ALLOW FOR MAXIMUM SUSTAIN!!! OVATION CUSTOME MADE BY OVATION EACH COIL IS WOUND 10,000 TIMES!!! THIS IS QUITE A BIT MORE THAN STANDARD PICKUPS RESULTING IN HIGH AMPLITUDE!!! YOU CAN SEE THAT THE PICKUPS HAVE SLIDING SWITCHES. THESE SWITCH THE WIRING IN THE PICKUPS FROM IN SERIES TO PARALLEL, EFFECTIVELY TURNING THE HUMBUCKER INTO A SINGLE COIL IN ONE FLICK!!! THE GUITAR ALSO HAS A MONO AND A STEREO OUTPUT, WHERE THE STEREO SEPERATES THE TWO PICKUPS INTO THEIR OWN CHANNELS!!! IN MY OPINION THIS IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL, UNIQUE, AND BEST SOUNDING ELECTRIC GUITARS EVER BUILT BY OVATION!!! THE NECK IS SUPER SLICK WITH BEAUTIFUL WOOD GRAIN LEADING TO THE SINGATURE OVATION HEAD STOCK ADORNED WITH GOLD TUNING PEGS. GEORGOUS ABALONE INLAYS!!! IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THERE WERE ONLY 2000 TO 3000 UK IIs PRODUCED BETWEEN 1979 AND 1983!!! IT IS UNKNOWN HOW MANY OF THOSE WERE THE WHITE EDITION WHICH IS SAID TO BE THE RAREST UK II MODEL, MAKING THIS GUITAR  A COLLECTORS ITEM!!!DON'T MISS OUT THESE GUITARS ARE NOT EASY TO FIND,SO BUY IT NOW!!!NOTE: IT IS VERY DIFICULT TO SHOW EVERY ANGLE AND EVERY TINY BEAUTY MARK, ALL I CAN SAY IS ASK QUESTIONS, I CAN SEND YOU MORE PICS.THERE IS A CRACK IN THE MOLDING BY THE NECK. THIS DOES NOT EFFECT THE GUITAR IN ANY WAY , REMEMBER THIS GUITAR NECK IS BOLTED TO THE FRAME IT EFFECTS ONLY COSMETICALLY AND THE CRACK IS A HAIR LINE SEE PICTHERE IS NO CASE KEY AND THE MIDDLE LATCH DOES NOT LATCH NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR FAR AS A CASE GOES RIBBON IS DETACHED NOTHING MAJOR