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My tendonitis is just not going to go away very soon, no matter how long I wait and rest my wrists; I have to face the music: I can no longer play the guitar.

I’ve been trying to shake the condition for over 15 years now, but to no avail. I picked the guitar up the other day and played, and judging by the current pain in my wrists, it’ll probably be another 15 years before they’ll improve much.

So, with the recent passing of my PC (motherboard issues after 7 years of dedicated service), and a (somewhat) tight market for my professional services (I have work, just not enough to warrant the purchase of a new computer without raising cash), I have decided to sell my guitar.

It’s a 1993 Ovation Elite (American made) SuperShallow in Natural finish with a cutaway. It’s barely been played, and is in excellent condition.

As you can see on the image of the head, the tuning pegs are gold. Yep: real gold.

It also has the three-band graphic equalizer. The action has been lowered slightly (one shim), but is still tight, and it plays like a dream. The sound is outstanding, too: vibrant bass, excellent trebles, and a good midrange. You don’t see too many of these for sale on eBay, either: most folks who have this particular model never had the heart to part with them.

For me, it’s a necessity: I hate to sell it, and I think my mother would disown me if she knew (she’s probably in her grave right now, spinning like a lathe), but it serves me no purpose just sitting around my house collecting dust. It has to go.

So I’m looking to give it a new home, to someone that will care for it and play it often — and make it sing like it always could. It deserves no less.

It comes complete with it’s original case, a black strap, the original handbook, and several sets of unopened strings (I had almost an entire case of strings when my wrists blew out). The strings might be old, but they’ve never been used, or out of their packages.

If you’d like to purchase this beauty, please leave a comment in the space provided by clicking on the “comments” link below, and I’ll get back to you (comments are moderaed on this site; if you don’t want your comment visible, please indicate that as well).

It’s worth almost $1,200, and I paid almost $1,400 new; I’ll take the best offer over $850, cash only.