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Title says all.

Ideal is the slot-head orchestra, open to other 12-fret models. Natural or Burst is fine.

Who's selling?
 
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Crickets...

I played both of my 12-fretters today, and I can't bear to part with either.

Good luck with your search, LateStart. I would suspect that you are going to have a much harder time finding a slothead 000 than a slope-shouldered dread. They are both great.

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There is exactly one Reagan joke that I like:

The joke concerns twin boys of five or six. Worried that the boys had developed extreme personalities — one was a total pessimist, the other a total optimist — their parents took them to a psychiatrist.

First the psychiatrist treated the pessimist. Trying to brighten his outlook, the psychiatrist took him to a room piled to the ceiling with brand-new toys. But instead of yelping with delight, the little boy burst into tears. “What’s the matter?” the psychiatrist asked, baffled. “Don’t you want to play with any of the toys?” “Yes,” the little boy bawled, “but if I did I’d only break them.”

Next the psychiatrist treated the optimist. Trying to dampen his out look, the psychiatrist took him to a room piled to the ceiling with horse manure. But instead of wrinkling his nose in disgust, the optimist emitted just the yelp of delight the psychiatrist had been hoping to hear from his brother, the pessimist. Then he clambered to the top of the pile, dropped to his knees, and began gleefully digging out scoop after scoop with his bare hands. “What do you think you’re doing?” the psychiatrist asked, just as baffled by the optimist as he had been by the pessimist. “With all this manure,” the little boy replied, beaming, “there must be a pony in here somewhere!

The 'crickets' tells me how great it going to be when I get just the guitar I am looking for... :peaceful:
 

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Oh... good things come to those who search...

I think I will have some interesting options, but don't know for sure yet. Will share once things clarify. While searching I did discover that that price point ($2.4k to 4k) includes Larivee, Collings and Martins in used condition that are *very* nice... But the Opheum is still the goal for the moment. More to say in another 5-7 days...
 

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Still looking? My Orpheum 12 fret dread is up for sale. I'm just over in Sacramento, we could arrange an in-person audition.
 

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I love mine... It is by far and away the nicest guitar I own; better than a 1964 Martin O16-NY, BRZ D50, 1969 Gibson J45... Just a sweet thing.
 
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