I would connect with a folk music group locally. Somebody in those circles will be selling a guitar like that. It won't be made in the USA, that's for sure: a guitar meeting those specs would be $2000 new. In my personal experience (4 bought & sold), good used guitars are more expensive than new ones.
(The round-backed ones are made by Ovation, and I find them totally annoying as well.)
Other possibilities: Craigslist, pawn shops, and posting a "wanted" note at Berklee (hmm, no more cork bulletin boards, but there must be some way to do that these days).
If the neck has a steel rod, then repairing a really high action is quite possible.
Kid gloves. Hmmm, I will call on you the next time I have a delicate negotiation.
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Date: 2012-10-27 01:59 am (UTC)(The round-backed ones are made by Ovation, and I find them totally annoying as well.)
Other possibilities: Craigslist, pawn shops, and posting a "wanted" note at Berklee (hmm, no more cork bulletin boards, but there must be some way to do that these days).
If the neck has a steel rod, then repairing a really high action is quite possible.
Kid gloves. Hmmm, I will call on you the next time I have a delicate negotiation.