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Location: Perth Western Australia | I have a Balladeer 1111, it has a a sticker inside which has the printing OVATION over the number 309041.
Now I recall some years ago going to the Ovation site and there was a time line that I could establish the year of manufacture using the 309041 in combination with Balladeer and 1111.
I have searched the Ovation site and can't find this time line.
I know I didn't imagine this and my recollection it was about 10 to 12 years ago.
Can someone help me out, is this info available anywhere?
Thanks in advance for any assistance. |
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Location: Jet City | Welcome Billy.
At thew top of the page, there's a link that says "Reference". When you click it, one of the choices is exactly what you're looking for.
According to the chart, yours is an '85 |
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Location: Perth Western Australia | Thanks Damon67, however I'm not sure that information is correct because I have had the guitar for about 20 years and was told by the original owner that it was about 10 years old when I bought it.
I had in the back of my mind that the Time Line on the original OVATION site said it was 1977.
This year stuck in my mind because I also have a vintage Martin D28 that is a 1977 build and I always thought it was such a coincidence, BUT I have been wrong a couple of times in my life :-) |
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Location: New South Wales, Australia | G'day Bille...nice to see another Aussie here. This is a great place where you'll get all the info you need..(and some you don't) so I hope you stick around and get to know the other Downunder members. |
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Location: New South Wales, Australia | BTW...come on over to the ning site and join the Downunder club. To get there go to the top of this page where you can see Ovation Fan Club -- Get Plugged In and just under that you'll see The Ovation Fan Club Social Network..click on that and it'll take you to the other site.
Hope to see you there |
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Location: Melbourne Australia | Another Downunderling - welcome Bill :p |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | Hey another Aussie. Welcome Bill! |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Welcome, Bille. My 76-77 Ovations have much lower serial numbers and I know that one of them is correct, since I've owned it since it was new. Yours is newer than you thought.
All you Aussies on this board have really made into a 24 hour board. You and guys like Damon that stay up all night. |
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Location: Jet City | Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
You and guys like Damon that stay up all night. The joys of not having a job to wake up for. I was compressing video last night. The modern equivalent to watching paint dry.
Hey Bille, the charts and Ovation site both have flaws. It could very well be older. |
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Location: Jet City | Bille, Here's the page on Ovation's site...
Cracking The Ovation Code |
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Time line for Ovation Balladeer