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Location: HK | saw this guitar on a Japaness web-site. is it a copy from Ovation?
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | Jesse
That is interesting, and you show some good pictures. I hope somebody can give some insight into this mystery. It sure looks like an Ovation influenced design.
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| The bracing pattern looks like Ovations Quintad bracing on the Elite but the back reminds me of my high school nut bowel wood shop project from the 60’s.
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Location: Phoenix AZ | It's just amazing what you can do in your garage with an electric router these days. Dave |
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Location: NJ | Spotted at Kim Keller's desk when I went back to retrieve Jeanette's bag. Don't know anything about it (I probably wasn't supposed to see it):
Sorry Miles, but I couldn't resist ;) |
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Location: HK | Cliff,
Is the guitar's back reflecting the floor?
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Location: NJ | Nope.
The back was made of pieces o'wood! |
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Location: HK | Is that the tread of future guitar?
I mean round back. |
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Location: NJ | You'd have to ask Mr. Keller as it was in his cubicle.
Judging by the old "Applause-style" headstock, I'd say this was the result of someone's experiment some years ago. Interesting, though. |
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Location: NJ | Just got this from Mr. Keller (whom if you ever get the opportunity to meet, is a REALLY nice guy with an infectious exuberance). Thanks for the clarification, Kim!
". . . Cliff,
I saw your post on the OFC board about the unusual guitar in my
office (ok, cubicle). That guitar was built by luthier Kevin Michael Clark,
who is one of the technicians in our repair shop. The back is made of
Brazilian rosewood and tiger maple inlaid with abalone, and the top is
spruce. The neck looks vaguely like an Ovation because it started out as an
Ovation blank, but it has a flame maple fingerboard inlaid with pink CZ
diamonds. The guitar was out for all to see, but you apparently were the
only person to notice it!
Regards,
Kim . . . " |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Geez Cliff, I knew that Kim ran the place like a sweat shop, but I never thought he would stoop so low as to force the tech's to labor endlessly over such tedious projects as this one. Dave
PS Kim - Of coure I am just kidding. It's because of people like you that we love these damn instruments so much in the first place. |
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | C'mon guys
Some beautiful wood roundbacks were produced in the 1920's and 30's by master luthiers. unfortunately, on the mandolins, the top was a two level monstrosity that destroyed the tone. The workmanship was beautiful on these instruments, but the sound was not.
Ovation just cut out (in today's world) $10,000 worth of precision work, by making the backs out of plastic. (I have nothing against plastic, two of my brothers worked in the 50's and 60's Corvette body plant in Ashtabula Ohio, and were involved with developing the methods."
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Location: nyc area | I definately noticed the beautiful handmade roundback in kims office on OFC day... I picked it up and played it and was extremely impressed by its beauty and warm, balanced tone... tried to fit it underneath my jacket, but kim wrestled me to the floor and took it back... Kevin is a true master...just goes to show you the level of artistry of the craftsmen in new hartford... SWEET!!!! |
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is it a wood roundback copy from Ovation???