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Location: Zion, Illinois | I just saw a picture of a guitar that looked like an Ovation, but with a wooden back.
Any ideas??????
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Location: SoCal | Here's the link to the auction http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=875968933
Somebody just bought it. It's not a prototype. Looks more like a home project. |
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Location: Scotland | It looks pretty shabby, & not genuine. |
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Location: Zion, Illinois | Somewhere, and I thought it was on this board, I heard something about a wooden-backed Ovation-like guitar that someone made. I didn't bid on it because it didn't sound like it was in good condition.
Welll, back to looking for a classical guitar.
Thanks,
Bradley |
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Location: Scotland | There was another on Ebay a while ago, made I beleive by one of the OFC members, but to a much, much higher standard with better materials. There's been a few wooden bowlbacks over the years, I saw one about 15 years ago by a British luthier called Mervyn Hiscock & another by Nigel Thornbory. They sounded fine but struck me as being a little delicate, with all of the seams on the back/sides. It's a lot of work for something that can be moulded real easily.
There's another brit currently doing wooden bowlbacks
http://besides.ipc.ru/vgg/acoustics/keefe_rback.htm
and a guy in Germany
http://gutscherguitars.com/roundback.htm
I've seen another advertised regularly in Acoustic Guitar magazine.
Paul
[ May 25, 2002: Message edited by: Paul Templeman ] |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Alvarez-Yairi had a wooden bowl shaped(ovation shape) guitar in the line up for several years. It wasn't bad but it was a two bagger paghead. |
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Wooden Bowl Ovation