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Location: Canada | What a day. After the huge drag of getting a write-off Applause from ebay, I went forth into the real world and stopped in at a small consignment shop near me where I happened to find the Ovation of my dreams. Not just any Ovation; A vintage Glen Campbell USA-made 12 String. The price? Priced to sell at $199.99.
When I can tear myself away from this beaut long enough to research it, I'll supply more detailed information but for now, here's a few photos. I couldn't be happier. Thanks to everyone for your posts - especially to Jason who offered to sell me his '71 Balladeer project for a very fair price. This GC was a deal I absolutely couldn't refuse. I'm looking forward now to really chewing the fat here now that I got my Ovation.
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Duuuuuuude! Nice find!! |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Nice guitar. I'm a little confused what model it is. Body looks like an older Glen Campbell 12 string with a winged bridge. Nice. But I'm puzzled about the neck. A 12 fret paddle headstock, non 5-piece neck w/ binding and GC style inlays. Very nice looking guitar. Dave |
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Location: GA USA | Good grief, Osterman! You went from being the new Applause guy with the funny name to the new Ovation freak with the awesome guitar. Great job, and I guess we'll have you to kick around for a while. A good deal for everyone.
Jason, thanks for being a good guy. |
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Location: PDX | Sheesh! What else does that "small consignment shop near you" have?
Nice score!
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Location: Tennessee | I'm with you Dave. Nice score for sure, but the paddle headstock on a 12 fret neck, and a winged bridge? Seems like a one-of-a-kind. Almost like someone threw a bunch of spare parts into an Osterizer ... |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Could that be a celebrity neck? |
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Location: Canada | It has Schaller tuners and a rounded triangular volute where the headstock meets the neck.
The neck doesn't seem like an add-on (there's no marks that would indicate that sort of work) but I can't say for certain. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Now that is a good reason to scour the Pawn shops! |
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Location: GA USA | Thank goodness the applesauce was bad. |
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Location: ranson,wva | good get!!!!...dave,didnt the early winged bridges have the small soundole?? jason |
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Location: East Tennessee | If the pawn shops near me have anything that good they want an arm and a leg for it. :mad:
Oster nice guitar. :cool: |
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Location: ranson,wva | all our pawn shops ever have is broken down matrix's and a few shitty celeb's... |
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Location: Canada | Thanks folks! I just lowered the action as it was a tad high (hard to tell at first). Fortunately Ovation already did it for me as there was a shim under the saddle - all I had to do was take it out and drop the saddle back in. Very delicate though - it bent and almost snapped in half between my fingers but it's still in one piece. I stored it away for the time being.
It was a great deal but I should mention that there was no case. I know what I'm asking for for Christmas...
Looking closely, I can see that it had been carefully maintained over the years. It looks like a chip of the bridge fell off at one point and had been very carefully reglued.
Also on the treble side of the body, there's about 4 inches around the bottom where the bowl seems to be slighty separated from the top by a hair but perhaps (?) held in check again with some almost unnoticeable gluing.
I'm surprised at how loud a guitar this is. |
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Location: Orange County, California | 'nother dang guitar thief in our midst :D :p :D :p
Good get Oster!! |
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Location: SoCal | Nice going Oster :eek: |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Wow! |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Can you find my keys for me?
Very nice grab!! |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by johnnycash83:
dave,didnt the early winged bridges have the small soundole?? Earliest ones had small hole, later they had full sized hole. |
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Location: ranson,wva | now that i think about it thats right,the early balladeer 12 i was bidding on awhile back had the winged bridge,small soundhole with the full size inlaied rossete..thanks jason |
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Location: Whitecourt, Ab | Awesome score, Oster.....
I'm from Canada (Alberta) and I've never got that lucky. $200 Canadian, that's like $30 U.S.
Where you from? |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Oster, you still need an Ovation 6 string. Don't expect to get as good a deal on one of them or you might be too old to play by the time you find it. If you do find a 6 string like it, I don't want to know. No one should be that lucky more than once. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Originally posted by mtnbikerfred:
'nother dang guitar thief in our midst :D :p :D :p
Makin' me proud! |
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Found My Ovation!