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Location: Oxfordshire, UK | Hello everyone. I've been in lurk mode for a little while, reading a few threads and checking out the lay of the land.
I'm now the proud owner of two Ovation guitars. I have an Ovation Celebrity CP 247 which I absolutely love. It has great sound projection but not a hulking great body like with most acoustic guitars.
Then yesterday I took delivery of my second Ovation. This one is a Breadwinner or Deacon (I'm not entirely sure which - I'll get onto that in a mo) and lookng up the serial number I'd say it dates from late 1974 or the beginning of 1975.
OK, so it a Breadwinner or a Deacon? It doesn't have the natural finish, the bound fingerboard or diamond fingerboard inlays that you'd expext to find on a Deacon, but then again it has the small Deacon-style scratchplate rather than the larger Breadwinner one, and it has a smooth solid black finish, unlike the "textured" finish on Breadwinners.
Anyone here know what I've got?
Here's a link to a photo: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v118/turquoisemoleeater/guitars/o...
I've tried searching the other threads here but can't find any reference to this model. Apologies in advance if it has been discussed before. |
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| Breadwinner. The Deacon has a diamond-shaped enlays and Ivory-bound fingerboards. (At least mine does..) |
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Location: Oxfordshire, UK | Yeah, but what about the other inconsistencies? Or is it a particular model of Breadwinner? |
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| I'm not familiar with all the variations in the models, so it is either a up-graded Breadwinner or a low-end Deacon. I don't remember any Breadwinner having gold-plated saddles and tuners, and I don't remember any Deacon having a stock fingerboard. This is a mystery... |
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Location: SoCal | Breadwinner..... |
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| ..was my first impression as well.. |
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Location: Scotland | Yep. Breadwinner. I've seen a few Breadwinners with factory gloss finishes. This is a pretty late model as indicated by the small pickguard and wider headstock. Towards the end of production there were a lot of inconsistencies from catalog spec, and not just on the Breads. I've seen UK11s with Preacher and Deacon necks and P.Deluxes with UK11 bow-tie inlays. Pretty much all the parts are interchangable from model to model, so at the end they were probably just getting rid of inventory. |
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Location: GA USA | I like the looks of that guitar with the short pickguard. Welcome to the club! |
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Location: ranson,wva | master templeton has spoken....jason |
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Location: Cicero, NY | You're in the right place, jason. |
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Location: Oxfordshire, UK | Thanks, chaps! I suspected it was a Breadwinner, despite being told by the seller it was a Deacon. However, the serial number - E + 4 digits (in the 9000s in this case) - date it to late 74, early 75, so would that be a "pretty late model". I thought they made them up to 1979 or so? |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Just using up the parts...,. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | But the couch is from the Sears "Late Harvest" Collection. I believe it was the "Pomegranite".
We've seen some of the late model parts bin clear outs before. Makes me wonder where it would have gone had they ran a few more years! |
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Newbie with a Deacon/Breadwinner question