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Location: Avondale, AZ | I just saw this on Ebay. Things like this always appear when I can't afford them.
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Location: Avondale, AZ | Something is wrong. The picture won't post. |
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Location: closely held secret | What's the Ebay #? |
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Location: Upper Left USA | I is a server thingy. My firewall won't allow pics from photobucket, ebay, hotmail, etc.
The Url to the auction should do it though. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Smurfy, Surfy Breadwinner |
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Location: Midland, MI | fleaBay number is 7397533889 |
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Location: closely held secret | That's an original color?
I kinda like it. Would go well with my 1581. |
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Location: south east Michigan | The day I bought mine the store had all 3 colors in stock. I took home the white one. |
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Location: Paris/France | Hi,
According this old OVATION PRICE LIST from June 1973, the Breadwinner model was originally available in 4 colors: Black, White, Tan and Blue.
I've never seen this model in another color.
J :) |
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Location: south east Michigan | I've never seen a textured black one. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | 
The body from this I stripped and is now a Sunburst Deacon 12.
The neck resides on the Schizo BW I have on ebay now. |
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Location: Paris/France | One of my friend is the lucky owner of a black Breadwinner.
The finish of his guitar seems to be the same as a Storm Eclipse model.
Black textured!!
Exactly the same as this one:
BLACK TEXTURED BREAWINNER
J :) |
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Location: NJ | Isn't that blue the PartridgeTravesty motif?? |
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Location: Fayetteville, NC | I dont remember seeing that one on the show. Could be though,the older i get the more the mind goes!I Love the blue, but you don't find them up for sale to often.If i could afford it, i'd jump on it in a heartbeat. |
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| Wonder if this is original and I wonder how many of these were made in this color. I'd say if I was a betting man there are some collectors breaking into a sweat right about now.....
This is a good guitar I'm thinking. Entertaining auction to see at the end. If it makes it that far. These notoriously end up in an early ended auction????
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| First time I've seen the semi-rigid fitted case. Must have been an early effort, in agreement with the early serial number. |
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Location: south east Michigan | My case is like that. Serial #905 |
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Location: Fayetteville, NC | CWK2 once gave a little rundown on thebreadwinner and deacon colors and the rarity. if i remember correctly it was done like white-
black-gray-tan-blue and he gave an approximate order from what there's the most of and which is more rare. Sorry I don't remember the order he gave, maybe he'll jump in again. |
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Location: Scotland | A small number of early prouction Breadwinners had this blue finish with blue pickguard. This should bring big money because of it's rareity. Looks like it's in good shape. The case is called an "archcraft" case and if I remenber rightly was available throughout Breadwinner and Deacon production, it's basically felt-lined lined cardboard covered in Tolex. at around $30 they were a cheap alternative to the molded cases. There was an Archcraft case for the acostics also.
I recently sold a black B/W and still have my white one with 3 Viper pickups. My favourite breadwinner finish is Tan with tortoishell pickguard. Don't see too many in that finish |
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| I am glad this one has the collectors value going for it. Because as much as I like the Adamas Blue colors this thing is really goofy looking to me in this blue. It is just not very dignified or something??
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Location: Fayetteville, NC | Paul Thanks for the info. I knew someone would know. I remember seeing the others on ebay or offered from time to time includinga tan one from time to time. I really like the unique shape of the breadwinner.Maybe i'll get one one day. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Originally posted by Northcountry:
It is just not very dignified or something?? But it would go very well with any colour hawiaain shirt in a surf band! |
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Location: Fayetteville, NC | Or possiblY match my blue elite 12 string! :D
I know,...Dream on!! |
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Location: GA USA | Sold for $1,469. |
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Location: The State of Hockey | It dose have the original paperwork, I am suprised it went for that much, I figured around $950. |
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Location: boulder | Blue is about as rare as you can get for a breadwinner. maybe around 50, I could easily be wrong though. peace |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | They were white, black, blue and tan. Later they were the natural satin and the barnboard satin. This is an origianl one, this blue.
There were some made for the Parfish family for props but they were a different blue. |
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Location: Las Vegas | The Partridge Blue breadwinner had a white pickguard and truss rod cover (which actually sets off the blue color a lot better imho.) I always assumed that's why the color looked more like a slightly deeper cobalt blue than the sky blue of these. At any rate, the blues were really close, just a matter of how much of the white they added to it. There still are two blues in the Polane lineup.
There were also one each blue "eclipse" and offwhite "eclipse" typhoon IV basses in the textured polane. Possibly a black textured one that might have been used in only one episode, to go with the black breadwinner. Also a blue eclipse storm guitar.
While we're on the subject, if anyone in Vegas has serious spray painting cabability (compressor and room) e-mail me offlist.
Thanks!
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Location: Michigan | Re: Blue Breadwinner, I asked John Budny about it. He thought there were fewer than 100 made, probably closer to 50. Does anyone have more information on the blue Breadwinner? Why was it discontinued? Why was it put out in the first place?
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Location: San Bernardino, California | Was the regular Breadwinner ever issued with the metallic gray color like the Breadwinner Limited? |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | I don't think so. |
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Blue Breadwinner