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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Give Me A Break! I laughed so hard over this I woke the household! Check out the "Special Label"...WOW!
James Dean Sig. Ovation!
Get in line! :p |
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Location: Munich, Germany | Wow, an original James Dean Signature!
Damn, this thing must be worth millions. Somewhere in the ballpark with the 3 million Martin.
Not only that James Dean was well known and got famous for his guitar playing skills - he even died more than ten years before the first Ovation was built.
Somebody should buy this one quick, before it's to late!
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Location: NJ | y'sure he doesn't mean Jimmy Dean the sausage guy?? . . . |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Ok, you guys might be wrong. It has the "Official" stamp and the "official" hard case. You really can't argue with that. It has to be the real deal... :rolleyes: |
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Location: Brisbane Australia | Well there id definitely a "snag" to this.
Some people!
What is it anyway? |
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| (in a homer simpson voice) mmmmmm - official stamp |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Ya know, the really funny thing is, someone will probably bite on this. |
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Location: NJ | if ONLY they'd issued a Glen Campbell stamp . . . |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Speaking of Glen, where is he. I thought he was joining our group. :rolleyes: |
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Location: Newport,OR | I checked out some of his other auctions not all of them, I noticed his DAW system has a pic of a Shuttle XPC insides and not the DAW. I think this is a real scam artist! Buyer beware!!! |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Originally posted by Trader Jim:
Ya know, the really funny thing is, someone will probably bite on this. Hey, That Chilean Ovation Sold! So anything is possible :rolleyes: |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Hey Rick: got the cords: guitar is due Friday I think...Thanks so much! I'll let you know!
Cliff: Glenn Campbell Stamp...thats great!
BTW, did anyone notice that the JD stamp is a rare upside down version? Now that alone puts this in a league by itself! |
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Location: CA | I wonder if this is the same guy with the Babe Ruth signature Ovation. Oh, wait, I could buy this one, put a baseball card over the Dean sticker and . . . mmmmmmm, babe ruthhhhh |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Sorry, doesn't pass the "sniff test" for me. Doesn't look old, and definitely not in "tip top" shape. I wish him luck. P.T. Barnum was probably right, though. |
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Location: Brisbane Australia | Yeah, there's one born every day :D |
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Location: CT | The stamp is right side up, the image is upside down. You can see it on the wider shot. |
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Location: Tychy, Poland | this is applesauce or celeb? |
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Location: CA | I couldn't help myself. Sent him a message basically saying he's the laugh of the hour among Ovation owners, and that next time he wants to scam people with a 'rare signature guitar', 1) Pick somebody who actually PLAYED the guitar and 2) who wasn't dead about 15 years before the first Ovation was ever made. Here is his reply:
laugh away brother... ask Ovation why they made a guitar after James Dean... picture shows the ovation stamp and signature in the bowl... he who laughs last thinks slowest cupcake... I'll be sure and look for your bid... now go read some more guitar forums instead of playing your instrument or something... |
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Location: NJ | guess he "told" YOU . . . cupcake. |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Yes, I'd say there's some instrument-playing going on. |
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Location: CA | FWIW, I have not been on this forum long enough to know if there are actual Ovation archivists present (although there seem to be). So I queried them directly — after all, perhaps I was being a cupcake about all this. Here is the 'official' response:
Good suggestion. I did ask Ovation. Here is their response:
John,
It's well-known to us that James Dean plays Ovation guitars in the afterlife, but makes a poor endorsee for advertising purposes. Porsche feels the same way, I'm sure.
It's not actually that weird, considering Martin makes a Jim Croce model...kinda creepy, though.
We do not now, nor have we ever made a James Dean Model guitar. We didn't build our first guitar until 1966. |
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Location: NJ | You mighta' been a cupcake . . . but that guy's definitely a nutroll . . . |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | He now calls it a "rare Ovation with a James Dean stamp inside" |
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Location: closely held secret | I had a little communication with him regarding possibly fraudulent descriptions, and he changed it...
Seems like a nice guy. And it looks like a nice Balladeer. Hope he hasn't set his (price) sights too high. |
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"James Dean Signature Guitar" (right)