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Location: Rocheter, MN | I thought this would interest the folks on this board. Those familiar with Christopher Guest (of "Spinal Tap" fame) will probably be familiar with a movie he had a few years back called "A Mighty Wind". This movie is a "fake-umentary" about a reunion of 60's folk acts. The "Spinal Tap" guys (Mike McKean, Harry Shearer, and Christopher Guest) appear as a band called "The Folksmen". While I was watching the show, I noticed something: Mike McKean is playing an Ovation Balladeer! This is the first time I can recall seeing an Ovation being played in a Hollywood film. |
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Location: Vernon CT | First mrmanley, welcome to the OFC!!!!
Secondly, you will learn that the members here love pictures and "links" to O sightings. So if you got it, add it!! :) |
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Location: GA USA | You tell him, Iffy... I mean BT!
Welcome Mr.
What's better than pictures?
Video of the Folksmen |
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Location: Vernon CT | Captain, what , did the Instant Gremlin fool you??? ;) |
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Location: the BIG Metropolis of TR | Welcome to the OFC....
....Steve Zahn & Jack Black played Ovations in the (2001) movie.... Saving Silverman |
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Location: SoCal | Try this one....
Sighting |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | And another:
Holly Holy/Soolaimon |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
Try this one....
Sighting |
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Location: SoCal | It is an original. Somebody here, a few years ago, had some info on this guitar but they never said what.... |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | It is an original. Somebody here, a few years ago, had some info on this guitar but they never said what....
The Elusive Slotheads
File last updated: 7/17/2007 1:37:50 AM
The "slotheads" as they are called, started at Serial Number "27"
and ended at Serial Number "60" for a total of 34 units built.
Serial Number /
Guitars Natural Frequency
Resonance Model Destination Date Current Owner
27-96 1689-8 Glen Campbell 8/76
28-96 1689-8 Cat Stevens 1/4/78
29-95 1687-2 Jon Just Music 6/27/76
30-88 1687-8 Jim Hennessey(AR sample) 9/76
31-88 1687-8 Ward Brodt Music
Ron Pough (current owner) 8/31/76
32-88 1687-8 Jim Messina 9/76
33-96 1688-7 ChuckMcDonough
(employee) 11/76 Samova
34-93 1687-8 Neil Diamond 9/10/76
35-95 1689-2 CH Kaman 9/76 CWKII
36-97 1189-7 Chuck McDonough 11/16/77 CWKII
37-__ 1689-8 Marcel Dadi 8/13/76
38-91 1687-7 Roy Clark band(Bill Hartman) 5/20/77
39-98 1687-8 Manny's (John Halliday) 9/22/76
40-95 1687-8 Arai, Japan 9/30/76
41-97 1687-8 Bob Massy Music 9/22/76
42-95 1687-8 Ackerman's (Steve Voss) 9/22/76
43-93 1687-8 Central music Az 9/22/76
44-93 1687-8 Nancy Wilson 1/31/77
45-92 1687-8 Ackerman's (Ron Pough) 12/13/76
46-90 1687-7 Milano Music Az. 1/27/77
47-99 1187-2 Ovation Engr Dept 1/5/77 Factory
48-95 1187-2 Charlie Cash Music 1/27/77
49-96 1687-7 CHK 2/21/77
50-95 1687-7 Charlie Cash Music 1/19/77
51-91 1687-7 Wings 12/3/76
52-93 1187-8 Ackerman's (Ed Means) 2/15/77
53-98 1187-7 Modern Music 1/24/77 CWKII
54-95 1187-8 Ackerman's 3/28/78 Cliff
55-92 1187-8 Music Factory Ca. 10/25/76
56-93 1689-brown Cat Stevens 11/23/76
57-93 1689-8 Wings 12/3/76 Samova
58-93 1689-2 George McCaoono III 2/9/77
59-93 1689-8 Gene Leis Music Ca. 11/30/76
60-96 1687-2 Modern Music 1/24/77
Some additional notes about this time period:
Chuck McDonough was in charge of the Adamas program at this time.
Jim Hennessey was in charge of artist relations.
Goerge McCannon III was a CT singer who lived in New Hartford.
Of the 34 guitars made 7 were acoustics and 27 were acoustic/electrics. Additionally, 9 were wide necks and 24 were narrow necks. There was only 1 twelve-string made. The colors were 6 red, 8 beige, 19 blue and 1 brown. |
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Location: GA USA | Originally posted by BT717:
Captain, what , did the Instant Gremlin fool you??? ;) Isn't Iffy the one with the "THIS THREAD IS USELESS WITHOUT PICTURES"? If not, sorry for insulting you both. |
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Location: Parrish, FL | Saw this on Craigslist about 6 weeks ago. Tried for a month to contact the seller. All in vain.
older ovation adamas - $1500
for sale older ovation adamas. deep plastic bowl, blue top, lots of gold flakes, acustic-electric, nice carved headstock and bridge, white inlays, gold painted case. plays well. Very good condition. 
Out of the darkness and back into the depths....
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Location: Phoenix AZ | The original slothead case is worth $1500. |
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Location: Parrish, FL | It went up on May 8th. I saw it on the 23rd. Long gone by then.
Just goes to show that there are treasures out there to be had. Just need to be lucky!
Blues |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | Another O sighting - just switching channels and came upon the HD channel MHD - someone playing a doubleneck 6/12 string - turned out to be the All American Rejects. I couldn't find a video online. |
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Ovation Sighting!