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| I just bought a balladeer,S/N a-57,sunburst,built in 1968.Three board top,Kluson tuners,chain and grape inlay.100% stock.Great find.Any info? |
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Location: SoCal | Great guitar. X braced, shiny bowl, inlaid rosette. What do you want to know?
Ovation did a reissue of it back in 2006..... |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | Three board TOP = Laminate..??
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Nope. Solid top. |
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Location: Tennessee | Sunburst? |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Vic asked, "Three board TOP = Laminate..??"
Three Planks of Solid Wood...
Like this, only this was Not made in 1968. :eek:
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | Thanks Arthur , thanks Dave..
Vic
. it`s as if I´ve seen a top like that somewhere.. |
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Location: Germany | I've seen only very few sunburst top shiny bowls. Very rare.
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Ultrafan, welcome, but we require pictures. |
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| I'm trying to post a pic of this rare guitar.
Cant figure out how.Any help guys? |
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Location: Flahdaw | Originally posted by Old Man Arthur:
Vic asked, "Three board TOP = Laminate..??"
Three Planks of Solid Wood...
Like this, only this was Not made in 1968. :eek:
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| Originally posted by Ultrafan:
I just bought a balladeer,S/N a-57,sunburst,built in 1968.Three board top,Kluson tuners,chain and grape inlay.100% stock.Great find.Any info? How did you find this one ? |
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Location: Indiana | If I remember correctly, the three planker was due to the supply of spruce they had on hand... cut specifically for the Kaman aero division. (Used in laminating heli rotor blade's... Beal?) |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | That's the story from the Book. As far as darkbark's question, I think the sound on my 3 planker reissue is incredibly good. |
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Location: Nova Scotia, Canada | Ultrafan;
Here is a link with picture posting info.
Pictures |
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| Posting pics in here is way to much work.
Anybody that wants to see a pic,e-mail me |
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| I found it at the guitar center in Attlboro Mass.
It was hanging in the electric section,way up high.Dried out,and all the hip guitar salesmen sneered at it and called it the "plastic" guitar.
They said it had been there a long time.I paid 500 bucks,and shamed them into throwing in a new case.
Took it home and yes,a 1968 Balladeer,Searial # A-57,and yes,sunburst. |
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| Nice story.
I hope to have one of those guitars someday. |
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Location: Tennessee | I sent you an email, Ultrafan. Send me pics and I'll post them. Besides, I want to see this one. Sounds like a GREAT find. |
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Location: Flahdaw | Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
That's the story from the Book. As far as darkbark's question, I think the sound on my 3 planker reissue is incredibly good. Well, I've never played one so I'll take your word for it. Maybe someone will bring one to the next gathering. |
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Location: Tennessee | Here's a pic that Ultrafan sent me ...
What a nice get! Beautiful! |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Whoa! Now that's sweeet... :eek: |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | WOW! DOUBLE WOW!!
Dat's a Spicy Meat ball..... |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Wow! Stunning. I especially like how the burst works with the third plank. It obviously takes the stain differently from the outside planks. |
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Location: Tuscany, Italy | A rarity on its own and a piece of history. Congrats for your beauty !
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| Sweet lookin rig.
I want to walk into a pawn shop and find one of those that has my name written on the original case. |
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Location: SoCal | I've never seen a sunburst like that from that era... |
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Location: closely held secret | Very pretty. A nice, mellow sunburst.
Gosh, Bobbo, it must have been a lot of work to post that picture. Thanks for the effort! |
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Location: Germany | In that era they obviously experimented with the sunburst look. This is # A-050 with a different appearance:
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Location: SoCal | Karl, is that DB in the back our pre-spa guitar? I find that I'm playing my Legend (rebuilt with the same specs as your DB) most of the time if I don't need to plug in. One of the best wood top O's I own.
Looking at the 1968 literature, Ovation did offer a sunburst. Don't know why I was never aware of that. The first time I remember seeing a sunburst Ovation in a catalog was the 1972 catalog.... |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Sunburst is on the Jan. 69 price list |
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by Gallerinski:
Sunburst is on the Jan. 69 price list I would imagine that it is since I just noted that it's in the 1968 literature..... |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | No dufus. Just cuz it's in one year doesn't mean it's in the following year. |
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Location: Tennessee | Originally posted by The Wabbit Formerly Known As Waskel:
Gosh, Bobbo, it must have been a lot of work to post that picture. Thanks for the effort! Making the big sacrifices for the good of the cause. It's what I do.
Just so everyone knows, I already called DIBS on that guitar if it ever comes available. :cool: |
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Location: Germany | Paul, the three guitars in the picture above are owned by another German member on this board (If I remember right the one in the back is #B-336).
Here is another pic (thanks Samova!) with a sunburst top shiny bowl. This one looks similiar to the later sunbursts of the 70s. It inspired me to let spa rebuild my DB with a sunburst top.
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by Charlie Ramon:
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Location: Boise, Idaho | It took me a few years, but I finally figured out that I need to quit expressing my envy for other's guitars on this forum. That has occasionally led to offers of similar guitars and when I accept those offers I get in trouble. I know I could turn down those offers and I have. I'll post pictures of the Patriot soon. |
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Location: SoCal | You know Mark, I'm finally in a spot where when I see somebody else's guitar that looks really cool, I ask myself the question, what does it offer that I don't already have? The answer is usually "nothing".
While you and I are a couple of hacks, we have great guitar collections. My lust factor has gone way down (at least for guitars) in the last few months.
Oh, and the Patriot is a great guitar. My favorite configuration --- A braced deep bowl Legend. Doesn't get much better than that.... |
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| Hey folks,I'm the guy who bought the 68 Balladeer.Just got lucky.
We who love the ovation are in a great position.
I have owned 5,The Ultra,a later crappy Ultra,
a 1312,a Legend,and a Elite 1778.And now this thing.
All were bought for a song by just keeping my eyes open and going to guitar stores once in awhile.
These kind of guitars are all over the big box guitar stores,and they don't like them.Good for us.
To be able to buy a used guitar with an ebony freetboard,high end tuners,proven electronics,
very solid tops for a couple of hundred bucks is a great investment.
Just be wise.Some Ovation's do suck. |
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