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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Shiny bowl, 3 Planks, 5 point bridge, big headstock break angle, 39 years old...
and just STONKS.
(though she ain't winnin' any beauty contests) |
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Location: Nashville TN. | pictures???
I need pictures |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Working on it... |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Don't need 'em. I think I dated her. |
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Location: closely held secret | He said STONKS, Weas. With an O, not an I. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Is this the one with the unknown delivery truck? |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Originally posted by The Wabbit Formerly Known As Waskel:
He said STONKS, Weas. With an O, not an I. Yeah, that's what set her apart. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | 
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Location: 6 String Ranch | nice, need to do something about that p/g outline. Is it in the finish or just a color? |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | unfortunately, the top under the pickguard didn't "Patina" as the rest of it did so, I'm guessing it's in the wood, not just the finish I consult with the boys up in New Hartford.
These guitars have nice chunky neck profiles. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by an4340:
Is this the one with the unknown delivery truck? yup...
11 days in transit... the top has some finish cracks that either weren't disclosed, or occurred in transit... I'm not sweatin' it with that ugly pickguard shadow however.
she's a great player and sounds wonderful.... Big Dreadnaught Sound.. |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Nice grab, Jeff. Enjoy. |
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| Beautiful. Are you playing the McLaughlin stuff now? |
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| "Chunky" as in like the ute? A big ol' D profile? |
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Location: closely held secret | Nice git, Jeff. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by schroeder:
"Chunky" as in like the ute? A big ol' D profile? even rounder... more "C" |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | This is actually a '67 that'd make her 41... |
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Location: Detroit Mi | "I'm not sweatin' it with that ugly pickguard shadow however."
So GO WITH IT man ! Restore it with another '57 J-45-esque vintage looking pickguard, which had probably resided comfortably there through most of those 41 years. It's the guitar's talisman - she probably misses it - feeling naked without it. BTW Greven makes some really nice dark tortoise colored non-threatening to Endangered species - type material :
http://www.lmii.com/CartTwo/thirdproducts.asp?CategoryName=Pickguar...
And congratulations on your snag! I am sure it is a wonderful sounding instrument. And these early O's are the coolest!
- Auchen Crow |
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Location: Scotland | I have a 3-panel DB of the same vintage, in similar condition. I keep thinking about having it restored at the factory, but it plays and sounds killer. So, do I spend a bunch of dough making a $200 guitar look great but not sound any better, or continue to enjoy it as it is? |
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Location: Cicero, NY | As is.
Period. |
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Location: Scotland | Yup. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Leave the $200 guitar the way it is... And let it continue to surprise people! |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | The pickguard area will darken over time. It WILL happen in your lifetime, Jeff.
Hang it in a well lit room, the sunshine will darken it. |
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Location: Madison, Wisconsin | My Martin 12 had a bumber sticker applied to the top when "someone" was young and stupid. It was on there for 15 years and when removed, 20 years ago, it left a similar ghost. You can't even tell it was there now. The only thing that shows is where the same "someone" used fingernail polish remover to get the sticky stuff off after removing the sticker. It's just a small spot and hasn't changed her sound at all. |
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Location: SoCal | For anybody who's never played one of the old shiny bowls, you're in for a huge surprise. They have a really big sound, almost like an old dreadnaught, except they have mid range to spare. They have power over the entire range.
Ovation tried to capture it with the new scalloped X bracing but I don't think they did (and the new guitars are terrific guitars). Temp's was the first one I ever played after he bought it on ebay and I liberated it from a pawn shop in Hollywood and I was surprised as hell. It was after that that I bought a Deluxe Balladeer for myself and then moved up to a GC DB.
Everybody should have a shiny bowl in their collection...... |
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| Originally posted by muzza:
The pickguard area will darken over time. It WILL happen in your lifetime, Jeff.
Hang it in a well lit room, the sunshine will darken it. He's already 300 years old.
He doesn't do sunshine. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | "For anybody who's never played one of the old shiny bowls, you're in for a huge surprise. They have a really big sound, almost like an old dreadnaught, except they have mid range to spare. They have power over the entire range.
Ovation tried to capture it with the new scalloped X bracing but I don't think they did (and the new guitars are terrific guitars). Temp's was the first one I ever played after he bought it on ebay and I liberated it from a pawn shop in Hollywood and I was surprised as hell. It was after that that I bought a Deluxe Balladeer"
heard dat!
I was struck by how much this guitar moves. It shivers when played.
...Schro, Call me, "Vlad" |
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| I look forward to playing it. How does the lady of the house rank it in the collection? |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | It will keep step with the Fudd but, brighter, VERY open- not as "Toasty". It does have a more Dread-like jangle.
It doesn't "shimmer" like the 47 but, there are very nice bell-like tones. |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Two woofs. |
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Location: closely held secret | Jeff - your little guitar link is broken. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Hmmm, I'll check into the link....
Repaired the top cracks in the DB today... Came out well. The repaired cracks are difficult to see... especially with that distracting PG shadow... But I also cleaned her up and though she ain't a 'SilkPurse'... all things considered, the guitar is in great shape and plays very well. |
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Location: Cicero, NY | While I'm tryng to move up the ladder, I've always got the eye out for something like this, Jeff. Maybe not the purdiest girl at the dance but great shape, plays very well and can STONK when it's called for? I think every collection needs one of these on the wall. The tat is just a badge of honor. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | She might like to vacation in Upstate NewYork for a spell.... |
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Location: closely held secret | Weas, you forgot, "responds well to shameless flattery". |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Can't talk now, Wabbit - working on some REALLY special prose for the Custom and the Fud... |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | I've got a shiny bowl, but it's wooden. :(
:D |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | I've really taken to this guitar. It's incredibly lively.
For anyone looking for a great sounding wood top, I highly recommend it... |
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Location: closely held secret | I believe you already have my address... |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | $250! |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | tree fiddy...
not a centavo less |
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3 Planker Arrived...