Ovation Website: Glen Campbell Series Balladeer

Posted 2017-04-01 4:14 AM (#533489)
Subject: Ovation Website: Glen Campbell Series Balladeer

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Both the US and the imported GC Balladeers are up now on the official Ovation website.

http://ovationguitars.com/guitars/artist-series/glen-campbell-series

Edited by leonardmccoy 2017-04-01 4:15 AM

leonardmccoy

Posted 2017-04-01 4:43 AM (#533490 - in reply to #533489)
Subject: RE: Ovation Website: Glen Campbell Series Balladeer

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SPEC COMPARISON

GLEN CAMPBELL BALLADEER® - USA - NATURAL

1627GC-4

GLEN CAMPBELL BALLADEER® - MID-DEPTH - NATURAL (IMPORTED)

1627VL-4GC

BODY

Bracing: Ovation VT12 bracing VT-11

Back: Shallow fiberglass cloth body “Hand-laid Lyrachord body.

Top Finish: Vintage Natural

Inlaid Oakleaf & Abalone Rosette Inlaid Legend with Acrylic Pearl

Body Top: Solid Spruce

Body Binding: White (ABS) with inlaid abalone No abby, 7ply white/black purfling

BODY

Bracing: Quarter sawn Scalloped "X"

Back: Lyrachord® Mid Depth Non-Cutaway

Top Finish: Gloss Natural Inlaid Oakleaf & Abalone Rosette

Body Top: Solid Spruce

Body Binding: White (ABS) with inlaid abalone

NECK

Fingerboard: Deluxe Grade Ebony

Fingerboard Radius: 10" (254 mm)

Neck: 5-piece mahogany/maple 5 piece Mahogany with maple, mahogany, maple laminates. Walnut face.

Neck Finish: Satin Natural with gloss face.

Frets: 14 fully accessible frets

Position Inlays: Abalone Pearl “Diamonds, Dots, and Squares”

Scale: 25 1/4 (641 mm)

Nut Material: 1 11/16” bone nut.

Strings: Adamas® 1818E Light Acoustic (.012-.053 Gauges)

NECK

Fingerboard: Deluxe Grade Ebony

Fingerboard Radius: 10" (254 mm)

Neck: 5-piece mahogany/maple

Neck Finish: Satin Natural

Frets: 22 fully accessible frets

Position Inlays: Abalone Scale: 25 1/4 (641 mm)

Nut Material: ABS, 1 11/16" (43 mm)

Strings: Adamas® 1818E Light Acoustic (.012-.053 Gauges)

ELECTRONICS

Electronics: Volume/Tone Knob, No Preamp SKM Preamp (Single Mono FET)

Pickup: Ovation OCP-1K Pickup “Original Patented Pickup”

ELECTRONICS

Electronics: Volume/Tone Knob, No Preamp

Pickup: Ovation OCP-1K Pickup

HARDWARE

Bridge: Walnut bridge

Tuners: Die-Cast Sealed Tuners

Machines: Schaller Tunners Schaller M6, Gold with Gold Buttons

Hardware Finish: Gold

HARDWARE

Bridge: Ebony

Tuners: Die-Cast Sealed Tuners

Machines: Ovation Tuners

Hardware Finish: Gold

Edited by leonardmccoy 2017-04-01 4:59 AM

leonardmccoy

Posted 2017-04-07 3:38 PM (#533570 - in reply to #533489)
Subject: Re: Ovation Website: Glen Campbell Series Balladeer

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The US Custom Legends are on the site now as well alongside the imported ones: http://ovationguitars.com/guitars/legend_balladeer/custom-legend/us

Old Man Arthur

Posted 2017-04-07 4:28 PM (#533571 - in reply to #533489)
Subject: Re: Ovation Website: Glen Campbell Series Balladeer

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Question... Do DW USA Ovation still have a bolt-on Neck?

DanSavage

Posted 2017-04-07 5:03 PM (#533573 - in reply to #533489)
Subject: Re: Ovation Website: Glen Campbell Series Balladeer

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My 2077AV50-4 has a hand-laid bowl, wood neck block and bolt-on neck.

Kind of like what would be done if you converted an pre-SMC bowl/neck block to accept a modern non-KBar bolt-on neck.

2wheeldrummer

Posted 2017-04-07 5:36 PM (#533575 - in reply to #533570)
Subject: Re: Ovation Website: Glen Campbell Series Balladeer

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leonardmccoy - 2017-04-07 3:38 PM

The US Custom Legends are on the site now as well alongside the imported ones: http://ovationguitars.com/guitars/legend_balladeer/custom-legend/us...

I was looking through the models on this page and they have the Glen Campbell listed as a Custom Legend model,
I don't get it the Glen Campbell should be a Artist model/signature series guitar
Did anyone notice on the glen campbell model they are listing a 1771 as an option and calling a legend series guitar??? 1771's were balladeers last I knew?????

All beautiful guitars just hard to keep the models straight.

Edited by 2wheeldrummer 2017-04-07 5:37 PM

d'ovation

Posted 2017-04-07 5:44 PM (#533576 - in reply to #533571)
Subject: Re: Ovation Website: Glen Campbell Series Balladeer

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Old Man Arthur - 2017-04-07 4:28 PM Question... Do DW USA Ovation still have a bolt-on Neck?

The US Custom Legend has a LX designation and I can see a TRC in the pictures, so this suggests it may have the LX neck attachment as well.