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Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado | Hi All,
I have been a member here for some time, but have never had the chance to post my small collection of guitars and basses. I hope you don't mind that I didn't break out the Ovations from the rest as I feel lucky just to get the link to work!
http://tinyurl.com/7tub9
The information for each item is listed on the bottom of the picture once it is opened. If anyone has comments or maybe better info as to models, I'd appreciate it!
Thanks!
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Location: Upper Left USA | Very nice. Many sweet Ovations and some of the other flavors! |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Wow....that is some classic stuff. |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | Cc,
Great collection... I especially like the Ovation Eclipse.
Just wonder why Baldwin put the 1st fret so close to the nut? Also the Beatle Bass Copy (by Baldwin also?) |
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Location: the BIG Metropolis of TR | Colin, that first fret is called a "zero" fret and it's a lazy man's way of not cutting the nut so precise.....The zero fret is slightly higher than the rest....much like making a bar chord!
Zero frets or not you still have a impressive collection,Cc. I like the Gianinni 12 string. How does it's sound compare to the GC 12? |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Also, tell us about that gibson, the solid body with the pointy headstock. Interesting. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Ooo La La. That's some NICE stuff !!! |
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Location: NJ | I LOVE that Swede bass!! . . . .
NICE!!! |
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Location: East Tennessee | Wow! Very nice collection. :)
I should link that page and show it to my wife every time she says I have too many guitars. :D |
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Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado | Hi All,
Thanks for the nice comments.
The Gianinni is pretty unique in that it sounds more like a harpsichord than a guitar. Not tinny, just bright and edgy. It doesn't project like the Ovation but when I was doing a single, I brought along both because they are so different. It's a great guitar for finger picking and very comfortable to play sitting down.
I'm guessing that you were asking about the Gibson Marauder. (pointy head stock). They were only built for a few years in the 70's. Gibson was looking to expand their line from just L.P.s and SGs. It plays very nice and has an incredibly fast neck like an Explorer. The pickups are incased in epoxy. The front is a hum bucker and the rear is a single coil. I'm not a lead player by any means, but the guys that have played it were very impressed including a friend who lives and breathes Les Pauls.
I was curious if the Eclipse is really that. Also is the Typhoon designated differently because it's the fake lyrachord?
Any info would be helpful.
Also I'm still looking for some parts to get all my Ovations back to original. If anyone has parts, I'd love to hear from you.
Thanks!
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Location: NJ | A friend of mine used to have a Marauder when we were kids, they were pretty cool - but a bit "heavy", I seem t'remember. I also remember that the Gianinni's had a bit of a wider neck that (like you said) made 'em good for finger-picking . . .
I used to play 'em in HighwayRobbie's on Rte46 in Totowa MANY years ago, and LOVED 'em ('course it coulda been that they subliminally reminded me of this girl in my neighborhood (Patty Gianinni) who was TOTALLY "hot"! . . . . .
Nice Collection! |
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Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado | The beatle bass is of "unknown origin". I bought it to do a Beatles tribute some years back. As you can see, it is strung left handed. Quite the challenge to learn 12 songs left handed..
The Swede is pretty cool. Sounds wonderful and is just too heavy to gig with!
B.G.P. is correct that zero frets were used on low end guitars to keep from having to be too precise when cutting the nut. But it goes much further than that. Custom guitar makers like Leach and Veillette just to name a couple use zero frets on some of their models. There is debate as to whether the open strings sound better or not with a zero fret. Baldwin (Burns) guitars were really designed for more the jazz market than rock and roll. I don't think they were doing the zero fret thing as a cost cutting method. Also you might want to check out this from the Buzz Feiten site.
"Can the tuning system be installed on fretted stringed instrument with a zero fret (like the Mobius, MTD Basses, or selected models of Warr Guitars) Yes. In these cases, the zero fret is positioned exactly the same as the BFTS Shelf Nut in accordance with the BFTS specifications for a particular guitar; the repositioning of the zero fret produces the exact same effect as the installation of our Shelf Nut. In addition, with the zero fret performing the specific purpose of nut repositioning, the BFTS Shelf Nut can still be used behind the zero fret for string spacing (you still need a nut for this) and to display the BFTS Logo." |
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Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado | Hey Cliff watch what you say about Patty Gianinni!!! She's my wife!!!!
Just Kidding>>
Glad my stuff could bring back some memories!
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Location: NJ | ;) |
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Location: closely held secret | I've played a couple higher-end guitars with zero frets. If you play in open tunings it's nice because open strings sound the same as fretted strings. |
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