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| Hey guys,
Just found this forum whilst looking for some history on my guitar...
However I can find nothing other than what I have pasted at the end of this post.
The guitar would appear to be a GC-3, according to the History of Ovation as listed on http://www.vintageguitar.com/brands/details.asp?ID=104
Its a pointy headed Ovation Celebrity, made in Korea and a sunburst gray, Humbucker/single/single config.
Other than this, I can find absolutely no info, no pictures or no evidence that this guitar actually exists... except that I have it : )
I have it in the guitar shop getting rewired and it was the guy there who pointed out to me that Ovation really didnt make many solid body electrics, hence me doing a search and coming up empty.
Whilst rewiring he asked if I would like a tone pot and I said yes, not knowing this guitar may actually have some value.
So I suppose Im interested as to whether there is value/interest in this guitar and I should leave it mint (its in fantastic condition) or just go ahead and have a tone pot put in and enjoy it and forget about selling it. (Pot not installed yet)
My baby is a 1974 Gibson Les Paul Custom which to which the Ovation kinda pales tone wise, but it still shreds real well.
Cheers Beefa
From the history of Ovation
"Celebration
Still not ready to give up, in ’87 Ovation contracted with a Korean manufacturer to bring in a Celebrity line of solidbody electrics. These were Strat-style guitars again, with bolt-on necks, pointy/droopy six-in-line headstocks (with a bi-level carved relief along the bottom, per style), two-octave rosewood fingerboards, triangular flag inlays, and a double-locking vibrato system. We’re not sure what the pickup brand was, but there are models with two XK-110 single-coils and one XK-120 humbucker, plastic-covered with no exposed poles.
Complete information is not available, but guitars included the GC-2 with two humbuckers and GC-3 with a humbucker/single/single layout. It’s not known if there was a single-humbucker model, but there may have been if the Ultra Hard Body series pattern holds true. One twin-pickup BC-2 was offered, presumably Fender-style, with one P and one J-style pickup. Possibly a single-pickup bass was also offered. One source also lists a CG-21 with a humbucker/single/single pickup arrangement, but no other information is available.
It’s not certain how long the Celebrities lasted, but one source lists them as being offered until ’89. That might be long, given what was in store. But they were, again, a marketing flop." |
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Location: closely held secret | Welcome to the OFC, Beefa!
Ovation actually made quite a few models of hardbody guitars, and well as hollowbody electrics. What they didn't make that many of was Korean import hardbodies...
Being a rarity doesn't necessarily make it valuable, though. Let's see what other members who have been collecting these things for years have to say about that.
Again, welcome! |
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Some info if anyone can help please
