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WTB: Handle and Attaching Hardware for Famous Brown Case

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johnisgolden
Posted 2011-12-24 6:50 AM (#274822)
Subject: WTB: Handle and Attaching Hardware for Famous Brown Case


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I have a 1970 K1114-3 deep bowl Classic Guitar with Famous Brown Hardshell Case. I need to buy a Handle and Attaching Hardware. Thank you in advance for your help.
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bvince
Posted 2011-12-24 9:10 AM (#274823 - in reply to #274822)
Subject: Re: WTB: Handle and Attaching Hardware for Famous Brown Case



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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :)		Good luck on that one brother. I tried to find one once, and ended up buying an old suitcase from a thrift store for 2 bucks, to cannibalize the handle from. In the end, for all the work inolved, I think it would have been better just to buy a replacement case from someone here or on Ebay.
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bvince
Posted 2011-12-24 9:20 AM (#274824 - in reply to #274822)
Subject: Re: WTB: Handle and Attaching Hardware for Famous Brown Case



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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :)		There are 5 such cases on Ebay right now. Here's one WITH a project guitar (Spare Parts???) that's at $51:

Ovation Guitar and Case

And here's just a case... (the others for sale are priced abov $150, but this one is still at $51 :

Guitar Case
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seesquare
Posted 2011-12-24 11:51 AM (#274825 - in reply to #274822)
Subject: Re: WTB: Handle and Attaching Hardware for Famous Brown Case


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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire		You can start with these guys:
http://www.crestlock.net/handles.htm
I've done handle repairs- not hard, but a challenge. Latches are even more challenging (more alignment & riveting issues)
Best of luck!
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alpep
Posted 2011-12-24 12:00 PM (#274826 - in reply to #274822)
Subject: Re: WTB: Handle and Attaching Hardware for Famous Brown Case


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Location: NJ		I have a few cases on my website
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CanterburyStrings
Posted 2011-12-24 2:30 PM (#274827 - in reply to #274822)
Subject: Re: WTB: Handle and Attaching Hardware for Famous Brown Case


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Location: Hot Springs, S.D.		As cool as it might seem to have one of the old brown cases, if I were you I'd get a brand new case. The glue used in the lining seems to outgas, even years and years later, and if you leave the guitar in the case for any length of time, your strings will corrode. Plus, the old cases tend to warp. Call Al, get yourself a new case, then YOU can put your old broken one on ebay too.
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Old Man Arthur
Posted 2011-12-24 2:42 PM (#274828 - in reply to #274822)
Subject: Re: WTB: Handle and Attaching Hardware for Famous Brown Case



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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR
Originally by bvince:
There are 5 such cases on Ebay right now. Here's one WITH a project guitar (Spare Parts???) that's at $51:

Ovation Guitar and Case

Careful with that one...

I was looking for a guitar case and I got a "Vintage Brown Ovation Case with Free Guitar"...
The guitar had a broken headstock, so I just figured that I could get the tuners and the preamp. Of course, I glued the guitar together and it sounds great. (don't look so great, but...)


So I still had to buy a Real new case for $99 for the original guitar...
In the end it might be better to just grab a new handle somewhere.
Or just get a whole new case.
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seesquare
Posted 2011-12-24 3:22 PM (#274829 - in reply to #274822)
Subject: Re: WTB: Handle and Attaching Hardware for Famous Brown Case


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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire		OK, I'll solve your problem. Buy the Ovation Guitar and Case; send me the guitar.
Standing on streetcorner:
"BFLG Member- Will Repair Your Axe for Grins- God Bless"
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bvince
Posted 2011-12-24 7:39 PM (#274830 - in reply to #274822)
Subject: Re: WTB: Handle and Attaching Hardware for Famous Brown Case



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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :)		Good point above about buying an old case. I know you probably want to keep the original "vintage" case but it's true that it probaly will not correctly protect your instrument anymore. The cost of a newer replcement isn't much, and you could still hang on to the old one as keepsake. How badly do you want to protect your investment?
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Bluebird
Posted 2011-12-25 2:00 PM (#274831 - in reply to #274822)
Subject: Re: WTB: Handle and Attaching Hardware for Famous Brown Case



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Location: Nova Scotia, Canada		If it's a 1970 guitar, the brown case is not the original one anyway. It would have had a plywood Geib case.
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