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Location: Boise, Idaho | And Bill was only in his 20s when he did this. |
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Location: closely held secret | Cool. So it's a BBB-1. |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | After this little experiment it was decided the best way to keep him away from the tools was to keep him busy as President. :D |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Wonderful post, Miles. Thanks for sharing. |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
And Bill was only in his 20s when he did this. Oh yeah, and that too. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | I was going to say it was one of the "concepts" thrown around when the solids needed more support.
If you turn it upside down its a bit like a Hobby Horse.
Sweet chunk of Mahogany there. |
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Joined: December 2004 Posts: 2150
Location: Orlando, FL | Cool guitar, cool piece of history! Thanks for sharing the pics and the story!
This is the sort of thing you won't find anywhere but the OFC. |
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Location: Texas | Nice bit of mystery/history, thanks for the intriguing post Miles. |
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Location: Jet City | So did I win something for being closest? |
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Location: Upper Left USA | How about one of Beal's golf balls? |
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Joined: April 2009 Posts: 130
Location: London, UK | Maybe he did sell that body shape to the Japanese...
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Location: Brisbane Australia | Great story Miles........thanks for sharing
Oh yeah........thankyou Bill....
AJ |
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Location: Connersville, Indiana | I really like the guitar because it is different. I like being different. Instead of a ibanez to me it appears as a rough attempt to battle the gibson firebird. It seems a lot of the solid bodys were an attempt to compete with gibson, I guess, thats what I would say.
Love the guitar |
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Location: Brisbane Australia | Bill loves Henry........ya gotta know the story....
AJ |
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Joined: September 2009 Posts: 180
Location: michigan | Mr. Ovation, did that guitar become the
Fernandes travel guitar with one pickup and the built in amp (I have one of those), the name slips my mind though. I know they are a hit in Japan. The shape is very different, but a similar concept. |
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