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Mark in Boise
Posted 2010-06-09 6:53 PM (#370199 - in reply to #370174)
Subject: Re: Up For Speculation and a bit 'o fun.


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And Bill was only in his 20s when he did this.
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Waskel
Posted 2010-06-09 7:16 PM (#370200 - in reply to #370174)
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Cool. So it's a BBB-1.
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cholloway
Posted 2010-06-09 7:44 PM (#370201 - in reply to #370174)
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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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ProfessorBB
Posted 2010-06-09 8:24 PM (#370202 - in reply to #370174)
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Wonderful post, Miles. Thanks for sharing.
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Mr. Ovation
Posted 2010-06-09 10:28 PM (#370203 - in reply to #370174)
Subject: Re: Up For Speculation and a bit 'o fun.


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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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MWoody
Posted 2010-06-09 10:40 PM (#370204 - in reply to #370174)
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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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Designzilla
Posted 2010-06-10 12:13 PM (#370205 - in reply to #370174)
Subject: Re: Up For Speculation and a bit 'o fun.


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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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standing
Posted 2010-06-10 3:42 PM (#370206 - in reply to #370174)
Subject: Re: Up For Speculation and a bit 'o fun.



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Nice bit of mystery/history, thanks for the intriguing post Miles.
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Damon67
Posted 2010-06-11 9:23 AM (#370207 - in reply to #370174)
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So did I win something for being closest?
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MWoody
Posted 2010-06-11 10:51 AM (#370208 - in reply to #370174)
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How about one of Beal's golf balls?
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sypolog
Posted 2010-06-11 11:13 AM (#370209 - in reply to #370174)
Subject: Re: Up For Speculation and a bit 'o fun.


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Maybe he did sell that body shape to the Japanese...

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AussieJames
Posted 2010-06-20 5:39 AM (#370210 - in reply to #370174)
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Great story Miles........thanks for sharing

Oh yeah........thankyou Bill....

AJ
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kitmann
Posted 2010-06-20 6:37 AM (#370211 - in reply to #370174)
Subject: Re: Up For Speculation and a bit 'o fun.



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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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AussieJames
Posted 2010-06-20 7:24 AM (#370212 - in reply to #370174)
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Bill loves Henry........ya gotta know the story....

AJ
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rhoadsscholar
Posted 2010-06-20 8:42 AM (#370213 - in reply to #370174)
Subject: Re: Up For Speculation and a bit 'o fun.


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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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