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If it isn't a Woody, it is still a woody...

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jay
Posted 2012-09-03 7:56 AM (#458644)
Subject: If it isn't a Woody, it is still a woody...



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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160876961274&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123

...looks like the neck was pin striped.



Edited by jay 2012-09-03 7:57 AM
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MWoody
Posted 2012-09-03 12:25 PM (#458651 - in reply to #458644)
Subject: Re: If it isn't a Woody, it is still a woody...



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Location: Upper Left USA		"It may be a sleeper something that was made as a prototype for Ovation don't really know just guessing."

Not a Woody...
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jay
Posted 2012-09-03 1:57 PM (#458653 - in reply to #458644)
Subject: Re: If it isn't a Woody, it is still a woody...



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Location: Texas		lol...I knew it wasn't, but it worked for referencing...

The block letter logo, I have seen before, but not on a guitar. I want to say that it is an early 70's logo...maybe I saw it on a amp advert or something...
All of that to say, I think the logo is post 66.
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SOBeach
Posted 2012-09-03 3:58 PM (#458657 - in reply to #458644)
Subject: RE: If it isn't a Woody, it is still a woody...


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My first inclination was it's a phony, but then... it makes ya wonder... 

 

tells ???

- never saw that version of the logo on an O headstock, I've only seen it on the old tan hard shell cases

- all the early bridges I've seen were five point design (see Josh White model) not the curved shape

- even a hand laid fiberglass bowl would've been easier to make than a wooden one... wouldn't it???

- hard to tell from the photos but yeah, the neck stripes do look like they might be painted on

- non-vintage (Vanson?) tuners 

- squared off neck end

 

and yet other details are curious...

- seems to have had a prior sound hole rosette removed. Why do that on a fake?

- the revealed sound hole stripes design, again why bother?

- neck binding (extra work?)

- body edge binding and purfling stripes (more extra work??)

 

Seems like an awful lot of time and effort to fake something with such meager reward. 

 

Curiouser and curiouser Alice.  

 

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Old Man Arthur
Posted 2012-09-03 4:03 PM (#458660 - in reply to #458644)
Subject: Re: If it isn't a Woody, it is still a woody...



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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR		I'm guessing that they started with a real Ovation neck....
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muzza
Posted 2012-09-03 4:17 PM (#458662 - in reply to #458644)
Subject: Re: If it isn't a Woody, it is still a woody...



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Location: Sunshine State, Australia		The most unique thing about this guitar is the wood body... and they haven't even shown a photo of it!
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DaveKell
Posted 2012-09-06 8:18 AM (#458790 - in reply to #458644)
Subject: RE: If it isn't a Woody, it is still a woody...


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amosmoses - 2012-09-03 7:56 AM
...looks like the neck was pin striped.



I can pinstripe the neck of your guitar... even the front. But i don't know why you'd want me to. Been a striper for fourty years !
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jay
Posted 2012-09-06 10:16 AM (#458792 - in reply to #458644)
Subject: Re: If it isn't a Woody, it is still a woody...



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Location: Texas		"Been a striper for fourty years !"
A striper or stripper?
Let me know...then we can talk business!
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