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Joined: January 2004 Posts: 799
Location: Athens, GA & Gnashville | Although I worked for Jerry on and off about 8 years, I never saw any Thunderheads in his arsenal. But, he may have had one or two stashed at his house.
He did have a couple Ovations around, but no electrics that I were aware of. What is this special Thunderhead? |
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Joined: March 2002 Posts: 15651
Location: SoCal | Jerry had one in the early 70's that Ovation made for him (I would guess thru his association with Glen Campbell). Samova has one if them in his collection. They were tweaked a little as to location of controls.
Sam, can you post a pic?
Hey Goob, were you the guitar player to whom Glen gave a beat up Bluebird 12 string? |
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Joined: January 2002 Posts: 970
Location: Atlanta,Ga. | That guitar is now in the collection of Miles..
I understand that about 12 were made.They all had a serial that began with X01- X12.Miles can give more details.... |
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Joined: December 2001 Posts: 7209
Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Yes the Jerry Reed is actually one of my favorite Thunderheads. The pickups are a slightly different model than the DeArmonds that were used on the regular Thunderheads and maybe someone can shed some light on them because they SOUND significantly better also. The other difference is that the controls are simple. A single volume pot on the pickguard which I assume suited Jerry Reed's style and a single tone control and a pickup selector. No mix'n match balance fiasco or pairs of vol and tone pots. Nice and simple. As an added bonus this is one of those Thunderheads in which the wood, especially the back is just gorgeous.
Jerry Reed Thunderhead |
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Joined: January 2004 Posts: 799
Location: Athens, GA & Gnashville | I want one.......BAAAAAD. GAS!!!!!! :cool: |
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Joined: December 2003 Posts: 420
Location: On the beach in Southwest Florida | It's beautiful. Any chance Ovation will ever reenter the "electric" market? |
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Joined: March 2002 Posts: 15651
Location: SoCal | Nope. That's why there's Hamer. |
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