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Location: Nashville TN. | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RclyijxoTsk
Anyone know how to edit wiki?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_White
No mention of signature model |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | There's an "edit this page" button at the top of the page. |
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Location: Flahdaw | This could prove interesting.... |
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Location: On the Coast - Halfway between SF & OR | The statement in Wikipedia,
"Carol White would vividly recount to Josh's archival biographer, Douglas Yeager, that in 1963-1964, the engineers of a new guitar company in development, spent several months with their paperwork and drawings on her dining room table, as Josh and the engineers designed the first round-bodied guitar. Upon completion, the first Ovation Guitar was titled the "Josh White Model". Much to her dismay, however, the company never followed through with their verbal promise of giving Josh stock shares of the company."
really makes it sound as though Josh helped develop the whole ovation concept and then was screwed for his effort. |
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Location: Nashville TN. | I jumped right through the paragraph.
Had phone call in middle of reading it opps.
The time doesn't seem to fit.
Why would Guild be proto typing a Josh White
model in 1965 if if he was already involved with Ovation. |
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Location: Cicero, NY | I think you're absolutely right, PEZ. Somebody's got their time wrong.
Go git 'em... |
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Location: Flahdaw | Originally posted by Weaser P:
I think you're absolutely right, PEZ. Somebody's got their time wrong.
Go git 'em... Yore write! Once if going to git it'snot your shoe yellow. |
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Location: Nashville TN. | Anyone know what it says in the Ovation Book? |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Wik is wrong
The book is pretty close to right, it had a real good edit. |
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Location: SoCal | The book says that White was approached, on the recommendation of Charlie Byrd, with one of the first Ovation guitars. He liked it but wanted a wider neck and 12 frets to the body, like his Guild. They built it and he endorsed it. Doesn't say anything about the company screwing him.
But then a book about Ovation guitars probably wouldn't.
I can't imagine that White would have been offered company stock. Usually, when an artist is offered a signature model, they are given a small percentage of the price of the guitar for every one sold. |
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Location: Nashville TN. | Was Ovation Instruments ever completely sererate free standing company with its own stock? |
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Josh White playing
