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Location: Dayville, Connecticut | Thank you, everyone, for the model information. That label must be missing. Here are some better pictures with some explanations for what happened to my baby.
right now it looks better from a distance!
up close you can see the missing rosette and damage from someone (little brother!)ripping off the pick guard that my uncle put in place to hide a well worn face.
12 string bridge
Original Label
Same serial number stamped on to the end of the neck.
Neck separated (guitar strap broke and it hit a marble floor at church) My uncle had it repaired and it held for many years (until little brother happened!)Neck is separating again.
This guitar is in sad shape. I will make it sing again...it means to much to me...
Thanks for looking :)
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| The factory can work wonders. Repair the neck, refinish the original top. You'll have a serious peice of Ovation history. |
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Location: Indiana | This guitar has serious mojo!
Take it to the mothership. |
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Location: Scotland | Nice, and that label is wierd. As far as I'm aware a "Deluxe Balladeer 12 String" doesn't exist in any catalog or price list.
Nice bearclaw top. Spruce like that would fetch top-dollar these days. |
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Location: Dayville, Connecticut | Originally posted by Jonmark Stone:
This guitar has serious mojo!
Take it to the mothership. Mojo is right! Beal gave me some names and a number for New Hartford...I will call them. I actually considered doing the work myself..I'm not a luthier but working with wood and details is "my thang" so to speak.
That being said, I want it done right.Even if i means missing out on the satisfaction of massaging it myself.
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| That is some seriously nice bearclaw on the top. Definitely get hold of John and Kim and discuss a restoration. That is an historic guitar that you'll be proud to pass on to your children. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Ummm, that's the same style label as on my friend's shiny bowl Classic.
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Location: Vernon CT | Rick,
I just sent you an E-mail
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Looks like it might be a 1967, the year the Deluxe Balladeer was introduced, and the price lists we have posted above start at 1971. Anyone checked Jerome's site for info on 12 string Deluxe Balladeers?
This seems to be worthy of a full restoration. |
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Location: Dayville, Connecticut | Originally posted by Paul Templeman:
Nice, and that label is wierd. As far as I'm aware a "Deluxe Balladeer 12 String" doesn't exist in any catalog or price list.
Nice bearclaw top. Spruce like that would fetch top-dollar these days. I think this instrument was a "factory reject"
that Jimmy brought back to life since we couldn't afford "the real thing". There's a repair on the bowl that looks like a patch. The gelcoat is rough and unfinshed on a large section of the back...Gelcoat is any easy repair, I just never had it done.
One question though: What do you mean by "bearclaw top" (sitka spruce?)
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Those are the marks that look like a bear clawed the tree that was used to make the top. It's the kind of "flaw" that seems to command a higher price. |
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| "Bearclaw" refers to the figuring in the wood, those light and dark "stripes" that run at angles across the grain. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | That's a regular Model 5 (later called 1115). Early on they didn't have dedicated labels for the 12-strings so they used Balladeer or Deluxe Balladeer labels for the 12-strings and sometimes typed or hand wrote "12-string" on it. Here's a photo of a Model 8 Glen Campbell 12-string and the label they used.
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Location: Warren,Pa. | Man...you're only 1 hour away from them. You can deliver it, and you could make a couple of "visits" at key times in the process to take pics and view the work as it's happening.
At least that's what I'd do. I'd use up some sick time at work.
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Location: Vernon CT | He's actually 2 hours away. still pretty close |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | This would be the equivalent of me finding that 55 Speedster that had been stored in a barn all these years.
The problem with these great stories is that the restoration costs way more than the original cost, but most would be glad to be able to do it. |
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Location: Dayville, Connecticut | Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
Those are the marks that look like a bear clawed the tree that was used to make the top. It's the kind of "flaw" that seems to command a higher price. I always liked that look...Thanks for the explanation. |
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