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Location: Massachusetts | This is what happens when a beloved product moves to another country and retains the same brand name and model. I've seen it on other forums. |
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Location: sitting at my computer | fillhixx - 2012-04-28 7:51 PM ... XX,XXX OFC members... whoops, for a moment there didn't realize you were referring to a number. 
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Location: Flahdaw | The XXX would be Moody |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | I think what adds even more to the confusion, and this has also led to misleading adverts on eBay and Craigslist, is ok.. A typical guitar owner has an Ovation and they are not sure of the model... look at some pictures... and call it a Balladeer and the BOWL is stamped Made In USA. I have seen this happen more than once. |
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Location: Massachusetts | well, I've seen this sort of thing happen before where a large corporation buys out a brand name and then milks it for all they can get out of it then discards it. One example was when AMF did this with Harley Davidson, but the brand loyalty was too strong, and the employees bought the business back and things are doing well.
In fact, Fender went through this with CBS back in the late 60's. |
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I totally missed this news
