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| Hello, just found the site and just joined. My guitar is an electric Ovation, very unusual body shape (looks like a battle axe if that helps), two pickups, the serial # is E 6207. If anyone could tell me anything about it, when it was made, the name of it, possible value etc. it would be much appreciated. Thanks. |
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Location: NoHo, CA | Sounds like you have either a breadwinner or a deacon. They?re both the same guitar, but the deacon has a few fancy bells and whistles like a bound fretboard with diamond shaped inlays. According to the serial number you gave your guitar was made somewhere between 1973(Jan)-1975 (Feb). See the 'reference' section of the board for serial number info. I believe the breadwinner was the first production guitar to successfully integrate an active preamp. A cool guitar, but not extremely valuable on the market. They go for between $400-600 depending on condition and mood of the bidders on e-Bay. Other guys here on the board may be able to tell you more. |
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| Okay, matching it up on the serial number section helped a little bit, I think, unless it's still incorrect. It says that a serial number of "E+ 4 digits" would mean it was made between '73 and '75. The first number, 6, means it's an Adamas. The second number, 2, means it's a solidbody electric. And the second two numbers appear to be meaningless to me because those are used to identify acoustic/acoustic electrics.
So that means it's an Ovation Adamas? |
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Location: Scotland | An Adamas is an acoustic, not a solidbody. If your guitar has a gloss finish & bound neck it's a Deacon. Textured finish with unbound dot-neck makes it a Breadwinner.
You're confusing the model number with the serial number. The Model number of a Breadwinner is 1251 & Deacon is 1252 (1253 for the 12-string) Back then the first digit was always "1" The second digit "2" indicates a solid or semi-solid guitar, the rest of the 4-digit code doesn't make any sense with Solidbodies. |
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| Thanks alot for your help.
I have one more question, however. On the back of the guitar is the metal plate that says "Ovation Instruments, New Hartford, Conn Made in the U.S.A" and when I remove that there is a sticker on the back that says "replace battery when tone distorts." Though there is no battery to be found. At all. Also on that sticker it says "Mallory #MN 1604", "Eveready 3222", and "Burgess #2MN6". Does any of those mean anything?
Also, it has an unbound neck and gloss finish.
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | If you remove the rear access panel (not the neck plate) there should be battery holders in there if it is a Breadwinner or Deacon. If you could post pictures (there is a place to upload them in the MEMBERS SECTION) that would help. |
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Location: NJ | ". . ."Mallory #MN 1604", "Eveready 3222", and "Burgess #2MN6". . . "
Those are old make/models of batteries
(two of which I don't THINK even exist anymore). |
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| That's where the sticker is, behind the rear access panel. When I remove it, there is what appears to be enough room for a 9 volt battery, but no battery or mechanisms for a battery.
I'll try to get some pictures uploaded tonight or tomorrow. |
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Location: Scotland | Cliff is right, the numbers are old product codes for 9v batteries.
An unbound neck makes it a Breadwinner, but it shouldn't have a gloss finish. Is it gloss or just a well worn textured finish? Most of the spackling on my 2 has gone. What colour is it? Sounds like the active electronics are long gone, which usually happens when the pickups get swapped out, both common occurences. While non-original pickups/electronics may hurt the value to an collector or Ovation purist, it doesn't neccesarily make the guitar any less valuble as a player's instrument. Post a pic |
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help identifying my guitar