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Location: Back in the Valley of the Sun Mesa Az. | O.K., I like John Denver... I like Ovations...I like 12 strings...but whoa :eek:
http://cgi.ebay.com/John-Denver-Stage-Played-Guitar_W0QQitemZ738640... |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | I wouldn't pay that much even if John Denvers corpse was still attached to it ...
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Location: Back in the Valley of the Sun Mesa Az. | lol! |
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Location: NJ | . . . and you guys balk at $10K for a SlotHead . . . :-) |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by Standingovation:
I wouldn't pay that much even if John Denvers corpse was still attached to it ...
Dave So,
I gotta ask, Dave....
What would you pay for John Denver's corpse clutching a guitar?
....and who else might you have in your collection?? |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | ...and do not say Annie... |
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Location: Fayetteville, NC | John Denver connection or not, Unless someone is a serious collector of John Denver Memorabilia, There's no way the guitar will bring that amount of money. Now, I don't know what the going rate is forthat type of Adamas Twelve string,.But i've got a hunch that he's way off the mark.
Nice Adamas Though. matybe he really doesn't want to sell it. |
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Location: SoCal | Ya know, my ass was handed to me after I made the same basic observation regarding an Adamas owned by Larry Coryell. Now you guys are saying the same sort of things (but worse) over Denver's guitar.
It's tough to be a pioneer....... |
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Location: Fayetteville, NC | Don't Take it so hard Moody, We all know you take all the shots for us. :D ;) |
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Location: SoCal | It's why I get paid the medium size bucks.... |
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Location: Fayetteville, NC | I think you need a raise!! Come to think of it..so do I! |
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Location: Back in the Valley of the Sun Mesa Az. | I calculated shipping and insurance...a 1614 in good shape ought to cover that. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | For this member, I loved John Denver's songs, memorized most of them, and made some money over the years playing them. I also saw John Denver in concert at least a dozen times. While I've seen pictures of him playaing an Ovation, I never saw him play one on stage. He primarily used Guilds early in his career, Taylors in his later career, and a Les Paul when he needed more bite. I have no reason to question the authenticity of the eBay post, but I just never saw him play an Ovation on stage. |
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Location: SoCal | I remember seeing some pics of Denver playing a 1537 and seem to have a memory of him playing an Adamas 12. But not a whole lot. |
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Location: Back in the Valley of the Sun Mesa Az. | Far Out! |
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Location: SunShine State | I think the seller is Barney Wyckoff. He was a producer for John Denver at times. I will ask Him. |
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Location: Back in the Valley of the Sun Mesa Az. | Ask him if he will trade straight up for a 1711 Balladeer played on stage by The Norseman1. I have a hanky I wiped my sweat off with, I'll throw in for free!
No disrespect meant to John Denver (whom I really like)...but to ask such an outrageous price because John played it, seems a little "Far-Out"!
Now...if you have a potato chip shaped like the virgin Mary...well then let's talk! :eek:
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| Is it just me, or is that a particularly homely guitar? |
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| Is it just me, or is that a particularly homely guitar? |
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Location: NJ | It COULD be attributed to uncomplimentary lighting conditions and/or poor camera technique . . . but it DOES appear to be a guitar that wasn't maintained overtly well . . . . |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Not very flattering pictures. Is it green or is it brown?
Breen? |
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Location: Las Vegas | Originally posted by MWoody:
Not very flattering pictures. Is it green or is it brown?
Breen? Neither. A very unique one of a kind homegrown pot-smoke stained.
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Location: Las Vegas | This is depressing. The very same week one of Karen Carpenter's MANY drumkits and a fender rhodes (used only on very later recordings) appear on eBay.
An era has certainly passed, and the vultures peck away... |
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Location: Germany | Here is some additional info for all the potential "John Denver Adamas" buyers out there ;) :
Model# 1688-9
Serial# 656-94 (from 1979) |
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Location: NJ | hmmmmm . . . . no bids yet . . . . |
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Location: Back in the Valley of the Sun Mesa Az. | I'm waiting for the last minute to pull the trigger. You guys know I'm a big spender, and wouldn't let a trivial price tag likr 35 G scare me off.
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Location: SunShine State | Barneys reply
This is what I know. I worked with John Denver from 1975-1985. In 1980 I became his tour road manager. It was then that he began using Ovation guitars on stage because of their durability and mostly because of their electronics. He used a matching set six string and twelve string Ovations on stage during this period. I have a picture of JD on stage playing the six string (matching headstock, bridge, etc.) but was unable to find a photo of him with the twelve string in my archives. If you look closely at the photo of the detail of the face of the guitar, you will see that part of the pick guard is missing on the lower side. He broke this piece off during a show and we replaced this twelve string with a new one. That is the reason that I was given the guitar. Whenever we were filming a TV special, JD always used his Guild guitars, so there is no video of him with the Ovations in these types of stituations. Hope this helps.
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Location: 6 String Ranch | He played them as stated above. He was pretty good, certainly made his mark in the music scene and you got to respect that, even if you don't care for his music.
If only he'd remembered to check the fuel guage before take-off....... |
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Location: SoCal | Somebody bought it for the opening bid.
If memory serves, he was flying a plane that somebody built and he didn't know where the switch was to change fuel tanks. That sound right?
We used to have block parties back then every Friday. When JD died, somebody asked me to do a JD tune then got pissed when I did Forest Lawn...... |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | It was his plane and it was one of those expera-mental things. I had heard there was no switch for the tanks, they were just empty. |
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Location: Scotland | Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
somebody asked me to do a JD tune then got pissed when I did Forest Lawn...... That was probably in better taste than doing "Leaving On A Jet Plane" |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | I would think so! |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Wooooo! tough crowd. Remind me not to tell you guys when I die. :rolleyes: |
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Here's a cheap guitar!!!!