Blank pickguard on the Storm

Damon67 Posted 2008-01-18 4:23 PM (#59873) Subject: Blank pickguard on the Storm Joined: December 2006 Posts: 6996 Location: Jet City I've been noticing that all the other Tornados I've seen have a pickguard that says Ovation on it. Mine is blank. No writing. Was there a time period that had no writing on the pickguard? I still don't have it in my possesion and won't til my friend brings it up, or I'd give the serial#. PEZ Posted 2008-01-19 9:34 AM (#59874 - in reply to #59873) Subject: Re: Blank pickguard on the Storm Joined: July 2003 Posts: 3111 Location: Nashville TN. Mine is like that too. Its an early one. Damon67 Posted 2008-01-19 4:51 PM (#59875 - in reply to #59873) Subject: Re: Blank pickguard on the Storm Joined: December 2006 Posts: 6996 Location: Jet City So prolly a '68 then? PEZ Posted 2008-01-19 7:37 PM (#59876 - in reply to #59873) Subject: Re: Blank pickguard on the Storm Joined: July 2003 Posts: 3111 Location: Nashville TN. You can check by the serial number. http://www.ovationfanclub.com/serials.asp AussieJames Posted 2008-01-19 7:44 PM (#59877 - in reply to #59873) Subject: Re: Blank pickguard on the Storm Joined: June 2007 Posts: 3084 Location: Brisbane Australia Well if it's like the Vipers, Preachers etc The earlier ones had the engraved pg the later ones plain. Usually replacement pg's are plain AJ Tupperware Posted 2008-01-19 9:47 PM (#59878 - in reply to #59873) Subject: Re: Blank pickguard on the Storm Joined: January 2005 Posts: 4903 Location: Phoenix AZ The early storm guitars had plain pickguards. Damon67 Posted 2008-01-20 2:54 AM (#59879 - in reply to #59873) Subject: Re: Blank pickguard on the Storm Joined: December 2006 Posts: 6996 Location: Jet City once i get it, i'll have a look at the serial. it's sitting in Phoenix thanks