68 balladeer proto on Reverb
danomyte
Posted 2016-07-20 10:59 PM (#526792)
Subject: 68 balladeer proto on Reverb



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Location: Taxed To Death State		Curious if anyone knows the history of this particular model prototype. Interesting.
1968 Ovation Original Balladeer Prototype/Experimental Shiny Bowl Natural OHSC
https://reverb.com/item/2379103-1968-ovation-original-balladeer-prot...
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Standingovation
Posted 2016-07-21 8:52 AM (#526799 - in reply to #526792)
Subject: Re: 68 balladeer proto on Reverb



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Location: Phoenix AZ		BB didn't have that logo in 1968. The pickup was definitely added later. It's an early guitar (1968) but certainly not a prototype. The ad has lifted a lot of the text directly from my own webpage. Nice guitar if you are in to nostalgia.
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Slipkid
Posted 2016-07-21 9:34 AM (#526801 - in reply to #526792)
Subject: Re: 68 balladeer proto on Reverb



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Location: south east Michigan		Might do better waiting for a shiney bowl re-issue to come along.
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jay
Posted 2016-07-21 7:50 PM (#526820 - in reply to #526801)
Subject: Re: 68 balladeer proto on Reverb



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If I am not mistaken, Ovation did use a BB, but it was on a nylon, while they were trying to appease Glen...while R&Ding their own piezo. Glen and Ovation ended up going with the prismatone, as their interim pickup. This would have been right after the shiny bowl era. 

Having bought several shinys...950 would be mint area.

 

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