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I never knew McCartney played a 12-string Ovation

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ffsooo3
Posted 2010-01-08 5:04 PM (#383509)
Subject: I never knew McCartney played a 12-string Ovation


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Can anyone tell what model it is? The saddle is not carved. The headstock looks slotted. And the fretboard is scrolled at the soundhole (like a Custom Legend)....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nloCDSGECE8
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Beal
Posted 2010-01-08 5:17 PM (#383510 - in reply to #383509)
Subject: Re: I never knew McCartney played a 12-string Ovation



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yeah, just like a custom legend.
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ffsooo3
Posted 2010-01-08 5:27 PM (#383511 - in reply to #383509)
Subject: Re: I never knew McCartney played a 12-string Ovation


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But I thought Custom Legends had a carved saddle....
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Gallerinski
Posted 2010-01-08 5:33 PM (#383512 - in reply to #383509)
Subject: Re: I never knew McCartney played a 12-string Ovation
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Custom Legend 12-String.
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cholloway
Posted 2010-01-08 5:50 PM (#383513 - in reply to #383509)
Subject: Re: I never knew McCartney played a 12-string Ovation


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Maybe a Legend "custom" built for Sir Paul?
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WillaMuse
Posted 2010-01-08 5:59 PM (#383514 - in reply to #383509)
Subject: Re: I never knew McCartney played a 12-string Ovation



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Hmmm... my 12 string has a carved bridge ...



:confused:
Willa
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Waskel
Posted 2010-01-08 6:03 PM (#383515 - in reply to #383509)
Subject: Re: I never knew McCartney played a 12-string Ovation



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If that was shot in the Seattle concert I was there.
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cholloway
Posted 2010-01-08 6:07 PM (#383516 - in reply to #383509)
Subject: Re: I never knew McCartney played a 12-string Ovation


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And the fretboard is scrolled at the soundhole (like a Custom Legend)....
BTW... we refer to that as a moustache neck.
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Old Man Arthur
Posted 2010-01-08 6:08 PM (#383517 - in reply to #383509)
Subject: Re: I never knew McCartney played a 12-string Ovation



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"If that was shot in the Seattle concert I was there."

1975... Mmmm. So how much do you remember?

I only ask cuz I went to alot of concerts in the seventies but I don't remember too many.
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Slipkid
Posted 2010-01-08 6:34 PM (#383518 - in reply to #383509)
Subject: Re: I never knew McCartney played a 12-string Ovation



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I think carved bridges come and go.
My AD-II has a carved bridge, and I've see a few of them that don't.
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bobfrith
Posted 2010-01-08 10:55 PM (#383519 - in reply to #383509)
Subject: Re: I never knew McCartney played a 12-string Ovation


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The first generation Custom Legends first appeared in late 1974 or early 1975 and did not have the carved bridge or carved trussrod cover. Rather, they had two abalone diamonds on the bridge and one on the TRC.

The carved bridge and carved TRC didn't appear until sometime in 1976 when the CL was first offered as a production model.
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Jérôme
Posted 2010-01-09 1:25 AM (#383520 - in reply to #383509)
Subject: Re: I never knew McCartney played a 12-string Ovation



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Bob is right as always. ;)
LOOK HERE for the info sheet of the very first Custom Legend models.

J :)
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Waskel
Posted 2010-01-09 8:03 AM (#383521 - in reply to #383509)
Subject: Re: I never knew McCartney played a 12-string Ovation



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Originally posted by Old Man Arthur:
"If that was shot in the Seattle concert I was there."

1975... Mmmm. So how much do you remember?

I only ask cuz I went to alot of concerts in the seventies but I don't remember too many.
Quite a bit, actually. I remember it was so freakin loud in the KingDome that I started out about 20 feet from stage and ended up in the back.
One cool thing about it was that my wife was also there... 2 years before we met.
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nervous
Posted 2010-01-10 12:51 AM (#383522 - in reply to #383509)
Subject: Re: I never knew McCartney played a 12-string Ovation


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Same song, different flavors:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOzOpsghhs0&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUd-kRjL-Qo&feature=related
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stephent28
Posted 2010-01-10 12:55 AM (#383523 - in reply to #383509)
Subject: Re: I never knew McCartney played a 12-string Ovation



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Lia and I saw the same tour in Houston.
She was about 7 months pregnant with our daughter and we also started out about 20 feet from the stage.
She was getting jostled so much that she started to freak out so we moved to the back where it was less congested.
Excellent concert and it actually sounded much better in the back where the mix was better.
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