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| I'm looking for info on my guitar.
(Not to sell. Never would I sell it.)
Glen Campbell 12-string.
Model # 1118-4;
Serial #-099674
To view the pics, go to:
http://www.joshuarichards.com/GlenCampbell.html
It is a single cutaway, and has a classical style headstock.
Take a look at the preamp controls. Does that look like a stock Ovation pre-amp volume and EQ?
According the Ovation Fan Club information,
this model number is just an acoustic guitar.
But mine is an acoustic/electric.
Also, the final 4 on the model number indicates Natural finish. Though, as you can see, mine is a sunburst.
I'm utterly confused.
But boy, do I love this guitar!
I'd appreciate it if anyone out there could help explain the discrepancies. |
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Location: SoCal | Looks like some who had the guitar before you sent it to Ovation for some work. This guitar is a beautiful instrument, but isn't anything that was ever in an Ovation catalog.
The neck is from a Glen Campbell 12 string, and you are right that the model number is for an acoustic guitar only.
Ovation never (as far as I know), made a cutaway Glen Campbell 12 string. Even more confusing is the trim on the body is the trim from a custom legend, not a GC model. Lastly, the electronics are from the early 1990's.
This may have been a custom made guitar, made in the early 1990's.
Anybody else want to take a crack at this? |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Glen Campbell neck on a Custom Legend cutaway body. The body, rosette, electronics and bridge are definately Custom Legend early 90's. My guess is that someone owned a 1118-4 GC 12 and the body got damaged beyond repair so they salvaged the neck and had it out on a CL body. The serial number is 1976 which pre-dates the cutaways and OP24 pre-amp. The original labels from the GC were reapplied to the new bowl.
Dave
PS - Hey Budney, do you know anything about this? Could be your handiwork? |
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| Thanks, moody, p.i. & Standingovation.
Looks like I own a bastard, of sorts.
How odd.
I don't know the history of this instrument. I bought it used in Manhattan, Kansas in 1998--- for $250.00, which included the hardshell case.
It was on consignment at a music store. The guys at the store told me they suggested the fellow sell it for $800 or so. Perhaps his desire to sell it so cheap was that he knew it was an oddity.
If this guitar was ever stolen or destroyed, I don't know what I would do. Hell, is there an Ovation custom shop?
Thanks again for the insight. |
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Location: SoCal | Joshua:
I personally think that you got one helluva deal on your guitar. If you ever get tired of it, I'll give you $250 for it. My personal guess is that it's worth, on the open market, 2-3 times that. Keep it forever. You have a beautiful, one of a kind.
I don't know if Ovation has a custom shop, but I know they take custom orders.
FYI, Glen Campbell recorded a song called Manhatten Kansas. |
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | Dang it Paul
You're the PI, can't you track this baby down and solve the mystery for us ordinary members. I'm not going to sleep for days looking for a GC 12 string for $250 in some obscure music store, let's see Glen also did Galveston, I'll head out in that direction.
Bailey |
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Help with Glen Campbell 12-string!
