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Location: Maine | Affter reading all about the banjo bashing in the other topic.. It made me think... "Does anyone play blugrass w. an Ovation Guitar..?"
I know the BG crowd is a tight group of musicians/guitar players that can't seem to accept non-traditional guitars .. Oh well...
Maybe these have been shared before... though.. not much flat picking going on...
You Tube Clip 1
You Tube Clip 2
.. I also have some old VHS video clips of the Mark Pruett band playing on an old TNN show. I believe the guitar player played a black elite (1537?) I also think I may have a pic or two of them playing at the Ovation Factory in N.C. .. I need to get them digitized..
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Location: Vernon CT | Never thought I'd see an Ovation and Bluegrass together! |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | 'Jewel's Mom' seems to get away with it.
And the banjo bashing is all in good fun. It stops us taking aim at the ukulele players.  |
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Location: Scotland | Check this out:
Bill Harrell & Adamas
Harrell played Adamas from the late 70's until the early 90's. Always acoustic-only models, miked. |
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Location: NJ | ". . that man is from WEST VIRGINIA!! . . ."
I never woulda' guessed . . . .
Pretty slick "guitar switch" after he pops the string on the Adamas. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | "I also have some old VHS video clips of the Mark Pruett band playing on an old TNN show. I believe the guitar player played a black elite (1537?)"
That would be Steve Sutton, aka Debanjo Rheinhardt. |
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Location: Maine | Originally posted by Mauvais Beal:
"That would be Steve Sutton, aka Debanjo Rheinhardt. V.Cool.. I take it he's a memeber here..
If so these may seem familiar to him... enjoy
If I can get around to it. I will try to load the video clip to youtube or similar...
Talbot
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Hey! I know that guy! |
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Location: Maine | Here's the other historical pics I mentioned earlier...
... Mark Pruett Band 1983, NC. believed to be at the Ovation factory in Marion,NC based on the other photos in the photo pack Enjoy! ... Talbot
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| Tony Rice played a Ovation Legend in the early 80's, and most of the Manzanita albumn was recorded using it. I understand that he still owns that one. |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | I get away with a whole lot--the Ovation I usually use is an electric!! (The Tornado.) Yes, I know it's really not allowed, but the guys know about the bursitis and cut me some slack. If we're playing in a place where we have to be all acoustic (outside, no power) then I take lots of ibuprophen and use Gertrude. I usually get some surprised looks or comments until I hand them my guitar and they actually play it--then they usually don't have a lot to say unless it's "Wow, this is such a nice guitar to play. Can't believe the action; it's so easy." :D
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Location: Brisbane Australia | UH HUH :D |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | The thing the pictures don't show is the Marshall half stack behind Steve. You got to have a sense of humor. Those were taken at the company picnic at the Marion NC factory. |
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Location: NJ | i am still using a pair of those yamaha pa cabs |
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Location: NJ | i am still using a pair of those yamaha pa cabs |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | Doesn't look like Steve has aged at all since then. I want some of whatever you are taking Steve.
Nice pics! |
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Location: big island | got to see mark pruett and company many times while i lived in asheville. late 70's through mid 80's.
does debanjo still have that adamas, beal? |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | which one???
We just had that natural elite fixed back up. He's got a bunch of roundbacks
Beggin, I think what you're talking about is a local made beverage. |
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Location: NJ | I'm partial to the "Peach", . . . but the "Plum" is good, too . . . . |
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Location: big island | Originally posted by Mauvais Beal:
which one???
i was thinking that was a custom adamas II in the above photos. so it's a natural elite, and it was recently refurbished? |
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Location: Tennessee | "I'm partial to the "Peach", ... but the "Plum" is good, too .... "
Make mine some good ole Mountain Dew. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | The peach was the best.
Those are elites, a -4 and -5. The -4 had a crack in the top. I brought it by and they fixed it and sent it back to Steve. Brown cracked it again so this summer I brought it up again and it was repaired and hand delivered back. Works good but the neck is too skinny. |
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Location: SoCal | The -4 is a 1537. What's interesting about it is that while it has the standard neck inlays, it's got the same epaulets as Beal's and Campbell's first 2 prototypes.
Beal? |
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Location: Maine | I rescanned portions of each pic at 1200 DPI... Not too much more detail to gain...
"it's got the same epaulets as Beal's and Campbell's first 2 prototypes." Whats the specific difference?
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | Originally posted by stonebobbo:
"I'm partial to the "Peach", ... but the "Plum" is good, too .... "
Make mine some good ole Mountain Dew. Don't forget the "Strawberry" boys.....but I am still partial to the original "Clear". A little burn in tha belly serves ya well, especially on a crisp autumn eve! ;) |
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Ovations and Bluegrass Music.
