Members Lawtonboy50 Posted January 20, 2008 Members Share Posted January 20, 2008 Looking for any early model Ovation Glen Campbell guitars-12 string or 6-string models. If you have one for sell or know someone that does, please contact me with as much info as possible. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cripes Posted January 20, 2008 Members Share Posted January 20, 2008 Now you tell me - 35 years later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members panhandler Posted January 20, 2008 Members Share Posted January 20, 2008 This fellow has a 40th anniv 6 & 12 string for sale on Craigslist here in the metro DC area. See if this link works... http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/doc/msg/544336232.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members panhandler Posted January 20, 2008 Members Share Posted January 20, 2008 Here's his link to the six stringer... http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/doc/msg/544334000.html Whos Glen Campbell? (jus kiddin) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Damon67 Posted January 20, 2008 Members Share Posted January 20, 2008 nice specimens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Samilyn Posted January 20, 2008 Members Share Posted January 20, 2008 Just curious.... Why specifically Glen Campbell Ovations, if I might ask? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cripes Posted January 20, 2008 Members Share Posted January 20, 2008 They were "the" guitars to have in the early 70's. Glenn Campbell endorsed them and he was, well, a celebrity. My brother had the six string. I played it quite a bit and we both agreed that it sounded like it was in the next room when played. They did not come with on-boards at that time so there was no augmenting/escaping the sound, or lack thereof. Plus, Cat Stevens and other celebs played Ovations and the guitar was pretty cool to look at. The Glenn Campbell model is just another collector git at this point. My brother paid under $400.00 for it, w/HSC, in 1973. I went with him to the shop when he bought it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Samilyn Posted January 20, 2008 Members Share Posted January 20, 2008 They were "the" guitars to have in the early 70's. Glenn Campbell endorsed them and he was, well, a celebrity. My brother had the six string. I played it quite a bit and we both agreed that it sounded like it was in the next room when played. They did not come with on-boards at that time so there was no augmenting/escaping the sound, or lack thereof. Plus, Cat Stevens and other celebs played Ovations and the guitar was pretty cool to look at. The Glenn Campbell model is just another collector git at this point. My brother paid under $400.00 for it, w/HSC, in 1973. I went with him to the shop when he bought it. Yes, I remember the Glen Campbell git craze when I was young. We were all great fans of his and all wanted Ovations just like he had. (Still thanking my lucky stars I never talked my mom into one.) Since I don't pay much (if any) to Ovations, I hadn't realized these models had achieved "collector status" so to speak. To each his/her own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fred Fartboski Posted January 20, 2008 Members Share Posted January 20, 2008 Glen Campbell Rules! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jwm1958m Posted January 20, 2008 Members Share Posted January 20, 2008 Guys like Glen Campbell really popularized the Ovation. I remember late '70s if you played live it was the guitar to have.You even see Jim Croce playing Ovations in a few videos and photos before the became really popular. Probably would have been a Croce edition if it weren't for his plane crash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Samilyn Posted January 20, 2008 Members Share Posted January 20, 2008 Glen Campbell Rules! What a waste of a talented musician. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cripes Posted January 20, 2008 Members Share Posted January 20, 2008 He found "dummy dust" like many found-money celebs do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fred Fartboski Posted January 20, 2008 Members Share Posted January 20, 2008 What a waste of a talented musician. Musicians have their ups and downs. Looks like Campbell's still going strong: http://www.huliq.com/46756/original-rhinestone-cowboy-sydney-orchestra-go-country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted January 20, 2008 Members Share Posted January 20, 2008 Looking for any early model Ovation Glen Campbell guitars-12 string or 6-string models. If you have one for sell or know someone that does, please contact me with as much info as possible. Thanks. Had one of each...the 6-string was pretty nice, but the 12-string wasn't very good at all, due the necks on the original 12ers being very weak, so almost all would bow even w/ fairly light strings tuned down a whole step...avoid any Ovation w/ the 12-fret body joint/slotted head. Possibly the reissues don't have this problem, but I can't say for sure. I gave my 6-string to my cousin for his ministry work and it's still very playable, strung .012 - .053, almost 30 years since I first bought it (think it's a '74 model that I bought used.) Both of mine had the P/U and original preamp, but I suspect they were retrofitted before I bought 'em, presumably by Ovation at the request of the original owner...I assumed, up until recently, that they came stock w/ these from the factory, but that doesn't seem to be the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Samilyn Posted January 20, 2008 Members Share Posted January 20, 2008 Musicians have their ups and downs. Looks like Campbell's still going strong: http://www.huliq.com/46756/original-rhinestone-cowboy-sydney-orchestra-go-country Thanks for that, Fred. Refreshing that he's somehow turned his life back around for the good. (At least I hope so!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pathofspirit Posted January 21, 2008 Members Share Posted January 21, 2008 Looking for any early model Ovation Glen Campbell guitars-12 string or 6-string models. If you have one for sell or know someone that does, please contact me with as much info as possible. Thanks. Retromusic in Keene, NH has this one:http://www.retroguitar.com/guitars/ovationglen1F.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted January 21, 2008 Members Share Posted January 21, 2008 Retromusic in Keene, NH has this one:http://www.retroguitar.com/guitars/ovationglen1F.JPG Hmmmm...my cousin's/my former GC looks exactly like this one, so maybe mine did come originally w/ the P/U and preamp...I really should write to Ovation one of these days and verify, one way or the other. The reissues appear to have the retro system, as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SDiceman Posted December 24, 2010 Members Share Posted December 24, 2010 Looking for any early model Ovation Glen Campbell guitars-12 string or 6-string models. If you have one for sell or know someone that does, please contact me with as much info as possible. Thanks. I have a Vintage Ovation Glen Campbell 12 String Acoustic Guitar model 1118-4 serial# 013036 with the hard shell case. Its in excellent condition. I was going to put it on ebay with bid starting at 800.00. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members masterbuilt Posted December 25, 2010 Members Share Posted December 25, 2010 Tom T. Hall had one that Glenn Campbell gave him. Tom brought it to our house a few times and played it. I was fascinated by it the first time I saw the round back. That was some time between the song "Harper Valley PTA" and the "Homecoming" album, maybe 1968 to 1972 time-frame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tartanlad Posted December 25, 2010 Members Share Posted December 25, 2010 Glen Campbell is truly one of Country Musics Greats he's well up there along with Nelson / Cash / and Jennings / I liked his song Galviston Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members masterbuilt Posted December 25, 2010 Members Share Posted December 25, 2010 Glen Campbell is truly one of Country Musics Greats he's well up there along with Nelson / Cash / and Jennings / I liked his song Galviston He was a session player for many years. There are a couple of videos out there of him playing "Classical Gas". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members masterbuilt Posted December 25, 2010 Members Share Posted December 25, 2010 That's certainly true. I remember going shopping for a Glenn Campbell Ovation in 1973 & ending up buying a red Guild D-25 I saw hanging on the wall. I'll never forget that day, in fact. The Guild was cheaper and sounded better than anything in the show-room. But it was still a close call. I really wanted a "Glenn Campbell Ovation" & I'd never heard of a brand named 'Guild'. I am one of the few acoustic players who still has a very high opinion of Ovations. I still own a 1988 Elite.It's a superb instrument. I played a lot of studio work in the early 1980s with Ovation guitars. I also played them on the road into the 1990s and they never let me down. I used mostly laminated tops playing live and that was to prevent those pesky finish cracks around the bridge on their solid-topped guitars. The laminated tops never had that problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tartanlad Posted December 25, 2010 Members Share Posted December 25, 2010 He was a session player for many years. There are a couple of videos out there of him playing "Classical Gas". No Probs..But i put him up there i reckon also some people whom are more so even talented than others say higher up the rung sometimes just dont make it as big.. I guess its a who you know type of thing which is sad really But Glen Campbell certainly was well know in these parts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jeffallen423@yahoo.com Posted January 29, 2013 Members Share Posted January 29, 2013 I have one that Glen gave me years ago backstage at Harrahs in Lake tahoe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bay.smc Posted March 19, 2013 Members Share Posted March 19, 2013 Hi, I have an Ovation 1118-4 Glen Campbell 12 String Acoustic Guitar w/ case that I'm considering putting up for sale. Please contact me if you think you might be interested. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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