buck owens hee haw guitar?

[bizilly]

Does anyone make a red white and blue acoustic guitar like the one Buck Owens played on Hee Haw? I think its a very sexy instrument.

[WaveRay]

.....how do you feel about Buck?

[daklander]

The first red, white and blue acoustics were from Sears. I don't know who now builds them but you can order them direct from buckowens.com.

Seems to me it may be Washburn that builds them now but that's just something that's sticking in my mind and I can't say for sure.

[guitarcapo]

I think the original model was a Harmony Sovereign Jumbo painted with a red white and blue stripe.

[Steverino]

Originally posted by bizilly I think its a very sexy instrument.

 

Yes, and Phyllis Diller is your favorite supermodel....

 

:D

 

[Queequeg]

my local shop here in Michigan has a Harmony for $129, if I'm not mistaken.

 

http://herbdavidguitarstudio.com

red, white & blue, just like the buckster's.

and I hate to say it but for that kind of money it didnt look 1/2 bad.

(author's discloure: not a big BO fan, myself)

[daklander]

Originally posted by guitarcapo I think the original model was a Harmony Sovereign Jumbo painted with a red white and blue stripe.

 

Here's a picture of the prototype.

It could certainly be a Harmony but was sold by Sears, starting in the '60s and looks more like a dreadnaught to me.

[DonK]

 

I don't know who now builds them but you can order them direct from buckowens.com. Seems to me it may be Washburn that builds them now but that's just something that's sticking in my mind and I can't say for sure.

 

 

Man, $1,000 for a no-name guitar seems like a lot, the more so since there's no info at the site about the instrument's construction. I wonder: do people really buy these things without knowing anything about them (other than that they're red, white and blue)?

[Queequeg]

Originally posted by daklander Here's a picture of the prototype. looks more like a dreadnaught to me.

that narrow waist tells me it is not a dreadnaught.

[daklander]

Originally posted by Queequeg that narrow waist tells me it is not a dreadnaught.

 

Yeah, but what the hell is it? It ain't like the jumbos I've seen and played.

[Queequeg]

what's in a name?

looks like what sells as a 4 ought (0000) to me.

but I wouldn't bet the farm on it.

[JasmineTea]

[recordingtrack1]

Give me some red, white and blue spray paints, some masking tape and a Esteban acoustic, any color will do, and you've got your guitar, no problem.

 

RT:cool:

[Terry Allan Hall]

I installed a Barcus-Berry Hot Dot in one of those, back in the 70's, and played it a little, for about a week (until the owner returned to claim it)...not a bad playing/sounding little Harmony Grand Concert-sized Sovereign.

 

Nowdays, I often see them at Guitar Shows, usually in the $250-$400 range.

 

The one @ buckowen.com looks to be the same as WallyWorld's First Act's $69.95 entry model!

[guitarcapo]

 

S3219 - Buck Owens American

Acoustic flatop - red, white, blue

Red, white and blue "American Guitar"- "Grand Concert" size - sold through Sears catalog (1970 ?) - Compare to H180, H181, H1203 - There is a completely different modern asian-made re-issue

 

 

 

yep...made by Harmony

 

 

[JasmineTea]

I'd like to see one with a red white and blue target on it, GW's face right in the middle.

[guitarcapo]

here's one for sale

[69mlboo]

The original Buck Owens guitar which was used on the show was a custom built by Semie Moseley of Mosrite Guitars.

Here are quotes from Buck Owens website.

 

 

"In 1966 Buck and The Buckaroos had their instruments painted red, white and blue, an extension of Buck