Members Brian Krashpad Posted April 2, 2020 Author Members Share Posted April 2, 2020 20 hours ago, daddymack said: I believe that is a 'Breadwinner'...early 70's, Ovation went for the electric market...seemed to me they were just getting their feet under them at that point on the acoustic side...a very striking design, almost a love it or hate it thing, great choice for punk music, while still being a bit 'Jetsons-y'... BK? Clarification? You're correct! Ol' Blue, the guitar I played at my first gig EVAH. Early '70s USA Ovation Breadwinner. Mahogany body, 24-fret ebony board, 2 torroidal single-coil pickups, active electronics (onboard preamp, 9-volt). My main guitar for most of the '80s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Krashpad Posted April 2, 2020 Author Members Share Posted April 2, 2020 On 3/31/2020 at 3:02 PM, 6down1togo said: Is that Ampeg a reissue? If an original, that is a one in a million. Those were great amps. Also, I bet that Twin Reverb with the JBL's is a monster!!! I got one on loan once when my amp was in the shop. The cleans never stopped no matter how loud. It's a '90s reish. The thing you're thinking is a Twin is actually a dual-cabbed Super. The speakers are 10" Sunn Magna 108's. That's how it was when I got it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 No offense, but whenever I see a Breadwinner, I automatically think of the Partridge Family... mainly because that's the first place I ever saw one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Krashpad Posted April 2, 2020 Author Members Share Posted April 2, 2020 45 minutes ago, Phil O'Keefe said: No offense, but whenever I see a Breadwinner, I automatically think of the Partridge Family... mainly because that's the first place I ever saw one. No offense taken, David Cassidy was dreamy! 😍 But seriously folks, from that shot it appears that guitar was a prototype or custom Breadwinner of some sort. The pickups don't look like the big humbucker-size singles on the original version, nor like the min-humbuckers on the later version. They may be P-90s! Also, the faceplate only has one toggle switch rather than two; I'm guessing it's the pickup selector, and that they omitted the out-of-phase switch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Krashpad Posted April 2, 2020 Author Members Share Posted April 2, 2020 On 3/31/2020 at 8:49 PM, Phil O'Keefe said: Very nice collection Brian! What is the checkerboard guitar? Also, what’s the deal with the Epiphone that kind of looks like a wine red Les Paul Deluxe? Did you add mini humbuckers to something that originally had P-90’s in it or...? PS You need some acoustics to flesh out the collection a bit... Ta Phil. Checkers is a no-name "Sears Special," similar to a Teisco or any number of early-'70s MIJ offenses against nature. My folks bought it for me, my first electric. Virtually unplayable. By c. 1980 I finally gave up on it and made it into the wall art in the photo. Originally sunburst. I covered it in white interior wall paint, graphed it off with a pencil, and filled in the black squares with a bottle of black hobbyist model paint, by hand. The back is still sunburst, haha! I lost track of it after law school, c. 1984, and 6 or 7 years ago at a band reunion, one of my housemates/bandmates from back in the day gave it back to me! It lives up on a shelf in the garage practice space here at palatial Casa Krashpad. I call it the Amen Corner, even I don't know why. Just sounds right. The Epiphone you ask about is a rarely-seen Epi Les Paul Deluxe. Sfaik, dead stock. Great li'l cheapie, totally gigworthy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 12 hours ago, Brian Krashpad said: But seriously folks, from that shot it appears that guitar was a prototype or custom Breadwinner of some sort. The pickups don't look like the big humbucker-size singles on the original version, nor like the min-humbuckers on the later version. They may be P-90s! Also, the faceplate only has one toggle switch rather than two; I'm guessing it's the pickup selector, and that they omitted the out-of-phase switch. Yeah, it definitely doesn't look like a perfect match for any of the production Breadwinners I'm familiar with - especially the bridge, the pickups and the knobs - they're all rather unusual for that model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 10 hours ago, Brian Krashpad said: The Epiphone you ask about is a rarely-seen Epi Les Paul Deluxe. Sfaik, dead stock. Great li'l cheapie, totally gigworthy! Wow - I thought it looked a lot like a Deluxe - I guess there was a reason for that! It's just that I never knew Epiphone had released a Deluxe. This is the first I've heard of it! Do you know around what year it was built? What's the neck on it like - does it have the rounded 50s profile, or is it a SlimTaper neck like the Gibson Deluxes in the 70s had? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ancient Mariner Posted April 4, 2020 Members Share Posted April 4, 2020 Good to see you're still around Brian - nice collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Krashpad Posted May 13, 2020 Author Members Share Posted May 13, 2020 On 4/2/2020 at 9:27 PM, Phil O'Keefe said: Wow - I thought it looked a lot like a Deluxe - I guess there was a reason for that! It's just that I never knew Epiphone had released a Deluxe. This is the first I've heard of it! Do you know around what year it was built? What's the neck on it like - does it have the rounded 50s profile, or is it a SlimTaper neck like the Gibson Deluxes in the 70s had? Oops, sorry Phil I hadn't seen your question. According to guitardaterproject.org site the Deluxe "was made at the Unsung Plant, Korea on [sic] July, 2000." Iirc the neck is slim taper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted May 13, 2020 Moderators Share Posted May 13, 2020 On 4/2/2020 at 5:55 AM, Brian Krashpad said: No offense taken, David Cassidy was dreamy! 😍 But seriously folks, from that shot it appears that guitar was a prototype or custom Breadwinner of some sort. The pickups don't look like the big humbucker-size singles on the original version, nor like the min-humbuckers on the later version. They may be P-90s! Also, the faceplate only has one toggle switch rather than two; I'm guessing it's the pickup selector, and that they omitted the out-of-phase switch. It could be a 'mock-up', just for the show, a non-working version. I don't see an output jack, for one thing. The Breadwinner was also the first 'production' guitar with active electronics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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