Guitar
Although there were all sorts of odd shapes guitars around at the time,
the Breadwinner always caught my eye.
It looked like it should be comfortable to play and when I finally got
my hands on one, I wasn't disappointed.
Many years later I spotted this and decided to buy it.
This one has an unusual Black finish on it, nice to play - something
a bit unusual.
There is an interveiw from the designer here:
http://www.doremi.co.uk/breadwinner/mike.html
There are quite a few web sites about the birth of Ovation and their
products, well worth a trawl round.
The images below the Breadwinner are of a Viper.
I bought this as the finish matched an Ovation bass I have.
In a world of Les Paul's and Strat's, it is nice to be able to play
something different - in fact, it has just occurred to me, I have never
owned a Les Paul, SG or Strat!
That's all on Ovation for now, I'll do the basses another time.
Perhaps time for some Aria and Ibanez.
Cheers. :)
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Guitar
Ovation Breadwinner & Viper
Although there were all sorts of odd shapes guitars around at the time,
the Breadwinner always caught my eye.
It looked like it should be comfortable to play and when I finally got
my hands on one, I wasn't disappointed.
Many years later I spotted this and decided to buy it.
This one has an unusual Black finish on it, nice to play - something
a bit unusual.
There is an interveiw from the designer here:
http://www.doremi.co.uk/breadwinner/mike.html
There are quite a few web sites about the birth of Ovation and their
products, well worth a trawl round.
The images below the Breadwinner are of a Viper.
I bought this as the finish matched an Ovation bass I have.
In a world of Les Paul's and Strat's, it is nice to be able to play
something different - in fact, it has just occurred to me, I have never
owned a Les Paul, SG or Strat!
That's all on Ovation for now, I'll do the basses another time.
Perhaps time for some Aria and Ibanez.
Cheers. :)
If you have landed on this page and you want to go to the
latest post, go here:
Latest post.
- Rare 1960s Prototype Guyatone Telstar With Huge Body And 24-fret Neck
guitarz.blogspot.com: Here's a 1960s Japanese-made guitar that is more unusual than most. It's a prototype Guyatone Telstar, has a very oddly shaped - and rather over-large - body with a "zolatone" finish (looks rather like Ovation's textured...
- Ovation Breadwinner Limited - The One And Only!
guitarz.blogspot.com Yes, I know you've seen an Ovation Breadwinner Limited on Guitarz already (here and here - there's everything you need to know on these previous posts), but come on, who can stop contemplating this marvel? ...
- Two Very Different Ovation Breadwinners Currently Listed On Ebay
guitarz.blogspot.com: These two different Ovation Breadwinners currently listed on eBay illustrate quite nicely how the instrument had evolved over the eight years or so during which it was part of the Ovation catalogue of instruments. One of Ovation's...
- Peavey Zodiac. . . . . .
Peavey Zodiac! Body, neck, two pick-ups, tuners and strings etc. . . . A neat package - just a nice bass. These are great basses to play. This one was my "Fireside Bass" for at least 6 months. "Fireside" because as well as having a great sound plugged...
- Ovation Magnum Iii. . . . . . . .
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