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T he Ovation 1624 was a “hybrid” classical nylon string guitar, completely crafted around Glen’s vision of the type of nylon guitar he wanted to play. The pickup constructed for Glen, for this guitar, blasted Ovation into the stratosphere of the guitar world. It first began when Jerry Reed joined t...

Nash...you have some killer guitars. You come from royalty. Funny you should mention F&S...the Fretboard Journal posted this video today. Was your dad on this recording? How does that Martin play out? I would like to hear why you embraced Ovations in their infancy. You obviously were brought up ...

First I have heard of that. Charles Kaman was an aerospace genius, but according to the "History of Ovation" in September of 1966, a local folk singing group, the Balladeers, had bought some of Charlies first instruments and were performing at a local 4H club, where they received a standin...

T he 1968 Glen Campbell Deluxe Balladeer is seen by many as the pinnacle of Ovations acoustic guitar. This particular model set such a high standard in looks, feel and most importantly the sound, that many would argue that it's never gotten much better than this. The Glen Campbell model was produce...

T he Ovation Bluebird guitars were made exclusively for Glen. There were a total of about eight instruments in all, it is thought that five were 6-strings and the rest were 12-strings. The fact that Ovation would design a guitar model for the exclusive use of one artist underscores the strong compa...

Hamer's, reputation back in the day, was if someone has deep enough pockets, they can have a guitar built that is custom built to their wishes. Rick Nielsen (of Cheap Trick) had them make some massively tricked out guitars for him. He had to be one of Hamer's biggest promoters. Glen obviously loved ...

Hamer Guitars was founded in 1973. Like many other guitar companies, they produced guitars similar to major brand guitars. Unlike many other companies, they were generally considered to be the first "boutique" electric guitar brand that specifically catered to pro musicians. Kaman Music C...

The Fender Stratocaster (Strat) was designed by Leo Fender in the mid 50's. It has been used in all genre's of music and copied by many knock off companies. Glen's tenure with a strat has been limited, but it is evident that he liked that design and feel in an electric guitar in his later years. Her...

Wayne Reid shared that he recalled seeing Glen on Shindig with a tele body that had a strat neck. When this picture was posted, Wayne felt that there was a possibility that the guitar James is playing would be that same guitar. If you look closely, it is a telecaster body and certainly looks like a ...

Yes...Jerry and Chet, Jerry and Glen...Jerry seemed to bring out the picker in both of them. Jerry is playing a Godin, I believe and Chet is playing a Gibson Chet Atkins Country Gent. Chet had become dissatisfied with Gretsch due to poor workmanship, so he signed with Gibson and they made the Countr...