~1976 Ovation Breadwinner Off White
I've had a "thing for ugly duckling guitars" for decades.
So..... when this appeared I had to have it! (I've had it since mid '80's)
The few I'd seen previously had the less-than-favorable sounding "Toroidal" pickups,
but later ones have these that ARE humbucking and sound more "normal".
It's 100% original with a nice clean case!
There's a little wear (hard to photograph) but it's insignificant. 8 lbs even.
Frets/board/neck are VERY clean too! SEE PHOTOS! -- model info below.
The Breadwinner is probably the most recognizable and Ovations first foray into electric guitars. There is no doubting that the unique design, only made between 1972 and 1979, is unconventional. The distinctive and radical body shape was supposedly inspired by a medieval battle axe. Ergonomically, however, the shape is very well thought through. The early models up to 1975 had unusual humbucker‑sized toroidal single‑coil pickups and the body had an unusual textured finish, similar to that on the bowlbacks of their acoustics. From around 1975/1976, Breadwinners came with humbuckers and a normal gloss finish. The Breadwinner was one of the first, if not the first, production guitars to feature active electronics powered by two 9 volt batteries. The pickup switch is unusually wired in that it selects neck, bridge, and both pickups out of phase. Other distinctive features include a midrange notch filter (‘band rejection’ switch) and a 24‑fret ebony fingerboard,
White textured Kaman Industries ‘lyrachord’ finish
Solid one‑piece Honduras mahogany contoured body
White 2‑piece Honduras mahogany bolt‑on neck
Unbound ebony fingerboard with 24 nickel‑silver alloy frets and pearl dot markers
10” fingerboard radius
Original Ovation‑branded Schaller tuners with 12‑1 gear ratio
Unbound headstock with printed black ‘Ovation’ logo
Nut width 111/16”
Scale length 24¾” (629mm)
Original chrome plated hardware
Original two-ply scratchplate white/black
Original twin toroidal single coil pickups MID '70's Smaller Humbucking improvement
Active tri‑mount pickups with FET preamplifier powered by 2x 9V batteries
Original scratchplate‑mounted 3‑way pickup selector switch, 2‑way midrange notch filer switch, master volume and tone knobs, strap buttons (x2) and ¼” jack socket
Original tri-mounted brass integrated bridge and tailpiece
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