These Guitars are about as rare as hens teeth - I've found one on a french Guitar collectors internet site and a bit about them from Ovation, so here goes...First thing to say about this Guitar is it looks absolutely immaculate; this guitar is over 30 years old but looks as though it could have been made a year ago. There are no noticeable scratches dings - ANYTHING. I am lead to believe that it is the world's first synth Guitar - a little piece of History.
The Guitar itself is basically from the Tornado / Condor range of epiphone which was made from 68-72 as part of their ill-fated thunderhead series, doomed to be priced out of the market by the Japanese Guitar explosion. The styling is 335 esque with a bit of Supro thrown in; fully bound (binding is in A1 condition), including the 'F' holes. I can only find one other Tornado (that's the regular model - no synth bits) on Ebay in Europe and that's up for sale at about 900 pounds...
Everything looks to be fully original, from the pickups, neck, hardware, electrics and the synth fitting.
With regards to the synth fitting, I do not have the lead so I haven't be able to test it using this. However, I have tested the pickup using a multimeter and the readings suggest it should work fine. It was originally designed to go with the Hammond 'Innovex' synth unit, one of which was used by John Entwistle of the Who. They do come up on ebay but you have to keep looking! There may be other models that the synth fitting would be compatible with but this is the one I know off. If you're friends with a synth buff who owes you a favour...!
If you have any questions, please let me know and I'll do my best! However, if you have any answers or information - I'd be twice as pleased!
From : ebay.com
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