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Anybody got one of those old Harmony Buck Owens 'All American' guitars?  The originals used to be 'cheap and cheerful', probably not anymore:

Fender also had a Red/White (Silver, actually)/Blue sparkle Buck Owens Tele model too, though it had a basswood body and was MIJ.  They used to have them for sale at Buck Owens' 'Crystal Palace' Restaurant in Bakersfield...currently, that website's under construction:

https://www.buckowens.com/

This guitar doesn't have the 'Red, White, & Blue' color scheme, but maybe putting in some spare Christmas lights would fix that.  First time I'd ever even seen anybody play one of those Rickenbacker 'Light Show' guitars!

 

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53 minutes ago, crunchee said:

Anybody got one of those old Harmony Buck Owens 'All American' guitars?  The originals used to be 'cheap and cheerful', probably not anymore:

Fender also had a Red/White (Silver, actually)/Blue sparkle Buck Owens Tele model too, though it had a basswood body and was MIJ.  They used to have them for sale at Buck Owens' 'Crystal Palace' Restaurant in Bakersfield...currently, that website's under construction:

https://www.buckowens.com/

This guitar doesn't have the 'Red, White, & Blue' color scheme, but maybe putting in some spare Christmas lights would fix that.  First time I'd ever even seen anybody play one of those Rickenbacker 'Light Show' guitars!

 

A friend has a original Harmony Buck Owens guitar. Bought it years ago. Listed it on Reverb a few months ago.

https://reverb.com/item/6077361-vintage-1969-1970-harmony-buck-owens-american-f-70-h-169-ryan-adams-nirvana-hee-haw

Recording King just came out with a cheap imitation. The few RKs I've played have been much nicer than I expected. 

https://www.recordingking.com/p/roa-9-rwb

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1 hour ago, currypowder said:

A friend has a original Harmony Buck Owens guitar. Bought it years ago. Listed it on Reverb a few months ago.

https://reverb.com/item/6077361-vintage-1969-1970-harmony-buck-owens-american-f-70-h-169-ryan-adams-nirvana-hee-haw

Recording King just came out with a cheap imitation. The few RKs I've played have been much nicer than I expected. 

https://www.recordingking.com/p/roa-9-rwb

Actually, I think the RK has the edge on quality, or at least on materials, with a solid Sitka spruce top.  IIRC, the original Harmony-built 'All American' models were a typical Harmony/Silvertone budget acoustic guitar, and they made/sold thousands of them...and Buck supposedly got a royalty of $2.50 from each of 'em:

http://www.silvertoneworld.net/acoustic/1219buckowens/1219_buck_owens_american.html

The photo gallery attached to the Silvertone World 'All American' model reference is especially interesting, IMO...click on it for photos.

As can be seen in the repair video, they weren't of the highest quality, which is why I said that they used to be 'cheap and cheerful'.  Buck's original Red/White/Blue acoustic was actually built by Semie Moseley of Mosrite fame.  As can be seen in the photo gallery, Buck used an 'electrified' All American model on Hee Haw as well.

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