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[Julien's Auctions Nov 2023] Pete Ham studio-played Ovation Deacon (Serial # E 2282)

PLAYED, WORN, & TORN: ROCK ‘N’ ROLL ICONIC GUITARS AND MEMORABILIA (EVENING SALE - SESSION I)(#3386)
7:00 PM CST November 16, 2023

LOT #29
Badfinger Pete Ham studio-played Wish You Were Here
Ovation Deacon Electric Guitar (Serial # E 2282) with Poster

ESTIMATE: $30,000 - $50,000

STARTING BID: $5,000
Winning bid: $39,000(20 bids)

An Ovation Deacon electric guitar in sunburst finish, serial number E 2282, owned and played by Pete Ham of Badfinger.

Accompanied by a Sunn amplification promo poster featuring Pete Ham and Badfinger recording their 1974 album Wish You Were Here at Caribou Ranch studios, with an image of Ham playing his Ovation. The album was quickly pulled following its release due to legal disputes. Additional troubles involving the groups manager absconding with funds contributed to Ham's depression and he tragiclly committed suicide in April of the following year.

Also included is a Letter of Authenticity signed by John Ham, Pete Ham's brother, dated May 11, 2012. The letter details that the guitar was owned and played by Pete Ham when he was a member of Badfinger, and also mentions that Badfinger were Ovation and Sunn Amplification endorsees, and were featured in promotional material for those companies.

The guitar is in good condition, showing hardly any sings of wear. The electronics are in good condition, the volume pot is a bit scratchy. It is housed in it's original brown hardcase that was supplied with the guitar by the Ovation company in the early 1970s.

This is Pete Ham's Ovation Deacon. Serial number E 2282. The guitar is in the original case and was supplied to Pete Ham by the Ovation company (Kaman) in the early 1970s, along with an Ovation acoustic guitar. Pete used the guitar with Badfinger and can be seen with it while recording in Caribou Ranch Recording Studios. There is a poster for Sunn amplification, which Badfinger also endorsed, on which Pete can be seen with this Ovation Deacon. This comes with a letter from Pete’s brother John, who is pictured here holding the guitar.

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2023/11/1700:01
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Brooke Saunders / Meeting Badfinger's Mike Gibbins in Wales

Brooke Saunders / Meeting Badfinger's Mike Gibbins in Wales

Mike Gibbins of Badfinger in Swansea - June 1977

★ No Matter What a tribute to the music of Badfinger (April 30, 2016)

★ [eBay] Badfinger Reel to Reel Tape of Last Album Head First

★ [お便りコーナー 4] スウォンジー、1977年6月

タグ：: #Brooke_Saunders; #Mike_Gibbins; #Head_First; #Tom_Evans; #John_Ham; #Martin_Ace; #Swansea

2021/03/1300:01
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Swansea International Jazz Festival 2014 Official Programme

Swansea International Jazz Festival 2014 Official Programme (June 20-22)

Swansea International Jazz Festival 2014 cover

Swansea International Jazz Festival 2014 p34

History of Swansea Jazzland (Walter Stuckey)
http://www.swanseajazzland.co.uk/page_3286268.html

It was back in the late 50’s when I would be going along every week to the Glanmor Club. Maurice Levenson, who was better known as Schmoo to everyone was one of the driving forces getting the club going along with Swansea musicians, Derek Morgan, Russ Jones and John Ham.

"I remember watching John Ham playing trumpet in his RAF uniform when home on leave! The local musicians would be the backbone of the club and would be joined by guest musicians."

John Ham https://www.ents24.com/uk/tour-dates/john-ham
Swansea-based modern jazz trumpeter

★★★

タグ：: #John_Ham; #Swansea_International_Jazz_Festival; #Walter_Stuckey

2015/08/1822:49
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Bernard John Ham (1937-2015)

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Bernard John Ham (December 30, 1937 - August 13, 2015)
Pete Ham's brother John died after a long illness.

John Ham Sound Studio Limited は1977年4月27日（Peteの30歳の誕生日）に設立。閉鎖されたのが2004年3月16日で、その年の暮れに 1964 Gibson SG Standard guitar がオークションに出されている。70年代80年代にここで Pete が使っていたギターを見せてもらったという人もいるようなので、Pete のギターの管理も兼ねていたんでしょうね。

John Ham Music Shop: The music shop was situated in Mansel Street, at the junction with Christina Street. The business, which sold musical instruments, belonged to the brother of Pete Ham, the frontman and songwriter for Badfinger, the first band signed by The Beatles to their fledgling Apple label.

The Evening Post June 23 1977 John Ham ad

BERNARD JOHN HAM worked in companies
JAZZ PRODUCTIONS (WALES) LIMITED, December 1989 - December 2000
FRINGE PROMOTIONS (SWANSEA) LIMITED, July 1978 - June 2001
JOHN HAM SOUND STUDIO LIMITED, April 1977 - March 2004
as COMPANY DIRECTOR, MANAGING DIRECTOR.

John Ham https://www.ents24.com/uk/tour-dates/john-ham
Swansea-based modern jazz trumpeter

Mike がアマチュア時代の Iveys の思い出を書いていて、そこには
Pete worked alongside his brother John for a company called "Jack George", a TV repair shop. Later this would be bought out by John and turned into a music store: "John Ham Music".

Pete 1969年暮のインタビュー
My taste in music is Music ... from jazz to rock, and anything in between or outside.
My brother's a jazz trumpeter in South Wales. He's trying to get a big band together.

★ John Ham Sound Studio

★ HAM John Peacefully on Thursday 13th August 2015 at Singleton Hospital

★ Swansea International Jazz Festival 2014 Official Programme

★ [お便りコーナー 4] スウォンジー、1977年6月

タグ：: #John_Ham; #Pete_Ham; #Mike_Gibbins

2015/08/1400:25
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A 1964 Gibson SG Standard guitar, Serial No. 227666

A 1964 Gibson SG Standard guitar, Serial No. 227666

Played by George Harrison from 1966 through 1969 during various Beatles appearances and recording sessions

George Harrison が使っていたギターを 1969年に Pete がもらって、死の直前に Pete から兄の John に渡り、2004年のこのオークションに至る。

っていうことなんだけど、それはこの時点で判明というか公表されたことで、以前から Badfinger を追っていた（解散後も Badfinger関連のインタビューや記事を探して読んでいた）者の感覚としては「あれ？　ギター発見されたんだ（または、売られてなかったんだ）」だと思う。 Joey がいつの発言だったか忘れたけど「あのギターは、Pete の遺族がガレージセールで処分してしまったので、もう誰に買われたのかもわからないし、その後の行方もたどれない」みたいなこと言ってたから。

George が Pete に譲ったというのも、例えれば、アップル高校ロックバンド部出身の先輩 George が、Iveys の甲子園出場を祝って、後輩部員のPete個人にではなく、バンド自体にギターを贈呈したんだと僕自身は勝手に想像していた。これ使ってレコーディングがんばってねって。バンドのギタリストが Pete と Tom で、Tom はすぐにベースに転向だから、結果的には Pete に譲った形にはなっているけど。

2004年のオークションで落札したのは Jim Irsay [the owner and CEO of the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League] 。

Gary Graff [American music journalist and author]

★ The Guitars! exhibit at the Eiteljorg Museum in Indianapolis (2013)

★ George Harrison's Gift To Badfinger (Episode 152)

★ [お便りコーナー 4] スウォンジー、1977年6月

続きを読む

タグ：: #Pete_Ham; #George_Harrison; #Gibson_SG; #Serial_No.227666; #Jim_Irsay; #John_Ham

2014/01/1800:08
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Yeah, riding around in the dark. 字幕06

Yeah, riding around in the dark. 17:28-20:04 字幕06

[Narrator] By now, Badfinger should have been very comfortably off, but the money was not coming through to the band.

[John Ham] He was changing for the gig and had on what I thought was a pair of... I don't know, comic shoes - the soles were coming away, like the old vaudeville comedians or something like that. And I said, "Oh, part of the act, do you do a comedy number?" He said, "No, those are my stage shoes." I said, "Well, you can't wear those on stage, you're the local idle coming back." He said, "They're the only ones I've got."

#money

[Narrator] Badfinger's eccentric manager, Bill Collins, had encouraged the band to put their finances in the hands of an American businessman named Stan Polley.

#money

[Nicky Bell] When the started to get successful, Bill kind of got out of his depth. He did things that he thought were right for the band, but...they weren't.

#money

[Bill Collins] I believe that Polley meant well, although he was a very astute businessman, you know, he knows all the tricks, and he told us, he said, "I know all the tricks, but if you play ball, I'll play ball, and we'll all get along fine, and we'll all finish up millionaires."

#money

[Bob] He was the archetypal manager with a big cigar and, you know, "I'm going to take you guys to the stars," all that sort of business, and it seemed OK at first.

#money

[Narrator] Polley's first move was to get Badfinger away from Apple Records and signed up to a new deal he'd negotiated with Warner Brothers. He dazzled Bill and the band with talk of huge cash advances and said that, for tax reasons, the money should be paid into a series of different bank accounts which he himself would control.

#money

[Bob] He said, "Well put it all in a pot, and by the time we've reached the end of the album deals, you know, you'll all be very rich people. But in the meantime, we'll just be on a basic salary, I'm afraid." And of course, not knowing any better and wanting to think the best of people, the band went along with it, you know.

[Bill Collins] All around New York in a big limo, and he said, "And it's no good you reading this contract." It was three inches thick. But he said, "Basically, you've got to understand..." And he talked and talked and talked and drummed into my mind that we had 3 million deal to make six albums in three years and, uh...

[interviewer] This was all in the back of a limousine in New York City?

[Bill Collins] Yeah, riding around in the dark.

wanted wb

★★

タグ：: #Badfinger; #バッドフィンガー; #字幕; #Bill_Collins; #John_Ham; #Bob_Jackson; #Nicky_Bell; #Stan_Polley

2013/12/2200:13
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