fyi guys calm down I don't mind ovations! the point of this vid is to highlight how anything can be valuable depending on it's context. Also, an ovation was one of the first guitars I played that cost over £100. I really loved it. My first lutherie mentor who was a total wanker told me that I should hate it. I should’ve said that I don’t approve of this mentality, I think it’s lame and all guitars are awesome if they inspire something in anyone ❤

@ChrisTian-rm7zm

15 күн бұрын

I have an Ovation Custom Legend that plays and sounds wonderfully. But after 33 years, it start's to disintegrate a bit. I guess that won't happen to a luthier built guitar made of a 5k year old oak tree from a bog.

@AndyCallaway

15 күн бұрын

I'm calm... I'm calm... I practicing my breathing exercises... 😉

@elektrolyte

15 күн бұрын

yeh you have seriously touched a nerve here I'm afraid...

@nickpearsonuk

15 күн бұрын

Guitars are like any other instrument, they are tools for music making. There is snake oil and snobbery in abundance within the industry. I’ve played wonderful £500 instruments and not so great £20k ones. Ovation made the quintessential stage guitars throughout the 70s and well into the 90s. Very different designs to traditional steel-string instruments but they were very good for their intended purpose. And that’s exactly why musicians of Mark Knopfler’s calibre used them extensively. They were never for me but that doesn’t mean I cannot recognise the contribution Ovation made.

@AndyCallaway

14 күн бұрын

@@elektrolyte I'll just sidle quietly out of the room while no-one's looking... 😬

The young man holding the Les Paul seems increasingly amused and alarmed as the bid price keeps going up. He's telling himself:"I better not drop this thing".

@emerald_archer

16 күн бұрын

If you know how heavy Les Pauls are you know why hes starting to struggle.

@alanlowe9716

15 күн бұрын

@@emerald_archer They are indeed heavy, but I think he is getting more and more nervous as the price goes up 😀

As an aside, I love the auctioneer's style. Smooth, softly-spoken and witty, but when it gets busy she's right on top of it. Very cool. It's also brilliant that they not only plonked some guitars in a fancy room, but celebrated the art of guitars with the stuff you did.

@user-ib1uk2sl9s

15 күн бұрын

Agreed. Nice to be able to understand what the auctioneer is actually saying and not blurting out an inane and incomprehensible load of utter gibberish!

@DaisyTempest

5 күн бұрын

She was just brilliant!

More than 50 years ago, I wanted to grow up to be you. I actually tried to build a guitar once didn't get very far. But it was a great experience. I stayed in woodworking, but as a box maker. And I once owned an Ovation. I wish you long life and success.

@DaisyTempest

16 күн бұрын

Try that guitar build again I say! Thanks for the comment ❤️

@opidonorman8833

15 күн бұрын

​@@DaisyTempestthis comment will make me try my luck again. I tried building guitar but gave up a year ago after only 4 builds out of frustration.

Ovations were big here in the States in the 90's. Everyone had one. Glad they went to a good cause and it's so cool to see Ms. Spender there too. Also, it's very cool that you got to share your craftsmanship with other guitarists. Thanks for sharing.

@emerald_archer

16 күн бұрын

They were still pretty "cool" by the 00's too. Remember me and my friends looking at them when we were first learning to play.

@sbolfing

15 күн бұрын

They started being cool in the 70s - something totally different. I think it was a resurgence in the 90s

@timmzahn

15 күн бұрын

I still have two of them. :) One of my Ovations gets played nearly every day.

Great video and Mary Spender being there makes it even better🎸 followed you both for ages now, I watched a lot of the auction live at the time and it was amazing to watch! Keep up the great work 👍

@cloudsculptor1

15 күн бұрын

Good name to take to an auction!

As guitar player and a fan of Mark Knopfler, I still cannot believe these guitars went for that much money. Totally blown away. I thought a few of those guitarist would only go for a few hundred grand if that. I wonder who is buying these???

what a cool honor to show your work at such a prestigious event!

Good on you Daisy Tempest Luthier Extrodinare!😉🤙

Congrats and well deserved Daisy! What people are willing to pay for ordinary items that were once owned by a celebrity always amazes me.

That must have been so exciting! And you found Mary Spender!

@DaisyTempest

15 күн бұрын

I did! Thanks Michael

Very interesting and fun to watch the auction. And congrats to you, Daisy, for the honor of doing a demonstration and giving a talk. My choice of guitar? Your "penguin" guitar -- can't resist the unique combination of the moon spruce and 5000-year-old black oak (plus your expertise in the build). ~ ml

@DaisyTempest

5 күн бұрын

You’re so kind! Thank you for the comment. ❤️

Been looking forward to this vid since you mentioned you were exhibiting there. I really wanted the Ovation 12 string, but my £3,500 bid didn't quite make the £95,000 cut.

The auctioneer was clearly having a great time 😂

@DaisyTempest

16 күн бұрын

Omg she was so cool honestly

The Pensa Sur that he is playing in the photo on the wall would be worth millions going off what the other guitars are selling for. The Pensa Sur is amazing to play. Being his fave guitar, I would be surprised if it was even in this collection.

Wonderful video! Thank you!

Great video! Thanks for sharing! I really like the stories you tell about the guitar builds and where the materials are sourced from.

To be fair, it is an Adamas guitar, which was cutting edge with its carbon fibre soundboard and ornate carving on the neck. They were really expensive when they came out in the late '70s, or early '80s

8:02 Fascinating story about the back and sides. Very interesting.

Wow, exciting event and amazing to be able to show your excellent work!

Back in 1978-ish, my cousin had an Ovation Country Artist. It was the easiest guitar I have ever played. The action was perfect throughout the whole neck. Wish I could find one like that today!

Thanks for sharing this extraordinary video of the auction with us. Congrats to you and Rosie for your informative lecture. Well done!

Glen Campbell played an Ovation acoustic. He was a great guitar player. They are different type of instrument to a standard acoustic and have to be appreciated as such. Back in the early 80's they were the only game in town for an electrified acoustic. When I was at the LCF there were a couple of students building wooden bowl back guitars and they didn't sound that different to the Ovations

Glen Campbell used Ovations. I think I remember Nancy Wilson did too. To me, a Martin guy, it's a guitar you can take camping or off to college cuz if it walks away you aren't losing a Martin HD-28.

Great to see Mary pop up in your video. I would be curious to see what you two could come up with together.

Pardon me for being so forward, but, you are the most adorable being who has ever ever drawn breath.

Inspiring, guitars are more than meets the eye for sure.

Thanks for sharing, this was interesting video. These guitars are iconic.

DT, diggin those high tops. Rocking brilliant !!!

Thank you for sharing that unforgettable experience with us!

Great opertunity for you .glad you had the chance to display and talk about your work !!!

I was there too and yes, the ovation was funny! A very special day, I hope you got one of the guides/catalogues, I missed out, but they looked incredible!

Mark pulled some fine sounds out of that 'burst! Another very entertaining video, thanks Daisy !!! 🙂

It's so great to see that you had an opportunity to display and discuss your expertise at this event! So well deserved!

Un gran gesto de una leyenda como Mark. Felicidades Daisy!! Tu carrera va en ascenso!! Ole por ti!!

Congratulations on being able to do something that cool.

I enjoyed your video. I’ve always liked Mark’s songs and guitar playing. Glad you were invited. You have a wonderful way of explaining your profession, you’re one of a kind. Keep up the good work.

Super video. Definitely the GLPS 59.

That was great. Much appreciated. 😊

Brilliant! Great event to be a part of. Nice to see Mary there also. Girls with guitars, what could be better?

Wow! What an amazing experience.

That would certainly be a humbling experience. Kudos on getting to speak there. Addressing your question, my most precious guitar is a satin finished Larrivee OM-03R that I’ve owned for 18 years. It was my first all solid wood guitar and it was actually a gift from a pooled collection of fellow musicians. I went on to play it in church for about ten years. Ia sitka top was initially pale but warmed to a nice honey color but it is not so much vintage as it is “distressed.” One of my sons has autism and had a meltdown where it suffered a key crack. To the guitar’s credit the dovetail neck joint held and the guitar didn’t even go out of tune. I did not get angry but was able to reach inside and repair it to the best of my ability. The process inspired me to learn how to build guitars (thanks to a friend who does so much like you do) and have finished two so far, with a third and fourth currently on my workbench. During my breaks I calm myself by playing that Larrivee.

This has to be a huge boost to your business. Nicely done.

@DaisyTempest

16 күн бұрын

Order books are still shut but hopefully it’s nice for my existing clients to know I’ve had work in Christie’s for sure ❤️

@jeffhughes6167

16 күн бұрын

@@DaisyTempestI do hope that you with all the orders that you have, You will be adjusting your price point to reflect the immense demand for the quality of your product.

1:17 Hey that’s me! (Well, the top my head, in the second row on the other side of the aisle.) Great video on a memorable event. Thank you for sharing your talent and experience with us here on your wonderful channel! (Btw, once the Ovation went for that much, I quietly put my paddle away and enjoyed the rest of the event as a mere but enthralled spectator.)

@DaisyTempest

5 күн бұрын

Hahaha! Amazing - glad you enjoyed spectating nonetheless. :)

@TomMarvan

4 күн бұрын

@@DaisyTempest As a Knopfler fan and a guitar enthusiast (I am very happy I made the last minute decision to come over from California), I had a wonderful time at the event meeting other enthusiasts (I even chatted to Mary Spender in the queue waiting for our paddles - name drop). Thank you for your video and sharing your insights on your channel!

That must of been a honour to be able to go to Chris’s and experience the sale of Mark Knopfler’s guitars, 🎸, which intern raised incredible amount of money for charity, you as a Lithia obviously appreciate how musical instruments are made, you are certainly gifted, and I wish you all the success for the future, you never know one day your guitar will be on stage. I’m selling for amazing price.,

@DaisyTempest

5 күн бұрын

Thank you so much ❤️

Well done Daisy. Your talent is wonderful and being able to follow your work is most enlightening. Thank you for your superb videos.

@DaisyTempest

5 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for this lovely comment ❤️

Totally agree that the love of an instrument (or anything/anyone for that matter) is totally subjective. Even after owning, playing, making and being gifted guitars over the years, the one closest to my heart is still my first 20£ guitar that went all round the world with me

@DaisyTempest

5 күн бұрын

Love this :)

Thanks for the video Daisy - Cheers from Canada

@DaisyTempest

5 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Very interesting and fun to watch the auction. And congrats to you, Daisy, for the honor of doing a demonstration and a talk there. My choice of guitar? Your "penguin" guitar. Can't resist the moon spruce and 5000-year-old oak. ~ ml

Well done Daisy. I'm glad you were able to go to the Auction and see the guitars and show some of your own. Nice exposure for you hope it produces some clients. Stay safe and healthy. It was good that so much was raised for the charities what ever they were.

@DaisyTempest

5 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for the comment!

Congratulations Daisy, and thanks for the insight into this event that I know interested so many of us.

@DaisyTempest

5 күн бұрын

Thank you for watching!

I'm reminded of an auction years ago of some of Eric Clapton's collection being sold to support The Crossroads Center. It was thought the auction would raise maybe 500,000 dollars. One guitar, Brownie, sold for that amount with fees and commissions. Brownie was a three-color sunburst Stratocaster with a maple fingerboard. A nice guitar to be sure but it was the guitar he was playing when Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs was recorded.

Super cool! Congratulations on being able to show your creativity to even more people!

@DaisyTempest

5 күн бұрын

Thanks so much for watching!

Wow and congratulations on your display of your skills at this prestige auction. It makes you wonder how much other collections would make maybe Pink Floyd, The Who, Segovia etc.

Having bought an Ovation in ignorance of the intricacies of luthery, I tend to agree - fan bracing and steel stings don’t work! I’ve had the bridge properly glued down, but still wary of concert pitch tuning. Fortunately I also have a Gibson 2017 HP series, so the Ovation is way down on the pecking order, but it did me fairly well for 30 years!

good for you! very proud of your achievements you deserve all the recognition

@DaisyTempest

5 күн бұрын

Thank you so much! So kind.

Great video, thanks for sharing. I fully understand the excitement. I attended the 2 Clapton Crossroads auctions in NY. MK is such an iconic player, but to have your instruments and vision as part of the event…and to include Rosie H., very, well done Daisy.

@DaisyTempest

5 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for the kind words ❤️

This must be a milestone in your luthierie journey. Hoping many more to come.

@DaisyTempest

5 күн бұрын

Thank you so much

What a wonderful experience. Looks like a lot of fun!!!

@DaisyTempest

5 күн бұрын

It was! Thank you!

Nice work Daisy! A nice feather in your cap! Love and success moving forward girl!

@DaisyTempest

5 күн бұрын

Thanks so much ❤️

Congratulations being there to show your guitars and skills. I bought a copy of the catalogue and went up the week prior to see the guitars and went around them 3 times with lots of photos of those that caught my eye. On the day, I watched the auction for the 6 hours or so it took to deal with them all.

@DaisyTempest

5 күн бұрын

It was quite something! Thanks for the kind words :)

Daisy, YOU ROCK! Thank you!

@DaisyTempest

5 күн бұрын

You rock!!!

Pretty interesting indeed! Thanks, Daisy! 😊 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

@DaisyTempest

5 күн бұрын

And you with yours!!!

What a great experience on both the auction and exhibiting front. So amazing to see, thanks for sharing it all with us. Hope you're having a great week.

@DaisyTempest

5 күн бұрын

Hope you’re having a great week too! Thank you so much!

So happy you got to experience that event and was also able to show case your work. Would LOVE to hear the entire interview with you and Rosie. Any chance you'll be posting it?

@DaisyTempest

5 күн бұрын

I’m not sure but I’ll look into it!!! Thanks for the comment ❤️

Wow!!

This is so huge Daisy. So happy for you, getting the credit you deserve. Congratulations!

@DaisyTempest

5 күн бұрын

Wow this is so kind. Thank you.

Congrats Daisy!

@DaisyTempest

5 күн бұрын

Thank you so much ❤️

Good things happening to a Good Person!! Congrats!

@DaisyTempest

5 күн бұрын

That’s so kind. Thank you for the comment!

There was tons of incredible stuff on that auction, but i would pick out two: blonde single pu ES175 from 1958 and that rosewood celebrity J200.

I heard two things that I really liked. Hugo and the blues. Super cool that you were able to showcase there, and your jokes while presenting were unfortunately missed by the majority of the audience.

Great job!

@DaisyTempest

5 күн бұрын

Thank you !

As a proud Ovation guitar owner (who loves Mark Knopfler and didn't even know he had one), I feel a lot better now that the prestige has been redeemed.😬

Congrats for being invited and thanks for sharing the experience

@DaisyTempest

5 күн бұрын

Thank you for watching! ❤️

That lester is worth 500k without the provenance. Beautiful shape.

“One person’s trash is another person’s treasure”. As you said, it the end it is still and ovation, but it was his ovation.

Well done Daisy. You should be proud.

@DaisyTempest

5 күн бұрын

Thank you so much

Just as I was thinking "I wonder if she saw Mary Spender there" she appeared with the signature "Oh, hello" 😂

someone clever said "You name it, you give it life; you describe it, you give it spirit."

@DaisyTempest

5 күн бұрын

Love this!

Thank you for this excellent vid. Did Knopfler's famous red Strat go to auction and if so, how much did it go for?

@Wahian1

15 күн бұрын

Not the red Stat I think you’re inferring ( the one on Sultans?). But 3 other red Strats he owned were there all each reaching near the £100,000 region.

For a woodworking luthier, Ovations are a heresy. Tupperware. But for a performing artist, Ovations are great. Every soundperson knows how to make them sound best, the Tupperware bowl is resitant to changes in humidity and temperature. Finally, Ovations have good QC and consistency. If something happens to your Ovation, you buy yourself the next one. You know, what you will get.

Kaki King plays an Ovation. That's no trash.

Great stuff, as always, Daisy, and good to see Rosie too. But did you refer to Christie's as "infamous" in the intro?...........err.......... I'd edit and re-upload I were you before they get to hear it! It's hard to put a positive slant on that word.......you surely meant to say "famous"? Seriously, though, it's good to see all that money going to good causes. Nice to see Mary S there too!

@DaisyTempest

16 күн бұрын

HAHA I did of course mean famous, it wouldn’t be a video on my channel without a mistake

@t.e.1189

16 күн бұрын

Thought the same thing.

@khalid969

16 күн бұрын

I thought they were interchangeable. I just learnt something new today.

@FireAngelOfLondon

16 күн бұрын

@@khalid969 Infamous means famous for bad reasons, famous just means a lot of people know who you are.

@pinkerbot

16 күн бұрын

That confused me 🤔

talking of ovation, i have a small collection of guitars, a kadence acoustica, from india that is ash top and zebra wood back and sides, a larrivee OMO3 which is spruce with light zebra wood back and sides, a maton EBG808TE that is spruce and aussie maple, a 2000's J35, a 66 J45, a 69 epiphone texan (all spruce and mahogany) and a "crappy" 2004 USA martin OOOX1, spruce top, HPL (whatever that is) back and sides. the martin despite being second cheapest at £350 with case, is way better than any of the others, and the others are pretty good. man made materials seem to be just as good if not better in some instances than solid woods.

It is very refreshing to see someone like yourself who is just as good at their job as they are at networking and marketing themselves. In most cases, people are either one or the other, leading in one case to the rise of snake oil salesmen, and in the other to experts/artisans being left behind in obscurity. You are going to be a force to be reckoned with, Daisy, and in many respects, you already are.

@DaisyTempest

5 күн бұрын

I really really appreciated this comment. Thank you so much for that.

This was a cool topic to do a video on. I don't know if you changed the way you shot your talking bit in the beginning or edited it differently but it did not feel smooth to the point I thought my internet was cutting out or my phone was skipping around by itself.

@DaisyTempest

5 күн бұрын

I cut out a bit when I called Christie’s infamous instead of famous 😂 I’m a silly sausage!

everyone need to refer to penguins as monochromatic friends (yes, after _those_ penguins!)

@DaisyTempest

16 күн бұрын

Oh my god I bet that’s why it’s in my head!!!

Isn't $550k kind of low for a '59 LP used by Mark Knofler? Obviously that's an insane amount of money, but without the artist association I think I have heard of bursts going for $300k+. Also this guitar was actually used and was played on some big songs.

Well done to that assistant for holding a Les Paul in such an awkward position for that length of time!

Yours was the most beautiful guitar in the house🙂

@DaisyTempest

5 күн бұрын

Awwwww stop!

Where can I hear your guitars? Any videos on YT without singing?

oh hey that's Mary!

That was a bargain for that 59 Les Paul

Hi. You made a statement something to the effect “the difference between a hand built and Luther built guitar”, could comment on that? Thank you!

Congratulations Daisy! That's so awesome.

@DaisyTempest

5 күн бұрын

Thank you so much!

I do like that bog oak guitar of yours.

I picked up an Ovation for the first time at a music store once as a kid, after thinking "these things _must_ be great - after all, everyone and their grandmothers are playing them." Little did I know at the time that those artists were paid to endorse those things. But as I played it, my thoughts shifted to "this is the worst-sounding piece of crap I've ever held in my hands." And the music store employee - who was notorious for trolling people - said that they were made out of "used helicopter blades." I laughed, but afterward, I realized that that was essentially true.

Now, if you could only use those fine manners to talk Mr Knofler into showing you how to play it.

LOL yeah my max bid on the Money for Nothing LP didn't even make the opening pre-bid. Though I do have screenshots so I can say I was outbid for a famous instrument at a Christie's auction...

@DaisyTempest

5 күн бұрын

A brilliant claim to fame for sure! 😂

we live in a day and age where I'm surprised that a 59 Burst, celeb owned and featured on legendary music, "only" raises half a million pound?

@DaisyTempest

5 күн бұрын

😂