Preacher

Preacher Deluxe

Preacher 12 String

Model No.

1281

1283

1285

Introduced

1975

Price

$495

$650

$695

Pickups

Two high-output humbucking double-coil pickups each with 12 individual 3/16” alnico magnets with 10,000 winds per coil

Controls

2 Volume

2 Tone

Master volume, Master tone

Switching

Three position toggle for neck pickup, bridge pickup and both.

2-position mod-range notch for flat or 600Hz notch.

Pickup series/parallel selector switches:

Front = series for warm tone,.

Rear  = parallel for sharper tone.

Electronics

Passive

Active FET volume compensated pre amp.  

High impedance (22k at all frequencies) no loss of high range.

Output

Stereo / Mono

Mono

Body

One-piece Honduras mahogany

1 - Sunburst       2 - Red      4 -Natural       5 - Black

6 - White      7 - Nutmeg       8 - Barnburst

Neck

2 piece Honduras mahogany

Fretboard

Ebony

Frets

24 jumbo nickel-silver frets

Inlays

12 Pearl Dot

11 rectangular abalone

Nut width

1 11/16”

Tuners

Ovation / Schaller

Gold deluxe Ovation/Schaller

Scale length

39 1/2”

Bridge

/Tailpiece

Standard Ovation with Brass plate and saddles adjustable for action and intonation with Patented adjustable trimount.

 Later models had improved design Chrome-plated Schaller /Ovation bridge.