Entrants to the "Rock the Top" contest were challenged to design an original piece of artwork to be embossed on the top of a new custom Ovation guitar. Dee Warren is only a beginning guitar student, but he may soon have his original design on a custom guitar. The Salina man is one of five finalists from across the U. S. in the Rock the Top contest sponsored by Ovation Guitars, a New Hartford, Conn. 12, and a panel of judges picked by Ovation Guitars chose the top five finalists. , company that has been making and selling custom acoustic guitars since 1966. Warren said he was surprised to receive an email Monday congratulating him as one of the finalists. "It was something I had kind of forgotten about," said Warren, who works as marketing manager for the Land Pride division of Great Plains Manufacturing in Salina. Salina Journal. Entries were accepted from Dec.

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