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Ovation Guitars

Unread post by TheDreamingTree » Mon May 26, 2003 8:24 pm

Do any of you own an Ovation guitar, if so are they good buys or a waste of money.
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Unread post by Pickles » Mon May 26, 2003 9:09 pm

i dont own one but ive played about 4. 3 are very nice, and one just plain sucks. ive played a 12 string which was pretty nice, one that was a special edition, and a basic celebrity. those 3 played pretty well, and dont sound half bad.
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Unread post by saleen » Mon May 26, 2003 10:25 pm

I like ovations tone but they are built odd and the kinda ceramic backing is uncomfortable to me and slips from my playing position, guess I am used to pointy regular looking guitars = )
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Unread post by Pickles » Mon May 26, 2003 10:26 pm

yeah i agree... ovations ARE NOT meant for sitting down. they need to be played standing up with a strap or else they can just slide right out of your lap.
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Unread post by grock » Tue May 27, 2003 9:24 am

i like the plastic back guitars cuz they can be more punchy about their tone and usually the electronics in them are pretty good. i played an ovation through a slight distortion and it sounded pretty wicked. you can just get away with a lot more elctronics with one of these.

but i wouldn't buy one to play acoustic music.
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Unread post by PureDaveAddict » Tue May 27, 2003 7:06 pm

Ive tried many ovations, and I think they just lack creativity in their tone (I don't know how to express it). I just don't like their voice, but if I were ever going to get an ovation, I'd definately get the ovation 12 string. Thats a nice guitar
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Unread post by DreaminBassMunky » Tue May 27, 2003 7:55 pm

my neighbor has one and he is really good...and I thought the guitar felt really nice.
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Unread post by CPTino3001 » Thu May 29, 2003 7:14 pm

I know this will come as a shock to some of you, but Dave actually used to play Ovations before he moved to the Taylors/Chet Atkins...

I downloaded a very old video of Two Step that the band played in some park. Besides the fact that there were only like 20 people there, Dave played an Ovation, and had a second on stage...

It was a major shock for me, but I could see where being a struggling musician (at the time) would cause one to play such a guitar...
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Unread post by Pickles » Thu May 29, 2003 7:28 pm

its not a shock to me. i already knew :)
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Unread post by Brock » Thu May 29, 2003 7:31 pm

Yup. Knew that too. But I think I had forgotten about it, thanks for the reminder.
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