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| I have owned and played 7 ovations since the early 70's. Right now I am considering a Longneck. I once played one I saw in a local music store. It sounded fuller and brighter than any of the ohers I have owned, except for the Elite 12-string. Does anyone have any suggestions or comments on the Longneck? Has anyone owned one?
Thanks for the advice/help,
Steve |
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Location: NJ | the placement of the bridge gives it a great tone. If that is your thing it is a great guitar to own |
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Location: Scotland | Also called a "D guitar" they are intended to be tuned a full tone below standard but there's loads of potential to experiment. They're great for open tunings, particularly low tunings like open C or even as low as A, where you can use heavy strings but the long scale keeps the tension sensible. Using tunings as low as this with regular string gauges & scale length produces a sloppy feel & weak tone, but the longnecks sound great when used like this.
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Location: 6 String Ranch | If you have small hands you might want to think twice. The first two frets are added on to the 25 1/2 inch scale (capo at the second fret=normal guitar, pitch and tension) That makes the long neck scale somewhere around 28". The only negative of the guitar is that in the first positions it is more of a stretch for the fingers.
After that it's all positive, the tunings, the tone. A great guitar! I was playing my ad longneck 12 this weekendand was reminded again what a futher it is.
[ October 07, 2002: Message edited by: cwk2 ] |
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Ovation "Longnecks"