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Location: Reno, NV | Ok...
So, If there was no such thing as an Ovation guitar, what would you be playing instead?, assuming you could only have one guitar.
Here are the rules.. Your alternative choice can't exceed the value of your Ovation it would be replacing. It does no good to say you'd just play the top of the line this or that.
To start the thread...
My alternate pick to my 1771LX would be a Breedlove Atlas AC25. |
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Location: ranson,wva | 30's national el travador or a tricone....jason |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | I suppose I could look at this a couple of different ways.
If O's just ceased to exist - I would probably be playing my Fender Strat for an electric and my Takamine for an acoustic.
If O's never existed, I would have probably bought whatever the flavor of the day was in the mid-seventies that was in my price range, but I don't think it would have been nearly as cool as my Preacher was at the time. It would have probably been an off brand name that didn't have the longevity that Ovation has. I wasn't drawn to the major brands back then. And I probably would not have gotten back into playing all these years later... it was the Preacher that talked me into it... |
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Location: us | MARTIN HD28V |
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Location: us | and I would not be happy about it. |
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Location: Warren,Pa. | Taylor GS Cedar/Mahogany...if the price could be higher.
Otherwise, one of the new Seagulls with the narrower necks...probably the mini-jumbo with the aged-looking sunburst. I know that Seagulls, like Ovations, don't get much respect. However, I've always enjoyed their sound as much as any $2,000 guitar I've heard.
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | It's like asking what you would be doing right now if you'd never had kids.
I couldn't imagine life without them, and to a slightly lesser extent, my Ovation.
I'd probably still be playing bass. |
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Location: Warren,Pa. | As I've been washing the dishes and mulling over this thread (I really DO have a life!), I find some thoughts popping up that I usually repress. Sometimes I think my brand loyalty to Ovation is greater than my preferance for their guitars.
I really do have a secret desire to get that Taylor GS. I think I would prefer it to my 6778 LX. NO guitar ever made me feel what that one did when I played it. Now I must beat these emotions down until they re-surface next time.
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Location: south east Michigan | The first thing that came to mind was a banjo.
On second thought, I'm afraid it would be a Taylor. That Doyle Dykes model is really nice. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Martin HD-28VS. It's my favorite sounding guitar that I own. Dave |
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Location: Scotland | 2 vintage Gibson Roy Smeck Stage deluxes, 1 stock lap style, 1 converted for regular playing. |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by bauerhillboy:
As I've been washing the dishes and mulling over this thread (I really DO have a life!){ We believe you, John. Now we have to figure out which part of this picture is your life. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Drums. :p |
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Location: GA USA | Electric: Definitely a USA strat. I regret selling mine. Having said that, I had the chance, for the first time, to really let the Viper out of its cage last night in a group setting, and I am thoroughly pleased with it as my main playing guitar now.
Acoustic: I think I'd be plenty happy with a good Takamine, maybe a shallow A/E, or even a well aged Yamaha. I'm sentimental about my old Yamaha that my brother gave me for my birthday in 1980. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | My Lowden.
(and I'd probably have another one) |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Probably the same Guild that I started with, and another China-Strat-copy.
Originally posted by Yak:
My alternate pick to my 1771LX would be a Breedlove Atlas AC25. Oh! I tried a Breedlove 12-string the other day at the store. They are nice. |
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Location: CT | My first 'real' guitar (one that didn't make my fingers bleed to push the strings down), was a Yamaha FG something or other(can't remember the #), and my brand loyalty went there for a while because they were a lotta bang for the buck. Easy playing and good sounding. I upgraded a couple of times, got several 12 strings and I just couldn't justify a guitar 3 or 4 times the price when it didn't 'move' me 3 or 4x that much. I can't say for sure, but I may have moved to one of the hand-crafted (one luthier built and signed) guitars like the Brazilian Rosewood FG-2000 or FG-2500 (which now go for 2k and up when you can find one in decent shape). I've never played one but think the workmanship and sound of these would rival Martins and Taylors with a much higher price tag.
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Location: PDX | One of the things that got me on to Ovations is the "tone:dollar" ratio. To get an equivalency in satisfying tone i think you would have to pay more. I'd be out looking for a Santa Cruz, Goodall, McCollum or Collings.
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Tough question . . . |
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Location: Omaha, NE | CrimsonLake nailed it for me...I got started in Ovations because they were the big thing back in the mid 1970's. |
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Location: Yucaipa, California | A Bourgeois.... take your choice.
Bourgeois Guitars |
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Location: CT | Of course, if money were no object.........
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Location: NJ | The Epitome of Ostentation . . . |
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Location: Toronto | Gibson J200 - I like the mustache bridge and the tone. |
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Location: Midland, MI | If there were no Ovation, I'd probably be playing the Tacoma Chief I had set out to buy the day that I bought my O.
OTOH, what I'd like to be playing is that old Guild that suffered a neck separation back when I was a kid. |
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Location: Round Rock, TX | A USA Breedlove. I'm still considering dropping by the factory on my way to visit my sister in Alaska next summer and picking one out. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | I second the USA Breedlove with a USA Tacoma kicker.
I'd like a McPherson but there isn't an entry level on those. |
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Location: closely held secret | Sure there is, Mike. It's about $5000. |
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Location: big island | Originally posted by MrDano:
Gibson J200 - I like the mustache bridge and the tone. I gotta second MrDano's motion. I'll take any 1950's or 1996-2004 Gibson J-200 with spruce top and maple back and sides with a Montana neck reset and San Diego weather. (At least the list price is comparable to the list on my Adamas.) |
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Location: St Louis | golf...
oh wait...the ESP electric my sons bought for me on my birthday two years ago. |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | Probably clarinet in a local, volunteer wind ensemble someplace. (I didn't like the Yamaha classical that I had back then well enough to want to keep playing it. No Gertrude, no guitar playing--a big, black void in my life.)
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | No Ovation?
I'd probably be a wino, playing air-guitar for spare change outside the liquor store.
In other words, no difference. |
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Location: Central Florida | The easy answer for me is, if there were no Ovations, I'd be playing my Martins. But, since you said price had to be congruent with Ovation prices, I'd probably be playing a Larrivee 03 or 05 series. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I don't know if I'd be playing guitar. The only acoustic I had before Ovation was a finger buster. I might have kept my Univox and gone to something affordable with decent sound, like an Alvarez or Sigma. Those are the only other brands I remember considering back in the 70s. If I had one of those, I wouldn't have found the OFC a couple years ago and would not have started playing guitar again.
Is this a sort of "It's a Wonderful Life" thread? |
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Location: East Tennessee | I would probably have to say a Martin 000-28VS or a 000-42.
I know I could get 2 Ovations for the price of either one of the Martins. Or maybe a really nice Adamas. |
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Location: Lebanon, TN | If My ADII had never existed then the 'other' guitar would be Martin DC16E-Koa |
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Location: Hicksville, NY | Martin HD-28. It may not have the V neck and/or slothead, but it's the sweetest sounding non-Ovation that I currently own. |
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Location: ranson,wva | as i said before i would probly have a resonator of one make or another....jason |
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Location: Canada | Probably a Godin LR Baggs Acousticaster. |
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