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Location: Phoenix AZ | Saw this on eBay. Looks like a very nice one for a good price. The sunburst one's are rare and always sound a little better than the others so they are in high demand. Hope someone here grabs it.
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Yes, that's a real good one. How nice to have a knowledgable seller too. |
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Location: Back in the Valley of the Sun Mesa Az. | drool, drool,...that looks like a Grrrreat geetar!
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Location: RI. That small State out East | This looks "very" nice...
I wish...
Sombody jump on this.
So I don't have to look at it...
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Location: Toronto | Just sent em a plea to ship to Canada! |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | The sellers have listed and sold several very nice and desirable Ovations in the past
About a year or so ago, they had a wide neck '97 Parlor for sale. |
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Location: PDX | Originally posted by Norseman1:
Norse(I blindfolded my 1537 while typing this email...don't want to hurt her feelings)man1 And then you go and bid on it? What will "she" feel about that? :p
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Location: Back in the Valley of the Sun Mesa Az. | Don't worry...I'm looking, but I won't be touching...I can pretty much gaurantee you that!
Besides, what she don't know ... |
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Location: Toronto | ...they always know... |
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Location: East Wenatchee, WA | So what do you guys think about the upgraded electronics. Does that enhance or detract from this guitar? |
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Location: SoCal | Detracts. I could think about putting the reissue 2 knobber electronics in my 1537, but not the new preamps. There's a mystic about 2 knobber electronics (and to be honest, looks). |
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Location: Rego Park, NY, | "many thanks to Dave at
http://www.ovationgallery.com"
This was near the bottom of their description. Did anyone notice it? |
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Location: Upper Left USA | "So what do you guys think about the upgraded electronics. Does that enhance or detract from this guitar?"
Enhances!
It is a tool and not a museum piece, kinda... |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by Phil Wong:
"many thanks to Dave at http://www.ovationgallery.com" This was near the bottom of their description. Did anyone notice it?
Originally posted by JeffreyD:
So what do you guys think about the upgraded electronics. Does that enhance or detract from this guitar? Any electronics degrade a guitar. They are meant to be acoustic instruments. The fact that Ovations charges extra for acoustic-only versions of their guitars is a puzzling marketing strategy.
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Doesn't the original two knobber offer mono/stereo outputs? Can an OP40 provide the same? I have an OP40 on an 1866 that is strictly mono. |
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Location: Rego Park, NY, | :o |
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Location: Back in the Valley of the Sun Mesa Az. | yea well, for a real man's 1537, you need to strip out ALL the electronics and go strictly acoustical...if you can't say it unplugged...it aint worth sayin!
That's what (Norseman) says! |
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Location: SoCal | Norsey's got a 1537 with no electronics.... that's what I say! |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | beautiful guitar. |
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Location: Flushing, MI | The fact that Ovations charges extra for acoustic-only versions of their guitars is a puzzling marketing strategy.
I didn't know this - I'm shocked! |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | I shouldn't jump to conclusions, maybe it's not true of all models. But I now for my U681 I paid a pretty penny to hav them omit the electronics. Maybe that's because it was a limited edition model. Any, I don't mind. It was money well spent and the guitar looks and plays wonderful for it. Dave |
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Location: RI. That small State out East | I like the "up-grade"... I wish they had an XLR put in. I would have bought it.
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Location: Wooster, Ohio | I think the new electronics look totally out of place on this guitar and would long for the wood knobs. Obviously I am getting old. But to me the character of the guitar is keeping it in the same period.
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Location: Back in the Valley of the Sun Mesa Az. | Electronics aside, that is one beautiful piece of work. I tell yea, I don't know of a guitar that can match the warmth not only in sound, but in appearance of a 1537. I have absolutley fell in love with the one I have, and in the guitar world, I guess most would call mine a mutt...well she sparkles to me (thanks fugot). I don't particularly care for the sunburst look...but on this ebay beauty, it looks absolutely stunning!
Someone is in for a real treat with this guitar if it is indeed all it looks to be! |
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Location: SoCal | When it comes to 2 knobber Ovations, I'm a traditionalist. You can adjust the plugged in sound with an eq pedal or box. Don't mess with the original looks. |
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Location: Back in the Valley of the Sun Mesa Az. | ...and here I prefer a two knobber, with one knob gone and the other disconnected!
I remember many moons ago, I used to amp my ol Yahahamaha 12 string with a "barcus berry" (sp?) transducer just below the bridge.
I wonder how this might work with a 1537? I would like to try an undersaddle, but it appears to me that my saddle has been glued down permanently (or at least I can't get it to budge). Maybe an interior mic if I can find one that's affordable, but what do you guys think of the old tranducer style pick up for this application? I see Markley has one out for about $35.00.
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Location: Back in the Valley of the Sun Mesa Az. | By the way, I'm taking my 1537 camping this weekend...oh yea, the wife too (I think?!). It will definitely be the best sounding guitar in camp...even with Norseman pickin on it! That is another beauty of this guitar, I really don't have to worry about gettin her scratched, but I bet acoustically it will hang right in there with the most pristine of 1537's...actually, I wonder with the electronics removed, and the electronics openings closed with oak plugs, I wonder if she just might be even better acoustically? Lord knows her top is loosened up for maximum vibration!
p.s. Paul, The soundboard is stabilized, and I stabilized the crack along and through the binding/bowl (had to glue about an additional 8 inches...probably coutesy of the US postal service...only fugot would know for sure). Everything is tight and in tact. If I can, I will post pics in the gallery next week...those new tuners sure are pretty bro! :D |
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Location: Carle Place, NY | I prefer a nice pair of knobs also. :D
I had a choice of upgrading the electronics on either my 1619 CL or my 1537, both of which had a working stereo FET pre-amp. I'm really glad that I had the factory upgrade the CL with the OP-Pro. IMHO the 1537 has to have the two knobs.
The sunburst on this particular 1537 is beautiful. The OP 40 does look very nice and functionally outperforms the old system. Also, it looks like the bowl was repainted in black. I'm sure whoever buys it will not be disappointed. |
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Location: Back in the Valley of the Sun Mesa Az. | yes I was wondering about the black bowl myself. It really sets off the walnut binding nicely. |
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Location: SoCal | The bowl must have been either repainted or replaced when the new electronics went in. |
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Location: Carle Place, NY | It was repainted. The factory did the same thing on my 1619 CL to cover up the fills of the holes in the body.
I thought that it has previoulsy been mentioned here that replacing just the bowl or the top is cost prohibitive. If a guitar needs either a new bowl or top, both get replaced as a unit. |
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Location: Burbank | "to cover up the fills of the holes in the body"
What does that mean? |
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Location: Upper Left USA | The placement of the new oval preamp leaves the two knob holes empty, or in other upgrades the rectangle.
They either glass in or epoxy to fill the old and then cut the new.
Krylon Black works |
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Location: Orange County, California | Originally posted by Mitchrx:
I prefer a nice pair of knobs also. :D
On behalf of Cliff, (he must be taking a nap, poor little guy)
:D Ahhh Sooo, you like Tune in Tokyo too? :D
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Location: East Wenatchee, WA |
Krylon Black works [/QB] I think mine is a dark brown, not black though? |
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Location: NJ | "Paint It Black"
- M. Jagger/K. Richards |
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Location: Madison, Wisconsin | If a guitar needs either a new bowl or top, both get replaced as a unit. Why would you want to do that...because you like the neck? |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Did the sunbursts have brown or black bowls? The Naturals were brown and the -5 was black but I don't remember what the -1 was. It could have been black from the start. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Black bowls. |
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1537 Sunburst on eBay - NICE