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Location: Warren,Pa. | Wonderful guitar...however, already I'm thinking about Koa tuner buttons and a Koa TRC.
Never satisfied. John <>{ |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | bauerhillboy ,
You're not getting off that easy. More detail man! 
I'm not getting mine until the 10th. So I need some 'tease' to hold me over!
Congrats on the Sweet T and the quick delivery! |
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Location: Warren,Pa. | Well...what's not to like about this guitar? For the crazy price of $650, this guitar has EVERY element that Ovation has to give it maximum quality sound. They can make it look fancier...maybe display workmanship in a more visually striking way. That aside, they don't make a guitar that sounds better. (I know a graphite top and fiberglass rim would improve things, but this isn't Adamas; it's Ovation.)
I was wondering how they inlay the finished Koa into the painted top. VERY nice touch, and like I said, I'll be looking for a Koa TRC. Anyone know where I can get one in this club?
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Location: Warren,Pa. | BTW...I don't like the new label at all! I suppose Fender wants to further blur the line between USA Ovations and imports, but I'm tempted to ask Kim for one of the old style labels with the tower on it. I have a strong attachment to that place. John <>{ |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Originally posted by bauerhillboy:
BTW...I don't like the new label at all! I suppose Fender wants to further blur the line between USA Ovations and imports, but I'm tempted to ask Kim for one of the old style labels with the tower on it. I have a strong attachment to that place. John <>{ Is it one of these... Or have they come up with something else weird?
BTW- I'm jealous! But PA is alot closer to Ft. Wayne than I am!
And, Like Iffy sez... Details Man!
I was told that I am number 3 outta 10 and my ETA is the 11th! :mad: |
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Location: Warren,Pa. | That's the label.
Ser.#619370.
I was imagining this would be built with no top binding and I was a little concerned about that...ready with sharpie-in-hand in case of accidents. It actually has a strip of black plastic binding.
Nice maple for the neck. Nothing too outstanding, a little stripe of pitch stain for 6 inches or so. Grain is slightly wavy. Not the perfect piece of wood that my mahogany-necked Ovations have, but nice just the same. The 2-pc. neck with all the goodies inside make me feel tons more comfortable about the long run than having a 1-pc neck like...say...Martin, Taylor, etc. (although IMHO Ovation got the idea for this new neck design straight from Bob Taylor. How can you improve it?)
I was expecting a lesser piece of Ebony for the fingerboard, like a good share of striping like Taylor uses for it's lower-end guitars. This looks to be about as perfect as it gets. I do wish they would sand the playing surface to a mirror finish like they used to in years back. Once the frets are in you can't really do anything more with it. I'm a sucker for wood that's been finished to perfection. Like all the Ovations of the last several years you see the striations from the machine...like 150 paper was the last thing to touch it. This was true even of my '02 Custom Legend 12, so it's just the way they do them all.
Is that enough detail? I have to mow, as we say in the country.
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Location: East Tennessee | Originally posted by bauerhillboy:
Is that enough detail? I have to mow, as we say in the country.
John <>{ Mow!!! Come on get your priorities straight. :D |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by bauerhillboy:
I have to mow, as we say in the country.
... jilted over a John Deere!  
Thanx for the report!  Now I can fret (collective OFC moan) until mine arrives. |
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Location: ms | Has trader sold his yet? |
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Location: Carle Place, NY | Originally posted by bauerhillboy:
I was wondering how they inlay the finished Koa into the painted top.
John <>{ Rick Hall explained this at the last factory tour. The epaulet is inlaid into the top first. The top is then glued to the bowl. The epaulet is then masked off when the top/bowl are painted. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Sweet T #619371 just arrived. So a quicky initial report.
I'll concur with bauerhillboy's evaluation with a few extra observations.
First of all the neck was lighter in color than I had expected, albeit a nice piece of wood. It is a touch larger/deeper(?) than most of my other 'O's, but not uncomfortable at all.
The action was OK but I'll probably remove a shim on the next string change.
The inlay is absolutely perfect.
The low E string just BOOOOMS from the playing position as no other 'O' I have. I'll have to have someone play it with me sitting across from it in order to see if that makes a difference. Did I say it BOOOOMS?
A koa TRC would look nice. Though I'm not so sure as to the tuner buttons due to the light maple headstock edge.
The 'Sweet T' arrived with the strings detuned.
Nothing but the box and top/bottom cardboard supports for packing as al has noted before.
It's a great guitar/case/free shipping deal for the money, plus we know that so far there are only eleven of 'em.
Looking forward to other evaluations...  |
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Location: NJ | Has anyone posted a picture of these?? |
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Location: big island | brad has. |
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Location: big island | Originally posted by cliff:
Has anyone posted a picture of these?? here |
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Location: Central Massachusetts | okay, so Brad has posted a pic, but we need somebody to post some real guitar porn of these. Damon has spoiled us all. |
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Location: NJ | Nice looking guitar.
I'm not (by any means) a fan of the one-piece eppaulet, but these don't look bad . . .
It's nice to t'see that the Factory has taken somewhat of a "green" initiative and utilized the scraps from all those koa guitars Al is sitting on . . .
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Location: Tennessee | Originally posted by cliff:
I'm not (by any means) a fan of the one-piece eppaulet, but these don't look bad . . .
StandingOvation once named the one-piece wooden epaulets "sh!7lets". At the time he was referring to the walnut ones, and the Koa DO look nice, but sometimes I sure do miss that pot-stirrer... |
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Location: NW NJ | Okay - here's a little porn for ya...
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Location: Jet City | Robbie, that's beautiful. Aside from the piece of Koa, I think Nigel Tufnel would say that it could be "None more black"
Congrats! |
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Sweetwater T arrived just now