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Location: Canada | Guys...
Maybe this is an age old question, and I did do a forum search, but how do you stop the bowl from slipping when you play sitting down?
I know, you know what I mean! lol |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Velcro! |
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Location: Utah | Try to not hug or squeeze it with your right elbow. |
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Location: Virginia | I had a 1 inch lip surgically implanted into my right knee- A small price to pay. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I don't know what you mean. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | There are a number of tricks to keep the bowl from slipping. The easiest one is to get some 3M stair tread tape at the hardware store and attach a piece about 1 x 8 inches to the bowl in the area where it rests on your knee. |
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| I never had a problem with it until I read about it on here.
Only time I notice it is when I switch from a regular guitar and the Ovation seems a bit slippery but after a few seconds I get used to it again. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Spread a thick layer of Goop on the lap of your favourite playing pants. When dry, it's a nonstickish surface!
Or play standing up. Especially important if you sing too, you can breathe better. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by deepblue:
how do you stop the bowl from slipping when you play sitting down? Spandex!  |
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Location: Littleton, CO | I've never had this problem...guess you gotta hold the guitar close to your body and not tilted back at all. |
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Location: Taichung, Taiwan | duct tape and tacks...and pain killer |
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| Buy a wood box.
Or wear jeans over your hose. |
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Location: NJ | Viagra. |
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Location: Canada | Thanks guys....duct tape it is. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | 3 valid replies and 7 jokesters. Nice. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Use of a strap while seated also keeps the guitar in place. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by ProfessorBB:
Use of a strap while seated also keeps the guitar in place. Good point. Also, nobody has mentioned the "standingovation". Mainly designed for play standing up, but since it puts the guitar in a more normal position (soundboard perpendicular to floor) I imagine that it would also help with the slipping issue if seated. |
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Location: Taichung, Taiwan | How about this "Slip-Grip thing on ebay?
http://cgi.ebay.com/Slip-Grip-anti-slip-patch-for-Ovation-acoustic-... |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | I've never heard of this happening. Is it common? |
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Location: Vernon CT | Originally posted by Beal:
I've never heard of this happening. Is it common? Well, if you knew anything about Ovation guitars you'd know this has been a problem for years! ;) |
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| I suppose it wouldn't slip if it was played while lying on your back, but I think that the stair tread tape idea sounds best. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Originally posted by Gallerinski:
3 valid replies and 7 jokesters. Nice. I wasn't joking. I never had one slip any more than a woodbox guitar and I don't understand why it would, unless you tilt the Ovation when you hold it, but don't tilt a woodbox. |
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Location: Michigan | I tilt therefore I am. |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | Or somesuch... cut each pad in half. Enough for 4 slippery bowls.
Available at fine shoe stores everywhere.
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| Find it hard to believe I haven't stumbled across a site called heelsandcleavage in my internet wanderings.
Nice find colin. |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | Yeah... I was kinda dissapointed too. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Why would anyone buy or keep a guitar that they can't even hold in playing position?
It's like buying shoes 2 sizes too small. . . |
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Location: Michigan | Playing position is somewhat subjective don't you think? Anyway, I have one that is a bit slippy so I picked up a small piece of leather at a craft store and some E-6000 glue from home depot. Soft comfy, non sweat and easy on the cloths.
Funny my shiny bowl does not slip near as much as my old legend. |
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Location: Colorado | Find it hard to believe I haven't stumbled across a site called heelsandcleavage in my internet wanderings.
Amen Schroeder. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Originally posted by Peter:
How about this "Slip-Grip" thing on ebay?
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They are kinda like fuzzy velvet on paper.
(Not to belittle them, but that is what they are)
I prefer Dave's suggestion of 3M Stair Tread material, or them dancing-feet thingies.
They would work better, for a longer time.
Plus, the velvet stuff just attracts dirt. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Originally posted by Jeff W.:
Why would anyone buy or keep a guitar that they can't even hold in playing position?
It's like buying shoes 2 sizes too small. . . You're focusing on the wrong part of the heelsncleavage site, Jeff. |
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Location: Taichung, Taiwan | What about a piece of that rubbery/tacky/non-slip web stuff that they put on the car dash? Just toss it on your leg when you want to play sitting down. You wouldn't have to stick it on the guitar, or your clothes, or have surgery. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | I have some of that web stuff that my Mom sent me to put in drawers and on shelves...
When we were talking about this on another occasion I gave it a try...
I laid it on my leg. It worked really well.
BUT! Although I have tried the Slip-Grip, and that web stuff, I have found that after playing Ovations for a while I do not need any of them.
If you are seated, just stand the guitar upright on you leg.
If you do not pull it towards you body with you right arm it should not move.
I have actually found that SSB's move around more than deep bowls.
I also discovered that once I have played a Contour Bowl for a while it taught me to hold my guitar correctly, not leaning the guitar back against my body.
If you really like to lean back with your guitar lying on your belly, use a strap. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Nice summation. I 100% agree. |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | LEAN on it .. !! ..
..`F`course , a JUMBO sized Ovi`, would be better ..
Alternatively .. Use a Strap ..
Vic |
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