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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Hi All,
We've seen this product, talked about it etc.. The manufacturer of this widget sent me a note and is offering a discount to OFC members who are interested.
Ovation Guitar Standing Stabilizer
I'm not sure what the discount is, but I thought it was a nice gesture and told him I would make this announcement. He didn't want to just come on and have his first post be hawking his product, but I'm guessing as a player he'll start posting soon. How can he resist??? |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | I'm interested. |
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Location: East Tennessee | +1 on being interested. :cool: |
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Location: Maple Shade, NJ. | Me too. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | I think Dave should sue for the use of the name "Standing Ovation"! :D
Looks interesting tho.... |
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Location: NJ | how about just telling people how to use good guitar technique and save your $$$$ to spend on more guitars |
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Location: SoCal | What the grumpy guitar dealer said..... |
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Location: SoCal | Actually, I think the idea is rather brilliant. I just don't feel a need for one. I've played Ovations for over 35 years and they feel just fine to me standing or sitting.... |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Unfortunately there are many that have not learned good techniques, hence the market.
I want one for my Grandbabies. Those round backs gives 'em trouble. I'll probably put the S.O. on my CC57. |
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Location: GA USA | I don't think I want one, but I applaud the classy way this gentleman went about offering them to us. |
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| Originally posted by Captain_Lovehandles:
I don't think I want one, but I applaud the classy way this gentleman went about offering them to us. Ditto. |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | You can get the same effect using a piece of siding from your "double-wide" and some duct tape! |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Speaking of classy! If you only have a single wide, does that make you not classy? |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | It just means you have half as much material to work with.
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | No problem with slippage. I play sitting down, making a tougher target for all the rotten fruit & beer bottles. |
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Location: closely held secret | I've grown used to being unstable. Too late to turn back now. |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | I've got one coming in the mail. I'll give it a try and post a review. |
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Location: Texas | I think this is a great idea!
-Gary K |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Originally posted by Mr. Ovation:
Hi All,
We've seen this product, talked about it etc.. The manufacturer of this widget sent me a note and is offering a discount to OFC members who are interested.
Ovation Guitar Standing Stabilizer
I'm not sure what the discount is, but I thought it was a nice gesture and told him I would make this announcement.
Now, do y'all want people to think that we can't hold our O's? 
Anyway... Let us know Vince.
My 1718 wants to slip around on me... :eek: |
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Location: Brisbane Australia | Hey if it's that easy to get a girl like that to smile I'll buy one
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Location: Jet City | Y'all can call me a bad technique mo-fo if ya like. Mine is on it's way. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | So, how do we get the discount? :confused: |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | I just emailed the guy and asked him to chime in and let people know what the deal is. |
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Location: Ottawa, ON, Canada | You guys play standing up??? I'm going to try that tonite and if it works out I selling my "slip grip"! If it doesn't I'll stick a chunk of velcro on my belt buckle and another on the shell back... |
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Location: Jet City | I ordered it Friday, it showed up today. Install is a breeze, took 2 minutes. It works very well. I like it. We'll see if I still like it in a month.
This changes everything. I'm no longer thinking of selling my LX to buy a contour.
Thanks Tom. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I walked around with the OFC tonight and didn't have any slipping problem. It was a bit tough to play barre chords, though. |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | I've used mine a couple times, and it takes a little getting used to for me. I guess it's just the idea of playing something with a squared top feels a little strange to me. I haven't played many non-Ovations much since I "saw the light" and converted completely over. I'll say it till my dying breath ... there's no other guitar that sounds and plays like a US-made Ovation/Adamas. With all that said, I like the concept of this thing, and I'm sure it will prove to be of help to anyone who has difficulty with the round back. It does intall easily, and I already had some extra velcro in my gig bag, so I was able to get it set up to use on all my acoustics. I'd still like to see what the "discount" will be. |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | Here's the deal ... 20%($5)discount to OFCrs with a 30-day money back guarantee. If you decide to order one, let him know you are a member and he'll give you the discount. |
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Location: SE Minnesota | I'm also interested. How do we get the discount. |
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| Looks like it would work good with shallow and super shallow bowls. I don't know about deep bowls... |
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Location: Jet City | I've been using mine for a while now, and it's working good for me. I have it on a mid bowl. |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | I have all deep bowls (including the acoustic bass and baritone) and I use the same one on all of them. I just had to put the small velcro strips on the back of each guitar. It also fits very nicely on the outside of the case for transport. |
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Location: nashville | Skinny "O" players don't have problem I know I used to be one. Guess $25.oo bucks is cheaper than a health club membership.
Took the money from the laundry and drove away clean. |
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Location: nashville | Sorry typo and should have given the full line.
They shoot up an Automatic teller machine, took the money for the laundry and drove away clean. |
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