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Location: south east Michigan | I have not brought this up in almost two years but that don't mean I've given up. I'm just the squeeky wheel lookin' for some grease.
How about bringing back the old style silver foil lables??? Emboss a picture of the Mothership on it if you like.
Better yet, use foil lables on the USA models and paper lables on the Celebs.
Admit it.
This just makes way to much sense. |
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Location: big island | but someone might say, "curses, foiled again!" |
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Location: South of most, North of few | I really liked the foil labels. They looked much more classy than the blue and white paper ones. |
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Location: East Tennessee | Originally posted by Slipkid:
Admit it.
This just makes way to much sense. That sounds like one of those phrases you never hear in a marketing meeting. :D |
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Location: Omaha, NE | ANYTHING would look better than the paper labels they are currently using. The label on my old Matrix looks classier than the label on my Koala. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Hey here's a novel idea - When you custom order a guitar for over $2500. they should give you the option to have NO label if that's what you, the paying customer, so desires.
Please don't get me started ...
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Location: NJ | Don'tGetStarted.
(the current labels DO leave a bit t'be desired, tho' . .)
. . . an' NO scrawly, signature on 'em . . . whuzzup w/DAT??
(btw Bradley; "My Favorite Dead Horse"
GoodName! |
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Location: big island | Originally posted by cliff:
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(btw Bradley; "My Favorite Dead Horse"
GoodName! great title/idea for a song too... |
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| Great idea Brad. |
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Location: SoCal | What I don't like is that there's a label in my OFC slothead that looks like somebody cut it out by hand....... |
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| Hey, al was up all night doing those. |
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Location: NJ | Don't get me started on Those . . . .
(beside,.... WhaddayaWant for a f@&*$#g Re-Issue?? . . ) |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I look at the labels when they arrive and only accidentally after that. If I see the labels, it's because the guitar is on the wall instead of my knee and something needs to be done about that. As far as I can remember, Ovation has better labels than any other manufacturer. I look at those when I'm trying to figure out what kind of guitar I'm looking at. |
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Location: south east Michigan | Perhaps the lable thing is not so important on the Elite series but it it very important on the single hole models. More so than other make of guitars. On wood box guitars you stick a tanish color paper lable on some tanish color wood and that's just fine. However with an Ovation you have that pitch black bowl color. Any lable on that type of backround stands out. Add to that the stunning Ovation rosettes which acts like a picture frame and you can see how, more than other brands, the eye is drawn to the lable.
Have I made my case??? |
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Location: Atlanta GA | I have a rule of thumb I go by... I give the squeeky wheel grease two times, and then replace it. ;) |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Originally posted by Slipkid:
Have I made my case??? Nope. But you actually have people look at your guitars. Mine are there for me and SWMBO to look at. She doesn't care about the label and if I see the label it means I'm looking at it instead of playing. |
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Location: Omaha, NE | Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
As far as I can remember, Ovation has better labels than any other manufacturer. Here's the label from the Taylor I just sold. Frankly, it makes the current Ovation labels look pretty sad.
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Location: NJ | It's just as well that they have REALLY nice "labels" in 'em . . . that's what people BUY 'em for ANYway . . . |
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Location: East Tennessee | Originally posted by Slipkid:
Perhaps the lable thing is not so important on the Elite series but it it very important on the single hole models. More so than other make of guitars. On wood box guitars you stick a tanish color paper lable on some tanish color wood and that's just fine. However with an Ovation you have that pitch black bowl color. Any lable on that type of backround stands out. Add to that the stunning Ovation rosettes which acts like a picture frame and you can see how, more than other brands, the eye is drawn to the lable.
Have I made my case??? I wish that they would have put a foil label in the 97 Collector models. It would have added to the vintage look of the guitar. |
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Location: south east Michigan | Oh crap...
I've miss-spelled "label" through the whole darn thread. This kinda thing drives Moody crazy(er).
There goes all my credibility. |
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by Slipkid:
There goes all my credibility. What credibility? |
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Location: NJ | It's just a minor mis-spelling.
kinda' labial minora . . . |
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Location: south east Michigan | See???
In just 13 minutes Moody was on it like a hobo on a hot dog. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | New lables would be good. They can say
MADE IN NEW HARTFORD, CT
OVATION
HAMER
GUILD
TACOMA
All they have to do is circle the brand they want.
What's wrong with that? |
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Location: Parrish, FL | Just use a hole punch to tag the model! |
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Location: East Tennessee | Originally posted by Slipkid:
See???
In just 13 minutes Moody was on it like a hobo on a hot dog.  |
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Location: Eaton, Indiana | I loved the foil labels too. Wish they would bring them back. Paper on the celebs.
Scott |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | If someone's got an old beater with a foil label in it, I've got an idea on how to make copies, if that someone is willing to trust me with their foil label for a few weeks. (Well, it's gotta travel half way round the world and back.)
Schroeder can vouch for me.
Maybe I shouldn't have added that? :rolleyes: |
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| I can vouch for him. |
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Location: closely held secret | Now if we could just find someone to vouch for you... |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | I think it'd be really neat to have foil labels in different metallic tones--a golden-toned one for the guitars with golden tuners, the old foil tone for the chromes, pewter grey, maybe a steeley blue. I mean, if the custom shop will allow us to order the rest of the guitar to our specifications, why not the label? (Preparing to duck the barrage of tomatoes and eggs that is sure to follow......)
--Karen |
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Location: south east Michigan | There'll be nothing thrown from here. |
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Location: Nashville TN. | I think foil labels on the USA made models would be great. Current labels look cheap |
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Location: Utah | Sounds like a viable business venture to someone with the know-how. It could be extended to other brands and styles. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by The Wabbit Formerly Known As Waskel:
Now if we could just find someone to vouch for you... Ouch! That'll leave a mark! :eek: |
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