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Location: Bristol England | I am seriously thinking of buying one of these but would appreciate any OFC members comments and any 'pros and cons' before committing myself.
I assume it was made in Korea which may put me off but never having played a D Scale what do I know?
All views good or bad appreciated.
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Location: Munich, Germany | <p>I have one and don't really like it. Soundwise it is great and can easily be tuned down to C, but playability and feel are not what I am used to. Or what I want. Mine is strung with Mediums, because Lights are a little bit to sloppy, if you want a setup that is close to your normal 14-frets. But even with the best setup it is not very comfortable to play. But maybe it's just me. If it's only because of tuning down to D, that is easily done with any normal guitar and a little setup correction.</p><p><img src="http://www.ovationtribute.com/Acoustic%20Series/Elite/DS-768-7_LTD_Longneck/DS-768-7_LTD_Longneck_5.jpg" border="0" width="804" height="1201" /></p><p> </p><p>Best regards, Kurt</p>
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Location: Munich, Germany | This new editing function is really annoying. That's the picture I wanted to insert in my post above. 
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Location: south east Michigan | I sampled this Korean longneck a few times.
The good was that it played nice and at $600 seemed a good price.
That much I liked.
The things that put me off were....
Glued neck... It may play nice now but there is no real option if it needs a neck re-set.
It will never match a USA longneck for fit, finish, quality material, and playability. But remember.... it's a $600 guitar. A good enough $600 guitar, but that's it.
And this is the trump card.... Fender will not get another dime out of me.
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I have not been able to justify a separate guitar for just a handful of songs.
If I ever do, it will be a used USA model. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | I just sold my Celebrity Long-neck yesterday to someone who like those kinda things.
I never found a use for it.
I had it tuned to "D", then I had it tuned to "B".
It sounds nice and full tuned to "D" with a capo on 2...
But so do my normal Ovations.
That said...
I once owned an standard neck TX... It was an Okay guitar.
I sold it when I bought a regular USA T and compared them side-by-side.
Like Slipkid, I am not pleased with the glued neck, but lots of guitars have a glued neck.
Depending on how much you are willing to spend there is a USA DS768 on Reverb
The TX would probably be cheaper... But it is cheaper. 
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | I have had several longnecks but they were all the deep bowl USA models.
I loved them but eventually sold them all off to help fund my twin 2080 Adamas Longnecks.
These are absolutely my favorite guitars. I love the big rumbling sound and the versatility.
I can sing easier tuned to D but when I want standard tuning, I just capo up a couple frets.
Don't know much about the Fender/Korean versions but if I was looking today, I would try to find a deep bowl USA made longneck. They can be found used in the general price range you are looking.
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