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Location: New Hampshire | I just bought an Ovation 1578-FMH. It seemed louder than some of the USA ovations I tried and it was cheaper. Does anybody else have one, and if so, what do you think of it. |
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Location: SoCal | What model is this? I'm not familiar with the designation..... |
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Location: closely held secret | Did you mean 1758? |
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Location: New Hampshire | mooody,
That's exactly the problem. 1578-FMH is not listed on the ovation company web site. I bought it at Daddy'd junky Music for $500. I googled it and found a site "Oklahoma Vintage guitar" that said was selling this guitar. They said it was a limited edition, "assembled in USA", but because the inlays were done in Korea it is not considered to be USA made. The salesperson at daddy's was helpful, but "knowlege challenged". I was lookng for a guitar that I could leave out in my family room to pick up anytine I wanted to play. This guitar was a little more than I wanted to pay but it sounded better than some of the American made Ovations.... I started out with this Schecter Diamond series guitar(ovation wannabe), which attracted my ear and ended up spending twice as much on this (what I hope is)Ovation. I was curious if anyone else had seen or played this guitar model... could it be a forgery?? |
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Location: closely held secret | moooooooody. hehehe.
Bro Bobby\'s got em on the bay. Korean parts, CT assembly and QC.
Nice looking, looks like they're in bear claw and mahogany. jdrnd, yours is the mahogany?
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Location: New Hampshire | That's right, mine is mahogany. So I guess its a real ovation, but why isn't it listed on the ovation site. Is this a legitimate model? |
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Location: closely held secret | Sure, it's legit. The Ovation site just isn't current. |
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Location: Minden, Nebraska | Didn't Al have some of these? There are a variety of possible tops. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Originally posted by The Wabbit Formerly Known As Waskel:
Sure, it's legit. The Ovation site just isn't current. Common' John, they just redid the site in 1999... :rolleyes: |
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Location: New Hampshire | I hesitate to ask this but...
Do any of you know what the FMH stands for?
Jeff
aka jdrnd |
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Location: closely held secret | Friggin' MaHogany. |
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Location: New Hampshire | "Friggin' MaHogany"
I knew it! |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | This is the ULTRA model. Ass-embled in the USA. |
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Location: closely held secret | Yep, along with the 2071. |
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Location: New Hampshire | The Ultra model?
I usually buy the super ultra deluxe model... so I guess this is a step down form me. At least I didn't buy the standard model.
But seriously... what does FMH stand for. Is it "Flamed Mahogany" as per my interpretation of Wabbits response "Friggin' MaHogany"; or does it have a more cryptic meaning. |
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Location: Tennessee | Figured.
BTW, these are nice guitars for the money. The spruce are solid tops ... mahogany is lam. |
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Location: NJ | sounds 'bout right . . . |
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Location: New Hampshire | Figured laminated mahogany. hmmm
Well at least I know what I got.
Nevertheless, I bought the machine for its sound and relative indestructability.
Thanks for the help. |
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any reviews of the Ovation 1578-FMH?