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| Ovation recently announced two new USA made guitars, an Élite and a Legend, both sport a mid bowl and have a cutaway. I love the idea of new Ovations made in the USA, but would have preferred a deep bowl without the cutaway. Your thoughts? |
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Location: When?? | @Mimmo - >>>but would have preferred a deep bowl without the cutaway. <<<
I can live with the cutaway.. but the deep bowl would be nice. Maybe that innovation will come next (we hope). |
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Location: Canada | Is there a link to this announcement? |
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| I wonder how that would feel... The mid bowl already feels big to me. I mostly dig my super shallow Tangent. It can't beat the sound of my Balladeer though. |
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Location: SoCal | They are both deep bowls. It appears that Ovation is once again going for a full acoustic sound...... |
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| moody, p.i. - 2023-09-25 5:21 AM They are both deep bowls. It appears that Ovation is once again going for a full acoustic sound...... I stand corrected, thanks for this. |
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| d'ovation - 2023-09-25 1:29 AM Is there a link to this announcement? I can't find the video now, but if you seach for it you should find it. |
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Location: moline,illinois | try this https://www.facebook.com/reel/798013015344126
They are deep bowls with original Ovation bracing patterns,Quintad and A bracing be interested to hear one 
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Location: When?? | @2WD - >>>be interested to hear one <<<
Thanks for the link. And yes. Let's hear it. I mean, they guy was holding two of them, so it would be nice if he were to at least play a few chords and actually speak and elaborate more than 45 seconds of cell phone camera fast-talk on it if they expect us to come and spend "twenty-five-hundred bucks" on one. I checked the Ovation website and can find nothing about the new USA-made. The site's "news" section takes you absolutely nowhere.. so I suspect they are going to build a very few of them.
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Location: Canada | Thanks they look nice with walnut appointments. But yeah they need to get them out for reasonable price. The AX junk is way too pricey so I doubt they will be offered for reasonable amount. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | The $1500 to $2500 price range is very competitive with nice guitars from many makers. I certainly wish Ovation the best of luck. |
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Those are deep? They look the same as my Balladeer that I thought was a mid bowl. I am not sure I understand the difference. |
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Location: Canada | I think that the contour bodies are all "deep". But I notice the lack of TRC so it is not a LX neck. I really hope that they don't use set necks for these. |
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Location: SoCal | Here's information regarding bowl depths.....
http://ovationfanclub.com/megabbs/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=48497&...
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Location: Pewaukee, WI | Still looking for these to be actually for sale; anyone seen anything? |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | I would think any authorized Ovation dealer could order one for you.
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Location: moline,illinois | Randy22 - 2024-01-30 9:15 AM
Still looking for these to be actually for sale; anyone seen anything?
They showed these at NAMM again I've heard they will start producing this them year,contact Alex Pepiak at Lost Art Vintage he can probably give you details on how to order one
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Location: Seattle | Namn 2024
YouTube link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_s6yzT0nRNo
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Location: Pewaukee, WI | Thanks for the link! The made in Czech Republic guitar looks interesting, as does the Celebrity Deluxe with the side holes. I'm interested in the US made Elite, but may have to save up for it. But I like the carved bridge. |
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Looks awesome. I'm very curious about the side ports. And it's great to see Ovations made in CT again. I also want to try out some deep contour axes. I wish they made basses with that bowl too. |
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| I’d be interested in the side ports as well. I picked up a cheap Enya nova go just to test out how it would work if I strung it up as a piccolo guitar. The surprise was that the side port served as an unexpected proof of concept of just how good any guitar could sound with a side port.
I’m definitely interested in Ovation’s take on them. My use case may be different from how they perceive the market though. I don’t think I’d want any electronics—just a straight acoustic model for woodshedding or living room use when I wanted “in my face” sound. |
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| I just checked with a dealer on the new Legend. No information on availability and they are not on the 2024 price list.
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| Rick in this July 4th posting says they are in production and will start shipping soon. https://www.facebook.com/reel/400558165738666 |
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Location: Gardnerville, NV | Personally, I think a return to earlier times is in order. Spruce tops with a couple of different colors, ALWAYS using the original rosette design and different prices if you want to pay for Balladeer, Custom Balladeer, Artist, Glen Campbell Artist, Legend or Custom Legend. Elites and Adamas are in a separate league of their own. |
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| In a recent FB video, they claim that the production is starting and the guitars will be available by the end of the year.
I'm very tempted by the Elite... |
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| Latest word on availability is September/October. Photo is of some Elites in the New Hartford finishing room.
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Location: SoCal | I wish I were in the market. Ovation is once again making guitars that talk to me. But new guitars are hard to justify while owning a 1537 / 87C / 1983 1117, all in great condition. These new guitars make me wish I were a young man just starting down the guitar road and carrying a full load of G.A.S. |
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Location: Utah | I've reached out to my Sweetwater sales guy with the errors in their listings. They are showing them as deep contour, and then also say they are non-cutaway, when they are deep non-cutaway. |
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| Congratulations Randy, I'm sure you will love it! |
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| I read aomwhere that they have mid bowls, if they actually have deep bowls this changes everything for me. I love deep Ovations, I may be very weak...
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Location: Pewaukee, WI | I also let my rep know the errors; I expect it to be Mid-Bowl |
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Location: moline,illinois | Randy22 - 2024-09-25 1:01 PM
I also let my rep know the errors; I expect it to be Mid-Bowl
It's listed as a 1767 which should be a deep bowl and the models they showed off at NAMM were supposed to be deep bowls so (fingers crossed) it sounds like they are making US deep bowl Ovations again.
FlySig I also sent an email about the errors in the listing to sweetwater we'll see if they change the description.
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Location: Canada | Interesting. I wonder if they actually have LX necks. I like the retro specs. But the bowl size is confusing. Price looks actually reasonable. |
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Location: Gardnerville, NV | Are they going to lacquer the tops or are they going to be a flat finish? |
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Location: moline,illinois | d'ovation - 2024-09-25 9:11 PM
Interesting. I wonder if they actually have LX necks. I like the retro specs. But the bowl size is confusing. Price looks actually reasonable.
Here is a listing from Thomann it says bolt on neck with 2 way truss rod and has the TR cover on the headstock so looks like an LX neck design,it says roundback and under specs it says DB which I hope means deep bowl,I wouldn't trust the sweetwater specs
https://www.thomannmusic.com/ovation_pro_legend_1767_4s_g_usa.htm
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Location: Pewaukee, WI | Thomann has a lot more pictures; looking at the space above and below the preamp, it sure looks like a deep bowl. |
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Location: SoCal | It's deep. The only thing that I would do differently, is to offer it with a torrified top. But that's it. |
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| It seems to be a deep bowl indeed that's great news for me. Now if they only made a non cutaway model... |
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Location: Oklahoma City | mimmo - 2024-09-28 5:19 AM
It seems to be a deep bowl indeed that's great news for me. Now if they only made a non cutaway model...
This! I would have no other option but to pull the trigger if they do wind up producing one. |
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Location: Pewaukee, WI | My US made Elite has shipped, ETA Friday 1/3. |
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Location: California | Pictures when you get it please? And today is 1/3.
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Location: When?? | Beautiful! Looking forward to your review upon arrival. |
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Location: Pewaukee, WI | 24 hours acclimation is almost over |
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Location: California | Very nice, thanks for posting a picture. |
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Location: Pewaukee, WI | So far, really liking it. Even came with a COA |
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Location: Pewaukee, WI | Interesting that the truss rod wrench is a little smaller that previous; it's the really long one even though it's at the headstock. The truss rod nut is very far in the cavity, farther than previous LX.
I like the satin finish (top and neck) but that's always been my preference.
I swapped out the Gotoh 510's (1:21 ratio) with gold finish and 'normal' buttons for Gotoh antique gold (also 1:21 ratio). Easy drop-in replacement. I like the buttons and the non-glossy finish, nothing wrong with the OEM tuners. Picture below.
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Location: When?? | Nice switch on the tuners. It is always enjoyable when you can do something to make an instrument into your own configured pleasure.
PS: That is an interesting white color on the skunk stripe.
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Location: Pewaukee, WI | Sounds good to me; deep bowl, so pretty full sounding |
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| Congratulations, that's a nice looking guitar for sure! I would have picked the Elite version also.
Enjoy it for many many years! |
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Location: Pewaukee, WI | With the specs (walnut/maple 5 piece LX neck, resin-treated walnut fingerboard, GS cut-away deep bowl, Gotoh 510 tuners, the carved walnut bridge) and the COA, I would almost consider this a 2024 Collectors model. And must have been made by the Adamas team. |
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Location: New York, NY | This is awesome news. I recently stumbled upon them on Sweetwater, and they look really nice. As much as I love Adamas, they are a bit out of my price range.
I hope they add a deep contour version.
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Location: SoCal | FlySig - 2025-01-22 3:23 PM
Those specs sound like a wood-topped Adamas.
The original Elites (1537's) were internally, while being developed, known as the "wood-topped Adamas. What both these current guitars sound like are updated modern versions of the 1537's and Legends of the early 1980's..... |
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