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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | I saw an Ovation at a Music Shop, so I did a web search to find-out what an Ultra was REALLY worth.
Now I've got six more guitars... Three O's, none of which is an Ultra.
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Location: big island | was lookin' for ovation stuff on the web. came across jerome's site first and found the ofc link there.
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Was ordered as part of my community service. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | My story is the same as OMA's, but substitute Celebrity for Ultra and 12 Os for 3. |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | I think I've stated mine a few times - went looking for original pups to restore my Preacher and googled my way here. |
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Location: NJ | i brought you here sir, for I am Spartacus. |
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| ditto to OMA and MIB xcept 71 Balladeer.. and as many as 10 Os at once (currently 5).
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Location: Upper Left USA | Al,
That would be a founding Fadda.
I never realized how Kurt Douglas and Rod Stewart had the same spindly legs... |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | Google! Ain't the net great. |
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Location: SoCal | Lurked from the beginning. Can't remember how I knew about the site. |
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Location: Vermont USA | I was rescued from the Acoustic Guitar site. As I was trying to make up my mind as to which O to buy.
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Originally posted by Amazingly-Detached..:
ditto to OMA and MIB xcept 71 Balladeer.. and as many as 10 Os at once (currently 5). -Glenn I gotta quit looking on eBay. I saw a nice cs257 last night for $225 BIN/plus $25. Then I looked around and realized "I live in a damn studio, and it is full of guitars, amps, and electronic stuff!" |
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Location: New South Wales, Australia | I stumbled onto this site about a year ago but due to my mistrust of the internet and society in general I spent 12 months wondering if I should or shouldn't.
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Location: Warren,Pa. | I had regular contact with Kim Keller for service on some O's and he suggested I join. Thanks Kim. |
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Location: East Tennessee | I'm glad I found this forum. It is the best place to find information about Ovations.
A lot of good people here too. :cool: |
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| Well, this girl met this guy and then they got married and then they had my sister and then they had me. That's how I got here.
I think I clicked thru from the Ovation site originally. But that seems like a long time ago. |
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Location: ranson,wva | jeromes site..been here ever since...jason |
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Location: Omaha, NE | I stumbled in thanks to the Wikipedia article on O's.
BTW, some of the resident experts here REALLY need to get over there are polish that thing up! |
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Location: Las Vegas, Nevada | It was an accident. |
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Location: closely held secret | I have no recollection of that event. |
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Location: Midland, MI | Originally posted by Jeff W.:
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | I can't remember. But I was looking for shipping options at the time. Maybe through eBay. I was corresponding with Paul Blanchard at the time, maybe he gave me the link? |
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| My best guess was 'web link', but it's been so long I don't remember... |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | I think I absent mindedly googled "Ovation Fan" and, just like Dorothy and her ruby slippers, here I am - home.
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Location: NJ | Five years ago (this coming March 20th), I had just finished wrestling my Slothead back from my ex, and was searching the Internet to try to ascertain insurance "value".
The Ovation webpage didn't offer any help (surprise,surprise), but there was a link to here.
I joined and posted describing what I had, and requesting information.
Twenty minutes later, my office phone rang, and it was cwk2.
In some ways, it seems like ages ago, and in some it just seems like yesterday . . . . |
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Location: SoCal | Like Cliff, I found a link on the Ovation webpage (it disappeared shortly thereafter)....
Cliff, you've told me the story about your slothead, but did you really know what you had when you first saw it and then when you bought it? Or was it Bill's call the provided the enlightenment? |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | and here I always thought you were an original Cliff.
Well, you are, but....y'know? |
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Location: GA USA | I joined in March 2004 to publicly thank Samova for being such a cool guy when he sold me the Deacon. |
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Location: NJ | an "original"??
Mood;
Yeah, I KNEW what it "was", all along . . .
There was just some "incidental" mis-information that was given by the dealer (30+ years ago). |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Cliff,
Uh, happy Anniversary... |
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Location: NJ | . . I guess a BJ'd be out of the question . . . |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | BanJoed ??? |
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Location: GA USA | Billie Joe, Bobby Joe, or Betty Joe? If you've got any sense go with Bobby Joe. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | You could always offer her a chance to forgo an Alimony/High Maintenence/Support/Punishment check for a chance to hot wax your back hairs using duct tape...
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Location: big island | or a ny radio station that will broadcast the ordeal live on air... |
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Location: NJ | ". . for a chance to hot wax your back hairs using duct tape . ."
Already had it done . . . 'cept with GlueTraps. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | How did I get hear?
Well, had the steadily depressing
Low down, mind messing,
Working at the carwash blues,
Took a left on the Ventura Highway,
I was about 500 miles (away from home)
and just outside of Galveston, where I'd just figured out that
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Location: ENGLAND UK | thought i"d bought a fake, needed help, signed up,your all sick, and theres no escape!!!(fortunately) |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | A long, long time ago, in a galaxy far away......I was looking for information on my Applause AA14 that I bought new in 1977. I don't exactly remember how that brought me here!!!! But it was via Google somehow, I remember.
That was 9 or 10 Ovations ago..... :D
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Location: Colorado | At a store - I heard something about Ovation was considering doing 30th anniversary reissues of the slothead. I went to Ovation's site - no help. I'd had one for years - I chimed in...mine had no serial number...After posting a couple pics...CWK2, Samova, Alpep, PlayAdamas, and even Bluebird, & Jerome chimed in. Next thing I knew I had booked a room at the homewood suites and found myself listening to Cliff and CWK2, and Tim Kummer telling tales of long lost slotheads - and other tall tales. Then my guitar and unfortunately me also ended up in a calendar. All in all with shipping to the mothership...the weekend cost me several hundred dollars and was worth every penny....thanks AL...thanks Bill....#43 was rediscovered. |
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Location: Hiram, Georgia | thanks elginacres!!! good topic for a thread, I think I'll start it, although I'm sure it's been done before...phil |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | I was doing some research on starting my own helicopter/industrial technology/guitar shop and, well, you probably know the rest. Obviously it can't be done. Not long afterwards the coconut bras started appearing and, despite many hours of therapy, I haven't been able to turn away since. |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | The link from the Ovation site led me here. I was looking for value/info for my "low S/N Adamas". I joined and posted pics of #0045 and was suddenly bombarded by e-mails with info and offers!
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Location: Midland, MI | How did I get here? Well, I was...
Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by, water flowing underground
Into the blue again, after the money's gone
Once in a lifetime, water flowing underground.
Or, something. Actually, I had just bought the 1868 at the local mom and pop (like new, althought it was, what, 15 years old!) and wanted to know what I had bought...google led me here. I haven't been able to leave, though...reading this board is like watching a multi-car pileup on the highway in slow motion. ;) |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | I thought it was more like watching a fat stripper.
Y'know she's actually good, but she really shouldn't do that! |
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Location: Midland, MI | Originally posted by fillhixx:
I thought it was more like watching a fat stripper.
Y'know she's actually good, but she really shouldn't do that! I'll defer to your experience on this one. :D |
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Location: Yucaipa, California | ...you can check out anytime you want, but, you can never leave.......
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Location: big island | good answer, tim! |
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Location: Hicksville, NY | When I purchased my very first U.S.-made guitar [an Ovation 1861], I knew nothing about it, and checked out the Ovation website for more info. Searching through the website was a link to the OFC. To make a long story short, I clicked the link, joined and you know the rest of the story... |
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Location: Central Oregon | Originally posted by Tim Chapman:
...you can check out anytime you want, but, you can never leave.......
Now I'm having another GAS attack.... |
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Location: Central Oregon | Originally posted by cliff:
Five years ago (this coming March 20th), I had just finished wrestling my Slothead back from my ex, and was searching the Internet to try to ascertain insurance "value".
The Ovation webpage didn't offer any help (surprise,surprise), but there was a link to here.
I joined and posted describing what I had, and requesting information.
Twenty minutes later, my office phone rang, and it was cwk2.
In some ways, it seems like ages ago, and in some it just seems like yesterday . . . . That's interesting Cliff. I just realized I got here five days after you did, five years ago March 25th. My how it's grown & evolved. Hard to believe some of the things that were posted here back then isn't it? Whew! Heheh. |
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Location: Keller, TX | I bought my first Ovation back in 1985. Don't remember what it was, but loved it. Non cutaway, medium or deep bowl, said "Ovation" on the headstock. Sold it in 1988. Didn't play the guitar until 2003.
Bought a cheap woodie Yamaha kit from some store. Tried to play it but it buzzed and hurt my fingers. About that time my daughter decided to start playing. Remembered way back when I had the Ovation so I went out and paid full retail for a Celebrity (doh!). THEN I went online to see what was happening with Ovation these days, found the forum, etc. |
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Location: SoCal | This kind of thread pops up about once a year. But it's a good topic...
Fall of 1972. I was a high school senior. I put an Ovation Artist on layaway because I couldn't afford the massive $295 price tag. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Nils,
Good to read ya buddy!
Why should running out of things to say ever stop you from posting? All you have to do is recycle old questions every once in a while since most of are having memory issues do to , uh, what was going to say...
I think Moody gets to keep track because he has a wall full of post-its! :)
I thought this thread would be a good opportunity to bond the new and the seasoned OFCer's.
I think it has the record for the most contributors to the poll. |
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Location: Athens, GA & Gnashville | Got here? It was either Moody or Bluebird....curse them both!! ;)
My first good guitar: 68 Delixe Balladeer....I was a fetal learner. |
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Location: Up North | In January 2004, after a lifetime of being an audience for my 5 older sisters who all play guitar, I decided it was time to see if I had inherited any of their abilities.
I gravitated to Ovations because one of my sisters has a Balladeer, and I always loved the sound. I bought an Elite 1868 Black Cherry Burst on ebay without doing any real research on which model was best for a beginner.
After I had my Elite in hand, I decided to learn more about Ovations and found my way here through a link on the Ovation Tribute site. I've been an amused lurker ever since.
I've learned tons from everyone here, I've been infected with GAS from all the discussions as well, just have never had the scratch to reach my itches (1537 and/or 1114 in particular).
So, in the three years following, I've learned to stumble through some of my old favourites (still have trouble trying to play and sing at the same time).
Hopefully one day, I'll meet some of you in person. If anyone finds themselves lost north of Lake Superior, your always welcome. I'll heat up the sauna for you. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | How I got here . . .
Walked into a music store in 1972 and asked for the best Gibson acoustic they had. The salesman said, “You want the best Gibson or the best acoustic?” I said the best acoustic, whereupon he handed me an Ovation. Not sure about the model. It was all acoustic, not top-of-the-line, but maybe one step below. There was no question about how well its bright sound compared against the Gibson, and the cost was considerably less. When I questioned the integrity of the plastic back, he said it was some special material made by a helicopter engineer, then literally swung it against the corner of the counter like a baseball bat. It bounced like a super ball, but there was no damage. I bought it on the spot. It was then stolen out of a motor home in the spring of 1982, so when I returned home, I went to the same store and asked for the best Ovation on hand. They handed me the 1651 Legend Limited, which I still own.
For the next 25 years, I swore by Ovations and recommended them to anybody who would listen. When I started building my guitar studio/collection/junk shop, I discovered that Ovation had made solid bodied guitars during the 1970s, so I bought a Viper III. In trying to research the model, I discovered this site.
Since then, my knowledge and appreciation of Ovation and Adamas has increased immensely, thanks primarily to the great information provided by the OFC membership in these forums. |
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Location: Montreal, Canada | I was looking to buy my first accoustic guitar (i have 3 classical) and i was really intrigued by the Ovation design. I could only find Celebs in my area, so i came here to gather some info and tips on what to look for. A few weeks later, i was the proud owner of a 1778 LX that i bought here on the boards from another member.
Now, i'm really looking forward to try out some other models at the Factory Tour and Workshop !! A very good way to spend some tax return money !!!
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Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado | In March, 2003, I was looking for some parts to finish up a couple of Ovations I have. Found this site. Signed up and posted my requests and got 0 responses. Just ran the same request a couple of days ago and STILL got 0 responses... Where else can you get ignored for 4 years.....
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Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado | P.S. Four years and just over a hundred posts. I apparently don't have much to add either..
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Location: Hiram, Georgia | what's your # Cc...phil |
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Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado | Hey Phil,
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | 1231, can'cha read?
Maybe he needs Koa Truss rod covers. That's an MWoody call. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | CC,
Whatcha need?
I know I always try to say welcome. Must have been on fillhixx's watch... |
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Location: ranson,wva | i came in looking for a preamp for my celb that i had at the time....junked it. then mr.woodford made me a offer i couldnt refuse on the 1114....thats what triggered the urge to collect more and learn more...im still a shitty player with a nice collection tho..lol jason |
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Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado | Hey Guys,
It was a joke!!
No, I have never found the parts I need, but I have had a great time here!
Woody, Here is my list:
I have a 1122 classical that needs a couple of the chrome tuning peg "dust covers" that pop in and cover the gears. These are individual tuners for a slot head. Or the complete tuners.
I also need a couple of tuning peg dust covers or complete tuners for a 1216 Typhoon bass along with a bridge cover and the input jack plate and both pick-up surrounds.
For a 1235, I am looking for the original control knobs. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | You have a worthy Scavenger hunt going there... |
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Location: ranson,wva | i need a neck...folklore,country artist or any of the classical slotheads.....jason |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Me too...I need a neck,
and one more eyebrow. |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by fillhixx:
and one more eyebrow. Try spreading a little Elmer's above your eye just before your next haircut... |
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Location: Hiram, Georgia | I'm still ignoring you... :p phil |
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