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| Man sorry to be so bold but I took a shot of the collection today. This is actually the first time I put them all in one spot for a shot. Wow, I had no idea it looks like one of the gatherings in my living room. I was actually thinking of going for one of the new Slothead Adamas's! I must be on a complete mental overload. Enough is enough.
Front: Adamas 1's 1587-7 & -8, Adamas 1 1688-7, Custom made Elite 5 string bass.
Seated: Custom Legend 1769, The Doubleneck, My Deepbowl Classical cutaway! and the MM68 Mando.
Back: Jim Rickard's Deacon, And my great old Beaten up Classical!
Great Guitars! And what beauty along with the functionality!
I posted a new shot in the gallery under results of GAS.
I will try and carry it over to here but I am not good at this so it may not work. Take a look.
Randy
http://www.ovationfanclub.com/photos/Northcountry_37721_collection5... |
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Location: south east Michigan | Nice crew ya got there.
Ain't it funny how they just add up so fast??? |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Nice little collection. If you are gonna have a collection, throwing in a double-neck is good.
Yeah... Ten guitars may be alittle compulsive. I only have seven, and only one of them is REALLY cool! The rest a just pretty-cool, sorta-cool and okay. (But yours are all O's)
Put down the credit card and step away from the computer! |
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Location: Hiram, Georgia | Very Nice collection!!! |
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Location: Hong Kong | Wow, a very nice collection!!! I especially like your Deepbowl Classical Cutaway (black O's are always my favorite)... Wonder how it sounds when comparing to traditional nylon string guitars... |
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Location: Paris/France | Congrat's, it's a very nice collection.
I hope that some of them have a custom TRC... ;)
J :) |
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Location: East Tennessee | Wow great collection.
Whats the little one on the right side of the couch going to be when it grows up? :D |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Does the double neck count as two?
Nice collection. |
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| I know this is showing off, that is a lot of guitars and these are just the O's but in case you don't know there are only a couple more guitars and basses anymore. In case you did not notice, am a big fan of Ovation equipment. And yes that Black cutaway deep bowl is "almost" as good as the old shiny bowl classical in the back, they both boom the low end and I'd have to say I put them up against any classical I have ever played. Everyone of these instruments stands out quite well in comparison with any traditional guitar of the same value! The doubleneck is the least acoustically pleasing of the bunch but the looks of this along with the electronics make up for any of it's natural faults! I only use this for a short part of one set and it is plugged in so it is as much for show as anything else. I get comments on them all everytime! Ovation has the "show" factor advantage over the other guy's everytime. Anyone would have to admit that group of Ovations is a thing of beauty!
Ohh yeah, I do get around to using most of these on a regular basis I have been talked into doing a solo act by my duo partner to help him cover gig's he can't get to, so I am using all the Adamas's, the Mandolin, and the Black Classical.
With the dup I add the Bass and the doubleneck when we know we have room to set up. Often there is no space so I have to cut down on the show.
I love making my partner's two "Great" Taylor Guitars look like a bogger next to my bunch! He has two fantastic acoustic's and if I had to buy a traditional guitar I'd buy one just like his, they are great guitars but no one know's it! Sadly, to most people they look like a $100 made in china acoustic guitar you can buy anywhere. They just do not understand, but they know the Ovations are special.
I figure ten years of playing a weekend gig or two every once in a while and I will have these paid off!
Thanks for the comments guy's this is three years of GAS and I think I am over it now.
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | "Thanks for the comments guy's this is three years of GAS and I think I am over it now. Randy"
I'm glad you are... I keep looking, then I realize that I have no room! |
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Location: Wooster, Ohio | That doubleneck looks good in that collection but I think you have been too adamas blessed. Those blue ones are too many and look too good.
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Location: Athens, GA & Gnashville | That front row is awesome-istic!! |
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Location: big island | nice lamps, randy :D |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Thanks for deciding you didn't need two Custom Legends. I really "needed" a Legend and love the one you sold me. If you're using all of them, you don't have too many. They sure dress up the living room. |
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| Mark I'd like to see a shot yours all in one spot as well. That anniversary Legend I sold you sounds better than the one I kept. I am glad it stayed within. Bring it to the factory in May see what they can do..........???????? I'd like to jam a song with ya Mark.
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I finally took a picture of the whole bunch, but now I can't figure out how to post a picture.  |
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Location: SoCal | Wow.... |
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Location: big island | hey mark,
so what is the percentage of second/third/fourth hand guitars vs. those you purchased brand new?
if you gave up on this obsession tomorrow, which one would be the very last to go, which one would be the keeper? |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | The only one purchased new was the first one we bought back in 1977, the Matrix (bottom left). All the rest we bought within the last couple years (after I became a real Ovation Fan). The next new one will be the OFC. One every 30 years, I guess.
The last to go might be the 1537. Many of the rest have a ding or two. The 1537 and the 87 Collector are going to my daughters, though. That means the Ute or the 30th Ann. CL might have to be the last, but it would be tough to find another 1614 in almost mint condition.
Come on, Lanaki, this is like Sophie's Choice. |
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Location: big island | i like your use of the term "we". you are blessed to have a supportive wife and family.
and sophie never had to make choices like these. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Nice collection, Mark. My music notebook looks identical to yours. Mine contains no notes, just words and chords in alpha order, a true fake book. |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | Originally posted by Lanaki:
i like your use of the term "we". you are blessed to have a supportive wife and family.
I second that emotion Lanaki. It wouldn't be possible without their support. That feeling when she says "go ahead..." :D |
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Location: closely held secret | I've played most of Mark's collection. Very nice indeed.
When you can keep the cat out of your lap. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Yeah.....where's the cat?
Woody says you always gotta have a cat in the photo with the "O"s. |
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Location: closely held secret | I don't care if it's in the photo. This cat likes to quietly creep into the chair behind you, then proceed to slowly push you out of it. Very subtle. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | "Support" is a little too strong. I used "we" in part because this is a community property state. SWMBO supports this about like I support her travels. I go along for the ride.
The notebook had a little help from the dog. The only notes in it are from some music I copied before they had tabs. I use them for the chords and lyrics. I need to do some serious weeding and organizing.
The cat, I wish you'd have taken with you Waskel. |
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Location: closely held secret | I don't think he would have fit in my saddlebag.
Or he would have pushed me off my seat again. Not a good thing on a motorcycle, that.
I suppose I could have taken him to the bus station with me. I'm sure someone there would have been happy to take him home for dinner. |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | A cat?!?
Hmm, when I was young I always used baseball cards in the spokes but I suppose if you're running low on cargo space...it's only a cat and you would be doing Mark a favor... |
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Location: closely held secret | Ok, I probably could have put him in the saddlebag.
But I wouldn't want to the one to open that saddlebag after 500 miles... |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | The cat would have loved it in the saddlebag, but if he goes more than 30 minutes without eating, he starts howling to be fed again. I'd have thrown in a bunch of kitty litter as an incentive to take the cat. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | New or used? |
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Location: Tychy, Poland | wow. i have to get out of poland... |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Funny, a lot of people say that! |
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Location: Tychy, Poland | because it's sad but true.
probably you wont find another such country in the world like poland:
Where taxi-driver after high school or even elementary school can earn about $1300 per month, but doctor - surgeon with 20 years of practice will not earn more than $600. a country where 1/2 of a people in age of 18-25 is studying, and the biggest group of unemployed people are thos with Master's degree.
Where you pay 1/8 of your wage to have free health care, but you have to pay $40 for tooth extraction...
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