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Location: Vestavia Hills, AL | After a long time of deciding what kind of Ovation to get, I decided on getting an Ovation Celebrity CDX24 in Deep Transparent Red. I listened to your advice about looking for a used USA Ovation, but I couldn't find one in my price range that I really liked, so I bought a brand new CDX24 with a hardshell case for about $500.
The guitar has a beautiful Deep Transparent Red finish, mid-depth body, OP-Pro preamp, and a solid top. And most importantly, it sounds amazing - like all Ovations do.
Two stories about my new guitar:
I bought my guitar on Monday night, received a confirmation email, and heard nothing since then. After three days with no news, I emailed the store I bought it from today, asking where it was. Fifteen minutes later, UPS arrives with my guitar. Talk about good customer service :D
I tested my OP-Pro preamp to make sure it worked. I removed the preamp and put in the provided battery. The preamp didn't work :eek: . I started panicking, about to curse my bad luck. Then, I checked the power of the battery. It was dead. I replaced the battery, and all is good now :) |
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| Congrats, sounds like a beauty! Post pictures if you can, when you can stop playing long enough to do so ;)
BTW are you on the Takamine Forum ? Many of us also own (and love) Taks. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Way to sell it Serge! Welcome K-trey. Stick around, you'll have more than one guitar soon. ;) |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Yeah, Pictures!
A quick look-up tells me that that looks like a good choice.
I has an OP-Pro and nifty fret markers...
And a Solid Top!
I have owned many Celebrity's before I became a solid-top-snob.
Give us the Professional Review. |
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Location: Vestavia Hills, AL | I'll post pictures as soon as I find my camera.
g8r, I'm not on the Takamine Forum. As a side note, I got my Tak as a gift. It's a 12-string and sounds great, but frankly, I felt limited on what I could play on it, so I looked for a 6-string acoustic/electric. Then I met Ovation :) |
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Location: Vestavia Hills, AL | Oops, I meant "Deep Red Transparent" in my original post. |
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Location: Nashville TN. | Play it in good health |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | Originally posted by K-Trey:
so I looked for a 6-string acoustic/electric. Then I met Ovation :) That sound familiar! Welcome. Since owning an Ovation (well OK several :rolleyes: ) I have made more progress than in any time over the last 25 years of playing the guitar. There is something really quite special about Ovations. |
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Location: GA USA | Congrats on your first Ovation. Betcha love it. |
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Location: Michigan | Congrats, you will be hooked! |
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Location: Utah | Congrats. That looks from the pictures to be a really nice looking guitar with great features. |
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Location: NW of Philadelphia | Welcome and play it long and hard. I too started with a Celebrity, then a Balladeer 12-string, and now an Elite-T (my fave). Its a hard addiction to break. |
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My First Ovation