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Location: Anchorage, Alaska | While at the local guitar store I found the sweetest sounding all wood guitar that I have ever heard. It is an Emmylou Harris signature L-200. This one in particular’s tone was just wonderful. I played a couple other of the same model that did absolutely nothing for me. But this “one”… Anyway I had to have it! Now we have an “outsider” amongst the family of “O’s”. Very sweet little guitar. |
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Location: south east Michigan | AFG!!! How could you! And this right after I spent multiple compliments on the breth and width of your collection!
I guess there is nothing wrong with it.
Not that I would ever let it happen to me. ;) |
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Location: closely held secret | Whew. Kinda spendy for somethin' made outta wood, ain't it? |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | It's cold in Alaska. Come winter, he'll be needin' kindling. |
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Location: Carle Place, NY | Gibson is making some really fine acoustics these days. I recently tried an Advanced Jumbo AJ-45 model and was was very, very impressed. At $1899 w/o any electonics however, I'll keep playing my CL 1619 and Elite 1537. |
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| Some of the small bodied gibbos are very sweet sounding. Always liked the Li40 (? the one with "angel wing" inlays).
AFG's experience tho points up the problem with wood boxes - he tried 3, all hand-made in USA, but only 1 had it. This is not that unusual - strummin12's experience with the 05 collectors is a real one off as far as I know. |
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Location: Anchorage, Alaska | Yea, Yea, I know... Let me qualify this. I received it as a Fathers Day gift from my family. (I probibly would have bought it myself though) But anyway... I thought that this one may even take the place of #1 or #2 of the collection, but after A, B, C, etc, side by side compareison, I don't think it will happen. There is nothing that comes close to my U681T. In fact I think it will be tucked in somewhere after the U681T, AD II, Elite T RF, and 2005 Collectors. I guess some lessons are a little more costly than others to learn. Roundbacks rule! |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | There are many wooden box guitars that sound better than many ovation guitars. You can't generalize. Gibson makes some great stuff and some shitty stuff - just like Ovation and every other maker does. Dave |
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Location: Anchorage, Alaska | StandingO - I agree 100%. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Come on guys let us have a little fun...
....My friend has a 40year old Gibson LG 45(?). It was just a low end Gibson in its day. It is beat to hell nowadays, yet it is the one he always plays and it sounds Amazing. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | All the makers have good products to offer (usually)
What is different is their % of good to average. I've never played a bad Collings but I'm sure there are some out there. Ovations are usually on the very good side. Martins are better than 50/50 Gibsons less than 50/50 etc, etc. (ice cream) |
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Location: Orlando, FL | Oh sure, some of 'em sound OK but...
Those wooden guitars just feel...
well, weird.
The way they just kind of sit there with those...
edges.
I'm not sure I could get used to that. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Well, as the owner of a guild, takamine, and a couple of nice martins along with my "O"s, the biggest thing for me is this........
When I grab an "O" and play it, I just do it and don't think about it.
When I grab one of the other ones, I always have a bit of fear that I will scratch it, ding it, or leave fingerprints all over it.
They all sound good but I just have a much greater comfort level with my "O"s.....no muss no fuss! |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | T28 makes a great point. I agree that Ovations are much more utilitarian. Just grab and go. They always do the job. More tool than piece of art. Dave |
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Location: SoCal | I've posted this before, but if I won the lottery, there's be a lot of non O guitars in my collection -- Larivee, Santa Cruz, Olsen, etc. I don't like Taylors and haven't played any at any price that impress me as being more than nice art. Very few Martins, altho' I've played a few that have knocked my socks off (I'm looking forward to being very impressed by a "Norman" next January -- but I've also played a $7k Eric Clapton 00028 that was nice but not that impressive. Played a 51 year old Gibson in January that impressed me.
But if I had to live with one guitar for the rest of my life, it'd be my 1537. Sounds great, feels good, and I can pick it up and never be let down by it. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Paul, I agree 100% about the Taylors. I am sure they are wonderful guitars in the right hands but I have NEVER FOUND ONE that spoke to me.
My Norman and my D-18GE both sound wonderful and play heavenly but different from my "O"s. The Guild 12 is big and bold and fills the room. The Tak sounds incredible plugged in, but......
The "O"s are the ones on the stands, ready to play day or night within arms reach! |
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Location: Anchorage, Alaska | Here, here!... |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | It's all ice cream (except for the one ice milk and we can throw that out) |
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Location: NJ | . . . and it's SOY Ice Milk at THAT . . . . |
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Location: Zion, Illinois | I'll be more than happy to buy back the Glen Campbell 12-string to help with your latest GAS attack |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Here's another nod for the 1537.
I've been playing the Uterus almost exclusively for the past few weeks. And I got a couple of hours in on the FD14 tonight (more on that, on another thread later).
Anyhoody, My friend, who has the Gibson, described earlier in this thread, visited recently and picked up the 1537, and started to play. I happened to be outside at the time and did not know which guitar it was.... as I was walking back inside, I could hear him playing and I thought to myself, ""GAWDAMN, THAT IS A GREAT SOUNDING GUITAR!!!" I thought it was the Uterus...but it wasn't. It was the 1537...and I just smiled. Every time he plays it, he says, "Man, this guitar has a great sound"....
This comes from a guy who owns; said Gibson, a very high end Alverez-Yari, a Taylor 412CE and regularly picks up friend's guitars which include Olsens, Martins and Rockbridge and others... and he ain't just shining me on cause I can see that look on his face,,, he really digs it.
I have good ears for music (tones)... (though my playing talent is not nearly as good) and honestly, I have to say, after having lived with the Uterus for a while and having played the FD14 for a couple of hours now....
The 1537 not only hangs with my other (and those other) guitars, but has a sound that is all its own and every bit as good[er]. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | You know the problem with these damn guitars is that it is hard to choose a favorite. I have been wrecking my brain over the past week, trying to decide which guitars I could live without and sell off to some other deserving player.
Problem is, whichever guitar I seem to be playing at the time, is my new favorite.....until I put it down and pick up the next one....my new favorite....and so on and so on and so on......... |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | If we live in fear in of banjos,
the banjos have won...
Contra dance anyone? |
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Location: San Bernardino, California | If we live in fear of bongos, then the bongos have won. |
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