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Location: Mt Clemens, MI USA | As my name suggests, I don’t plug in. I do like Ovations however. How do you feel about using an Ovation solely as an unplugged acoustic guitar? Do you think I’ll be wasting my scarce supply of cash picking up an Ovation as my main acoustic; what I mean is how much extra cash the electronics are going to boost the price of a guitar? I was looking at the GC s771 Cedar Ovation at Guitar Center; it has the OP 30 electronics, or pre amp or what ever you call it. Also, do you think it would sound OK plugged into a little Fender Bullet 15 amp? My friend just gave me his for use on a Strat I have, and that I never play anyway. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | IF you are looking for a GREAT SOUNDING ovation to play unplugged, you should grab that FD14 that one of the members is offering in the For Sale section. Great price and you won't find a better sounding acoustic ovation. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | not a bad idea |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | I thought it was a great idea :cool: |
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Location: Mt Clemens, MI USA | My cash is very tight now, $600 is about the tops for me, and I'm planning on using my GC credit card on this one! I hate to do it, I've never bought anything on a credit card in my life, but I'm sick of my little skinny Kramer Ferrington that I've been playing (on and off) since the 80's, and I'm sure some of you can relate to that unrelenting desire to buy a new (or used/new) guitar; it's almost painful, actually it is painful, I give myself headaches thinking about what to buy, and how much to spend. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Just consider the Pre-amp as a glorified Tuner and buy it. Those are sweet guitars. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | We call it GAS round here...
Guitar Acquisition Syndrom |
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Location: Mt Clemens, MI USA | That is funny!!! I know all about it; I've been suffering from a wicked case of it for a few months now. I was going to buy a guitar on a monday a few months back, and lost my job on the Friday before! Since then I've been suffering from unrelenting GAS.
How about an acoustic through an electric amp, bullet 15? |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | add an acoustic amp to your GAS pain. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Acoustic thru electric guitar amp = bad...
Acoustic thru acoustic guitar amp = good.. |
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Location: SoCal | I've played the s771 in a music store and then a/b'd it with a 5 series Taylor. Both had new strings. Quite honestly, I thought it killed the Taylor acoustically. I play my Ovations, 90% of the time, unplugged. I love their sound.
Go for it. |
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Location: East Tennessee | I agree with moody. :)
Although I enjoy the plugged in sound too.
Ovation - The best of both worlds. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | my 1537 has beautiful acoustic tone. It will hang with any 3000 dollar guitar |
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Location: south east Michigan | Unplugged....I went to the Roseville GC today and played the guitar you are looking at. I like it. Just to be sure, have you tried the Elite T models they have? That would be something to concider.
Now....for this unplugged thing. I've owned a pre-electric model Balladeer since '71. I had never plugged in until I bought an electric model last year. For me, the unplugged sound of my Balladeer set a pretty high standard. Sometimes I would shop the Martin / Taylor / Gibsons but I never found anything I liked better that my Balladeer. So yeah.....I think the right model Ovation can hold it's own with any other make out there.
Hey....if you want to meet at the GC sometime I'll "help" you. I just love spending other peoples money. |
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Location: SoCal | Ditto what Jeff and Brad said..... |
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Location: Mt Clemens, MI USA | I bought it today! Slipkid, did I meet you and your friend one night at HB? I was looking at a natural finish Balladeer LX. Anyway, I bought the cedar ovation s771 today! I like it. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Congrats. Enjoy! |
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Location: south east Michigan | Slipkid, did I meet you and your friend one night at HB? If it was at a Folkin' Friday it was probably us.
Good for you on your new Ovation.
I was there about 1 o'clock this afternoon and gave it try. Nice sound. And as always...a great value. |
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Location: Mt Clemens, MI USA | Skip, yes,it was Friday night. I met two guys with natural finish Ovations. I think one guy had dark hair and a mustashe. So far I dig the new guitar. |
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Location: south east Michigan | Dat's us.
Did you play that night? |
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Ovations as pure acoustics.