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Location: Orlando, FL | I love it, my wife loves it, the dog loves it. Sounds great! Plays great! Thanks to everyone who convinced me the 1537 was the way to go! Gotta go. Gotta Play! |
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Location: SoCal | Congratulations! You will never regret your decision to acquire it.
Mine also arrived today from Al. It is still in its case acclimating in the music room.
Can’t wait to get home tonight and introduce her to the family.
Everyone gave you their perception of the 1537’s voice. Did it match the expectation you had? |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Very glad to know that she has found a happy home. I can't remember if I told you the strings are Phos-Bronze Martin Marquis. I usually play Elixir Nanoweb but was out of them (actually not out, but had used the "B" string out of my last set).
Someone, here at OFC suggested playing near to and facing a wall to hear the reflected sound. Being behind the guitar, you can't "really" hear how great it sounds. Course, as Paul suggested, get a friend to play in front of you...if you can let go of her long enough. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Another happy ending. So nice when people take our advice and it actually works out!
Noah, what about the ebay 1537? When is it due to arrive? |
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Location: Orlando, FL | Noah, everyone was right. But even after all the build up, it was better than I expected. It has a deep, full, beautiful sound. I used to own a guild F45 CE that sounded great. The 1537 makes it sound like a uke, er, I mean makes the guild sound thin. You're gonna love it! |
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Location: North Carolina | Congrats, Designzilla! |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Steve,
Now that you mention it, I owned the the Jumbo Maple version of the F45 CE, can't rember the actual model number, but the same body style with maple neck, back and sides. That guitar was big deep and loud. The 1537 has a big deep sound, but also, has a clearer better balanced mid and upper end. I it think has even more volume as well. |
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Location: Fayetteville, NC | Congrats on the 1537. By the way congrats also to Big Bear, he's now a full-fledged member. No-more Junior Status. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | any word from Noah? |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Noah might be having a physcially bad day. Hopefully he post again real soon. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Best Wishes Noah. |
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Location: central nj | Noah,
Best wishes and I hope to join the 1537 club someday. For now, my adamas will have to do.
Regards,
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Still not a peep from Noah....Anybody heard from him? |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | I will try to call him tonight after work. |
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Location: central nj | Maybe the reason we have not heard from Noah is that he hasn't put the 1537 down yet. Enjoy the sound of your 1537!! ...... LTPR |
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Location: East Wenatchee, WA | Just reading the responses to the 1537 purchases, and wanted to thank you guys for talking me out of selling mine a couple of months back. I went to Guitar Center and spent a half hour playing a variety of Taylors, Martins and Gibsons and in my opinion had to get well into the $2500 range before I got the action and sound that my 1537 has. Now for the bricks and flames....I needed a back-up so decided to try a Carvin Cobalt. It is NOT my Ovation, but it is every bit as credible as the Taylor and Martins in the under $1500 range. So now, with two Acoustic/Electrics, I am officially a guitar junkie...before I always sold one to buy another. But, I guess we all know who will remain the favorite. Oh...and by the way, you also were right about the electronics packages. All the fancy stuff still is not much if any better than the original Ovation set-up in the 1537.
Jeff Davis
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Location: SoCal | If you do decide to sell it (it's not a very good guitar), I'll take it off your hands for $100.... just to be nice. |
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| paul, you're such a sweetheart. |
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Location: Orlando, FL | Actually my 1537 might be getting lonely, after all JeffW did have 2 before I got one of his. So I'll give you $200 for it. Out of the kindness of my heart... |
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| BIN $250 |
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Location: East Wenatchee, WA | Man what a generous bunch. And to think I almost took $75 for it the first time around. Oh the temptation. But after the recent point-out on ebay, it looks like I will be holding out for 4 figures......I actually almost did sell it for $400 as that is what they were going for on ebay in the last couple of years. What's changed by the way...$800-1000 or more in only a years time. Are they being discovered?????????? |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Basically....all good things eventually get discovered. The trick is getting them before that time. |
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Location: SoCal | You guys are all so cynical. Here I was being nice and generous and you'll pervert it....... I'm surprised that I didn't hear from Clifford.
I'm seeing quality Ovations in general, going up in price on ebay. Solid bodies are going up in price. I paid, about 5 years ago, $250 for my Viper. They now regularly sell for $450. My Preacher 12 string was $600 a few years ago. If I sold it today (and I almost did), I would have been asking $1400 or more.
I think there's a bit more awareness about them. The 1537's are a good case in point. When I came to this board, I was one of the few to own one. Now, 3000 are aware of them and a number of people own them and they are regarded (correctly) as one of the best wood topped Ovation ever built. It's good to see.
Every once in a while I find myself on the right side of the curve..... |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | "...Every once in a while I find myself on the right side of the curve...."
Sitting behind it. |
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| Ignore him paul - he's a bongo player. |
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Location: Orlando, FL | I don't know what's worse, a bongo player or an aspiring bongo player. |
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Location: NJ | ". . . what's worse, a bongo player or an aspiring bongo player . . ."
a banjo player. |
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Location: San Bernardino, California | a prespiring bongo player! |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | A bongo player playing banjo :eek: :eek: :eek: |
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Location: Orlando, FL | Didn't Oingo Boingo have a bongo banjo player? |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Bingo! |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Settling in with Becca? |
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Location: Orlando, FL | Oh Yeah. Lovin' it. She is sweet and smooth. Five days and no GAS yet. |
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by Jeff W.:
Still not a peep from Noah... peep |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by noah:
"peep"
Entirely unsatisfying. Fess up. |
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Location: SoCal | I had the strangest dreams...
:eek: You guys talked about woman's breasts for a week.
:) Fugot scored the wildest WTC Proto from Sam.
:rolleyes: The asking price for a Breadwinner Limited surpassed $2000.
:D Stephen gave me a great deal on his Fretless 5 string bass and delivered it in person.
:p I sanded down the 1537's gloss neck and oiled it. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | I'm thinking 4 out of 5 are true? |
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Location: SoCal | Based upon Noah's work on the neck of his 1537, I've started sanding mine down, first with a file then a rotary sander. I'm finding an interesting benefit in that the neck is getting smaller, which is good because I have small hands (being only 5'6" tall). |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Hey fellas,
I've discovered that a good ole cheese grater works just fine. |
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Location: NJ | The corner of a cinderblock wall works best.
Gives ya' two free hands in which to hold it . . and you can lean INTO it while you scape. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | I live in a log house :( |
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| Deliverance Boy. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Designzilla,
Now that the newness has worn off and a week has passed.....how do you really feel about the guitar and the advice given by fellow OFCers? |
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Location: Orlando, FL | Still feeling the bliss! I'm sooo glad I got my 1537 instead of the W59whateveritwas. I love the rich warm sound. Love the way it plays. I really appreciate all the people who talked me into it. My GAS is cured for now. But when it eventually comes back and I start looking for an Adamas, the search starts here! |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Excellent answer grasshopper.
:D The OFC gods are pleased! :D |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | I've traveled quite extensively. Some really out of the way places. Based on those travels I formulated the following axom:
Wherever you go:
Worship the local gods...
and always eat Italian.
Does that have anything to do with this thread? |
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Location: Orlando, FL | Well, I was able to snatch the guitar from Jeff W's hands (for $900, but still), I guess I can leave the temple now... |
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| Sooooooooooo far back in the woods. Sooooooooooo lonely..... |
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Location: Orlando, FL | Jeff,
I would like to add:
Don't ask directions in New Jersey...
and never eat at a Thai restaurant next to an animal hospital |
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| I knew I was right about that protection programme - you are italian. |
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Location: Orlando, FL | The finest old world tradition: the Italian Bongo Player!??! |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Heya Schroeder,
Sharon Stone is the desert Island female equivlent of Steve Howe.
and Steve, the "thai resturant" is good advice, though if you have ever eaten in Thailand, you always feel sorta like your in a pet shop. |
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| Italian bongos - are we talking Claudia Cardinale? |
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| You mean her favourite word is Yes? |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | she likes long dry solos. |
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| I've just censored my last 3 replies to this and I'm going to go now. Bed calls here in GMT land. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | 1537....1537.....1537
and just like that, the master has returned this thread to it's original topic :D |
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No wonder you like the sound better :cool: |
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Did you recoginize the pics? Lifted them off the ebay auction that was up for 6 hours. Figured it would look the same and made me feel like I actually had one in the stable.
Once Al ships the real thing, I will add the full shot against my blue wall to give it life! |
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My 1537 arrived!