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Location: Scotland | Moody, the words "pot" & "kettle" spring to mind here.
Dave, you missed the Custom Legend 12. |
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Location: SoCal | Model number 1158 and 1658.
Damn. Am I the pot, or the kettle? |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Paul and Paul,
Is that true? CL12 came as a slothead? That must have been a beautiful guitar. See the photo below. I thought this standard peghead version was the first CL12, but I guess not.
Dave
http://www.fourthworldwebdesign.com/road2moab/custleg12.bmp |
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Location: Zion, Illinois | I don't know if slot heads sound better or not, but I will say one thing.
My Glen Campbell 12-string is a slot head and is the biggest pain in the NECK to change strings.
Thank you for letting me vent over 29 years of fustration.
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Location: Lafayette, Louisiana | Dave is that Black Custom Legend 12 string yours? What a beautiful guitar! I love the Custom Legend, it is a classy guitar....Paul Hebert |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Sorry to say the the black CL12 is not mine.
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | Great discussion, nice picture
I was so busy comparing Scotch to Bourbon that I almost missed the whole thing. The revelation I had after some Single Malt and Jack Daniels single barrel, was that the slotheads seem to have been some of the top of the line Ovations that I've been touting for a collector's edition. I believe I can taste that Bourbon barrel in that Single Malt. |
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Location: Madison, Wisconsin | Hey Bradley,
I'd love to help you out with your fustration, Why don't you just give me your GC-12. I've had to put up with a Martin D12-20 for 30 years and I'm OK with the slots. I have pricked my fingers so many times on the un-wound strings while trying to remove them, that the scar tissue acts like thimbles now. I'm sure I could handle the GC. :) |
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Location: SoCal | When Ovation came out with the Custom Legend in (I'm guessing here) 1977, they also came out with a 12 string version, based upon the Pacemaker, which, naturally, had a slotted headstock. When the Kaman Bar went into production in about 1981, both the Legend and Custom Legend 12 strings went to longer necks (14 frets to the body) and solid headstocks.
My personal opinion is that the guitars became better at that point, with more bass. But sound is very subjective and there is no right or wrong answer. What your ears and other senses tell you is the right guitar for you, is the right guitar for you. You are never wrong with that judgment.
Bailey, about 25 years ago, my uncle and I decided to do a scotch taste test. We put together 3 brands of scotch, two of them premium and one that was called Lucky Scotch, bought at Gemco (old out of business discount store, like a Target or K Mart). We discovered that after the 4th glass, you couldn't tell the difference. The last of that Lucky Scotch was pretty damned good! |
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Location: NJ | ". . .We discovered that after the 4th glass, you couldn't tell the difference . . ."
CORRECTION:
". . .We discovered that after the 4th glass, we just didn't give a shit . . ." |
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Slot-head VS. Regular
