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Location: Wooster, Ohio | I always thought for me one of the selling aspects of the fiberglass bowl was duribility. I have wood box guitars and I am alway parnoid of a buckle or anything that can scatch it. The O gives me a real comfort that it will stay just as new with not worry.
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | I'm quite unbiased about the roundback vs. the contour bowl....I own both, and like both. The contour bowl is definitely an attempt to appeal to those who prefer a "box guitar" shape, plus, the added depth on the bass side gives it some of the sound appeal of a deep bowl.
I've played two different 2005 Collectors (one being the one I own), and a new Custom Elite contour bowl (Elderly had it). With new strings, they are among the finest-sounding Ovations I have ever played, and that includes the FD-14. There is a complexity to the sound that I haven't experienced from most other Os.
HOWEVER.....they seem quite sensitive to string quality. A couple of weeks after a string change, my 2005-ES is "merely mortal" again. At that point, it's dead even soundwise between my 2005-ES and my mid-bowl 1771LX(both having two-week-old strings). The 1771LX is more comfortable to play, IMHO.
I wouldn't part with either. But it's interesting that an $800 guitar can stand up to a well-over-$1000 guitar soundwise.
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Location: Upper Left USA | Something ?I just discovered about the Contour back guitars. When you lay it flat to change strings it doesn't wobble!
I have had to use a towel or shop rag to "steady" the bowl while I work it on the others.
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by Standingovation:
hey, I prefer silk underwear, but that doesn't mean I wear them. Doesn't mean you don't, either. |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | I'll have to try that about changing strings on a contour bowl on its back. My SOP is to change strings with the guitar on a stand, that way the bowl doesn't enter into it.
None of my Os wear underwear, so I'll stay out of that discussion.....
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Location: SoCal | It's not just that Witko wears silk boxers (and I don't know that he does or doesn't), it's that he puts them on his guitars for all to see..... |
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Location: Chehalis, Washington | quote:
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Originally posted by Standingovation:
hey, I prefer silk underwear, but that doesn't mean I wear them.
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I'm almost scared to ask, but what the heck does that mean? If you prefer something, why wouldn't that be your first choice? Regardless of the fact we're talking about silk underwear now... |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Let me be brief.
Roger,
I have found a manly use for the old Ironing Board! It is portable, removable and puts the instrument at an ergonomic height.
And when it makes that squeekyhinge sound as only an ironing board can, my Wife thinks I'm being productive!
OK, back to Witco's shorts... |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Andrew,
I'd prefer to be more talented and thinner... |
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Next Contour Bowls?
