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Location: Louisville, OH 44641 | Hey guys:
Would like to hear from someone about their experience with an '07 Collectors. On the surface, it looks like it might be my kind of guirar...subtle with a deep Contour cutaway body. The electronics look interesting as well. Please let me know what you think...about the guitar.
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Location: South of most, North of few | I guess not Jim. I have an 06 which is the same configuration except for the koa instead of the bearclaw spruce, and I love it. I'm beginning to think they should stick with the bass side only epi's because it sounds soooo nice. And it's hard to beat the vip preamp. |
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Location: Louisville, OH 44641 | Thanks Trader. I was beginning to think I should use a little more deodorant.
Looks like I must be in the minority about my positive feelings about this guitar. Even Tupperware doesn't own one...at least not according to his gallery.
I'm down to only 2 Ovations these days so I'm feelin the need.
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by stellarjim:
Even Tupperware doesn't own one...at least not according to his gallery. I'm sure it's a nice guitar. But my tastes have been moving in other directions recently.
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Location: South of most, North of few | As it's been discussed before, the collectors series doesn't seem to generate the "wow" it used to. I think the 07 would make a very nice addition to anyones collection. Not sure how it would sound with the bear claw spruce. |
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Location: south east Michigan | the collectors series doesn't seem to generate the "wow" it used I think that all depends on what kind of package they put together for any particular year. Sometimes it might be better just to skip a year. |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | It's going to be tough to keep the Collectors' Series going, IMHO. There isn't a lot of "got-cha" stuff that they can do, that they seem WILLING to do. It seems now that the Collectors' Series is used to try new features prior to moving them down the line (contour bowl, OP-40, etc.).
A variation of the Folklore Deluxe with more bling would be killer. Bet THAT won't happen.
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Location: Utah | Originally posted by stellarjim:
Looks like I must be in the minority about my positive feelings about this guitar. Well, you're not alone even if it is a minority.
I think that the guitar has a great "classic" look without being pretentious or ostentatious. It's the kind of guitar most people in the audience wouldn't really notice if they looked at it, and a few would notice and think it looks nice. Sometimes you want bling or pizazz, but sometimes you just want a classic look done with quality.
The combination of features should make it a very nice sounding guitar. The kind that you can keep and play for the next 30 or 40 years and never feel that it is missing something. When I buy the next expensive guitar for myself, it will be the last one. I'm 14 years from retirement and can't afford to buy too many more expensive toys.
The '07 Collectors seems to be a really good combination of appearance, sound, features, and price. Nothing amazing or groundbreaking, just a great all around package. |
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Location: SoCal | The 2007 is a great package, whether Collectors or not. Only thing I didn't like about it was the black tuners...I would switch to the gold, pearloid buttons.
I agree, they need to rethink the Collectors. Maybe reduce the number of production to 50-100. Unique such as a slothead with contour bowl. Maybe even radical. Something that we won't see in production in a year or so.
Similar to what Al has been ordering. Make it very distinctive. My 1984C, the 2001C, and the 2006C Koa made it worth getting. The 2005C was basically a Custom Legend without the bling that had the contour bowl. Now, Custom Legends have contour bowls with newer pre-amps. Either that, or a reissue/upgrade of a classic and call it a Collectors...they could still call it a reissue. Matched set of the 1537 6-string and 12-string?
Example is the 2004 Custom Legend Anniv...ended up being the 2004 Collector by default, wasn't a true reissue but a wonderful instrument. |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | The 2007 Collectors may well be a good guitar, but it hasn't been unique enough to get ANY of the shops around me to get one. I believe Elderly still has their 2006, so they didn't bother. The Guitar Centers around me didn't even bother to get the 2006.
Tony is right, they need to do things that will NOT see production in the other models within the next couple of years. I know that I felt "burned" after the contour bowl went down to the Elite and Legend within 12 months after I bought my 2005-ES.
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Location: Louisville, OH 44641 | It's kind of funny but I never really considered buying this guitar because of it's "collectability". I just thought it looked like a good package. I'm looking for a good deep body cutaway.
This all sounds like it may be good for me from a buyers standpoint. Looks like the supply is much bigger than the demand.
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Location: Orange County, California | I thought it was a wonderful layout when we saw it last year at the factory. I secretly wished it was the give away guitar. Ovation *is* giving us what *we* asked for. Top shelf appointments, exotic top wood, beau coup features, AND (get this) a list price LOWER than the top-o-the line model in the same family (C2078LX). BTW, it sounds and plays great too, but that's no surprise. |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | stellarjim, if you're not seriously attached to the 2007 Collectors, I'd look for a clean used 2005 Collectors....resale on them has been very reasonable; they've been coming up regularly on the OFC and eBay, for $750 to $950. It is a contour deep bowl, with an Engleman spruce top and OP-Pro pre-amp. A bit low on bling, but a solid performer of a guitar.
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Location: boulder | seems like a good place to jump back in...
I am sure the 2007 collectors is a good guitar..it better be, it is the collectors edition-which I thought meant it was, well better then the regular productions models...and rarer (?) as well.
but who would buy a 2007 collectors model full price?? an Ovation lover for sure, maybe someone who heard one in person and loved 'that' guitar. maybe someone who gets one for free each year (ok-technically they don't buy #7-just get it).
so, how many sold does that make-about 10 in thw whole country??? this is not a diss, just reality...and it is not like No one warned them either...i said awhile ago on this forum, limited editions should be under 300 made. And it would help to have something collectible about it as well.
they should just name these models the"wait 8 months and buy them for 1/2 price ' models ....what would i know, though, hey any body want to buy my 2006 koa for $1500 or 2005 collectors for $1100??? and that is my point..
still a nice sounding guitar I bet...peace mike
ps I would take an op-pro over the VIP any day of the week. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | The collectors guitars, just like all other ovations, are nice guitars. If that's the guitar that "speaks" to you, then buy it. But the "problem" (my opinion) with the whole collectors series idea is that there's nothing collectable about the guitars. Wait 6 months and buy it at half price, or wait til next year and get the same feature on a regular production run elite or legend. They build far too many of them and saturate demand many times over.
If you want to build something collectable, then build 50-100 of them and then throw away the design. Example, FD14. Now THAT is a collectable guitar. Rare as all shit, and there has never been another incarnation of it since. Nobody wants to pay top dollar for next years beta test.
Looking back over the collectors series there have been some VERY nice guitars. For about 6 months each.
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Anyone own a 2007 Collectors?
