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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by alpep:
these sound good but IMHO the limited edition oval hole guitars sound the best. EVERY time someone plays one they love it I'm the odd man out. Never cared for the oval hole one... |
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Location: NJ | and how many have you played?
I've played the 24 I ordered plus the prototype |
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Location: SoCal | Just a couple. One at the factory and then the one given to Waskel.
I fully admit that I'm the odd man out here. Everybody else seems to love them. They just don't get me fired up.
I'm not a huge Adamas fan either (altho' I love my 12 string and the OFC guitar). I tend to pick up my wood topped O's first.
Just personal preference. I'm not pitting my knowledge, technical expertise, or experience against anybody else. It's not a contest or a right or wrong situation. I'd never fault anybody for feeling differently.
I don't like rocky rhode ice cream either.... |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | My wife doesn't like it, either. "What's so special about that, other than the wood?" Duh. She also thought we wear golf gloves only in the winter to keep one hand warm. Some people just don't get it. |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
I don't like rocky rhode ice cream either.... Heathen. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | We're closer than you'd probably care to admit, Paul. The guitars I've been playing most recently are the K1111, 1713, Folklore, Patriot and 04 CL. All the traditional Ovation sound. I think the only other one I touched this week is the #47. I'm not a big fan of the Koa sound, but the sound is different and the wood sure is pretty. |
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Location: SoCal | Mark, how does your K1111 sound compared to your 30th CL or your Patriot? |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | The 30th CL and Patriot hang next to each other and I was comparing the sound last night. Both sound to me like Ovations should sound, boomy with some resonance and clear highs. The CL sounds a bit tighter, which should be expected, since the Patriot has seen a bunch of use.
The K1111(RI) also has the Ovation sound that I like, maybe with a bit more crispness than the CL. It's had fewer hours than the CL. I notice quite a difference between it and the Patriot, but I haven't really compared it back to back with the CL.
The Patriot has really low action with 2 shims and a pretty high break angle, which makes it really easy to play and still get a lot of sound out of it. I can't get the CL lower without tapering the bridge and the K1111 needs to have a shim out to see if I can get it to play a bit faster. I don't think I'll lose much volume if I do that, since it has plenty. |
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Location: SoCal | I would expect the CL and Patriot to sound similar. Both are A braced Legends. But the K1111 is an X braced deep bowl. How are the bass notes on it against the CL? Same ring in the treble?
Witko has a K1111 and I've got a rebuilt Legend. Both are acoustic only, deep fiberglass bowl guitars with the only real difference being the bracing. We're going to get them together and decide what the differences are. I played his K1111 last December when I was in Phoenix and it was a great guitar..... |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Come up and check. I'll try to remember to compare this weekend, but you know how it is trying to compare guitars by yourself. Besides trying to switch and listen from behind, I don't think they have the same strings.
OOPS, just realized how far we hijacked this thread. The 09 Collector is one of the few guitars that looks better than the 04 CL. |
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Location: SoCal | I don't know that the 09 looks better that the 30th CL, but it's just as striking. Al's offering good prices on those guitars. Somebody here should spend some money.... |
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Location: New Hampsha | When I saw this ad I had to run upstairs and make sure that #86 was where I thought it was!
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These are awesome sounding guitars that are drop-dead gorgeous - someone should grab this! |
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