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Location: Spring Hill, TN | Hello all. I've been lurking here for the last couple of weeks, and this seems like a pretty cool place to hang out.
I have to admit I've always been kind of a "wood snob" when it comes to guitars, but lately I've been looking for the ultimate plugged in sound.
I play mostly in church, and was unhappy with the plugged in sound of my Martin 000-16SGT. For financial reasons I'm a one guitar guy, so the Martin had to go. As I was perusing the local shops, a black CS257 caught my eye. I picked it up because of how cool it looked, but I quickly fell in love with the way the neck felt.
When I plugged in, I knew I had found my new guitar. The really surprising thing however, was how good the guitar sounded acoustically. Especially since its a shallow bowl laminate top. I can only imagine how good some of the higher-end Ovations sound.
Anyway I'm no longer a "wood snob," and I've become increasingly interested in Ovation and its history.
I look forward to hanging out and sharing with you all... |
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Location: SoCal | Welcome Steve. |
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Location: On the beach in Southwest Florida | Welcome ditto. |
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Location: Freeport, IL | Welcome,
Still kind of new here myself, but, this is a very great place to learn about guitars in general, and the Ovation specifically. There's a wealth of knowledge available here. Have fun in this Ovation Nation!
Cheers,
Jon Van Gilder
Freeport, IL |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Hi Steve,
Careful, you'll get run over by the Welcome Wagon! |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Welcome Steve. You'll find many of us that play in church and feel strongly about the instruments we play. It is indeed a blessing!
Now "Wood-Snob"? Why didn't I think of that when I took half a second to make up my screen name?
BTW - You mentioned high end O's - there doesn't seem to be an end to where the high end actually ends around here. You will find some of the dreamers, makers, stars, historians, workhorses and especially fans of Ovations here.
Make a joyous noise! :D |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Forgot to mention that the one member that probably has the best collection and is very reasonably responsible (pronounced True Teamwork) for how cool a lot of these instruments are - has one and two halfs pics posted - and none of them are guitars! :rolleyes: |
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Location: Taichung, Taiwan | Steve,
I have found that a lot of the folks here use their O's in church. I'm happy if I can just make a joyful noise. |
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Location: south east Michigan | Steve,
"Welcome to the camp.....I guess you all know why we're here"
Brad |
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Location: Minden, Nebraska | I had a bad church experience the other night at band rehearsal. Someone had forgotten to turn the heat up :rolleyes: , so it was close to 60F in the sanctuary. My guitar came out of my office, several degrees warmer. The difference in temp affected my strings enough that for the first few songs, they would go out of tune to the point that others could hear it...
I don't have the luxury of continual retuning on Sunday mornings, so I just park the Custom Legend on a stand in the room an hour or so beforehand. No problems, then.
BTW, Steve you are very welcome here. |
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Location: Spring Hill, TN | Thanks for the warm welcome... BTW, does anyone know of a good Ovation dealer in the Nashville area? The local GC's inventory is pretty limited, and I'm wanting to check out some of the USA stuff. |
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Location: south east Michigan | I would have thought that Nashville would have a guitar shop on every corner!
Brad |
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Location: Spring Hill, TN | Brad, there are a lot of guitar stores here, but my experience has been that this is a big Gibson, Martin, Taylor town. There are a lot of purists here, and I haven't been able to find any of the models I want to try.
I'm also pretty new to the area, so I don't know where everything is. I was hoping that someone from the Fan Club has lived here for awhile, and knows where they keep the secret stash... |
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Location: south east Michigan | I just checked. The Ovation web site dealer search shows 38 (yes t-h-i-r-t-y-e-i-g-h-t) Ovation dealers in Tennesee. Now you just have to find a good one. Sometimes that is easier said than done.
Brad |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Stevers,
Welcome and all that. I think Corner Music is one of the better dealers for Ovation, ask For Larry Garris or JD. You could also go by Cotten Music and ask for Kim Sherman. Tell them I sent you.
Good Luck and tell us how it went. |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | Certainly, DON'T waste your time with Gruhn Guitar downtown!!!!!! They have a few used Os, but you can tell they don't like Ovation.....
Roger
1976 Applause AA14-4 6-String
1978 Ovation 1617-4 Legend 6-string
1981 Ovation 1118-1 Glen Campbell 12-string
2001 Adamas 1598-MERB Melissa Etheridge 12-String
2003 Ovation 1777-NAT Legend 6-string |
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Location: Spring Hill, TN | Roger, that's what I've found with most of the shops I've been to. Cotten is a great shop, but only if you're shopping for Collings or some other high-end brand. I was in Corner music a couple of days ago, and they only had one six-string O in the shop.
It's kind of frustrating... |
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | Welcome Stevers
Good posts, and I have asked this question before with the idea that the factory visits here now and then to hear our rants.
Are there any Ovation reps in the field visiting the music stores and selling the brand where there is a market and none on the shelves? I can't see an excuse that there is no market that everybody is buying their Ovation from MF or some such as the catalogs don't carry the best Ovations, and you have shown a market exists. The excuse that they wont stock them is BS, I spent a year selling Pittsburgh Paint and Glass products to lumber yards and Hardware stores that carried many brands, I just had to show up often, be nice, push my product, and show up often, eventually the most unfriendly would come around as we got to know each other and I sold my brand, (I truly believed I was selling a good product, and Ovation IS a good product).
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Location: Central Oregon | You're right on both counts Bailey, Ovation & PPG are both good products!
/\/\/ (35 years in the body shop bizz) |
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Location: Converse, Texas | Stevers... let me add my welcome as well. |
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