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Location: Texas | My all purpose Ovation?
I guess it is my old sunburst 1981 Country Artist 1624, non cutaway and with the older preamp.
It is the one I take to jams, radio interviews, practices, vacation trips and most studio sessions. It is non cutaway and sounds better unplugged than my other CAs cutaways. Must be because it has been played a lot.
I have other Ovations and Adamas that I use on stage and studio sessions when I want a specific tone, but the old sunburst CA is the one that lives in a stand, ready to go out with me most of the time.
Blind Lemon Parker :cool:
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Location: south east Michigan | Serge,
Reading your post brought a question to mind. You said you take an Ovation to places like radio interviews, and recording sessions. Do you ever get comments or questions on your instrument of choice? I'd like to think that at your level there is more acceptence of an instrument no matter what the design or construction.
This question comes on the heels of a comment that was directed to myself and my open mic partner. As we were waiting to go up, another participant looked at us and said, "You're not going to play those are you?" (I have a DiMeola and my buddy has an Adamas) In a fine example of karma, he got up there later and used the "house" Taylor. Yep...out of tune.
p.s. It's 51 degrees with thunderstorms here in the Detroit area. By friday it will drop to 10 degrees. Do you miss Michigan? |
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Location: Texas | You said you take an Ovation to places like radio interviews, and recording sessions.
THATS RIGHT.
Do you ever get comments or questions on your instrument of choice?
NOT FROM INDUSTRY PEOPLE ANYMORE, (LIKE SOUND OR RECORDING ENGINEERS, RADIO DJS, ETC), BUT YES, MOSTLY FROM SOME OTHER GUITAR PLAYERS THAT HAVE NEVER HEARD OF ME AND SOME SNOBS THAT THINK THAT IF A GUITAR IS NOT AN EXPENSIVE WOODEN INSTRUMENT IS A CHEAP PIECE OF CRAP.
I'd like to think that at your level there is more acceptence of an instrument no matter what the design or construction.
SURE, THERE ARE MANY SNOBS THAT STILL PUT OVATIONS DOWN, AND WHEN THEY MAKE A NEGATIVE COMMENT I JUST SAY, "SOUNDS GREAT, DOESN'T IT?" MEANING, "LISTEN CHOMP, HOW I CAN MAKE THIS GUITAR SOUND GREAT AND DO THE JOB"
KEEP IN MIND THAT MOST STUDIO SESSIONS I DO ARE JINGLES OR SOMEONE THAT WANTS ME AS A GUEST ON SOME RECORDING, SO THEY REALLY DON'T CARE WHAT I BRING AS LONG AS IT IS ME PLAYING.
OF COURSE IF IT'S A MASTER RECORDING BY A MAJOR ARTIST OR A SOUNDTRACK I BRING THIS CA IN ADDITION TO MANY OTHER GREAT GUITARS I OWN.
p.s. It's 51 degrees with thunderstorms here in the Detroit area. By friday it will drop to 10 degrees. Do you miss Michigan?
WELL, MAYBE YOU ARE MISTAKING ME WITH FOLKLORE THAT LIVES IN DETROIT AND MET ME IN SAN ANTONE.
I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO MICHIGAN MYSELF. :D
Blind Lemon Parker :cool:
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Location: France | Very difficult to choose....But I have to say my FD14 is very different for much reasons.
But,just one thing, it's like childrens, I prefers......ALL !!! |
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Location: south east Michigan | Serge,
Thanks for the interesting responce.
And..I got you and Russ Swindler mixed up....sorry |
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Location: Midland, MI | NOTE: Not trying to hijack the thread
Serge...is there a method of purchasing your CDs that maximizes the income to you, vs. the income to distributors/publishers/retailers, etc? I see on your web page you have a link to amazon.com, and I'm happy to purchase from them, but... |
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Location: Texas | Cruster,
Thanks very much for asking.
You can contact me at fusionacustica@aol.com to buy my CDs direct from me.
Blind Lemon Parker :cool:
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Location: Asheville, North Carolina | I only have one.....1778-4LX |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | 1984-4, the only Ovation I play. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | UAE-148 |
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Location: Avondale AZ | My favorite Ovation is also my favorite guitar. It is my 1979 Viper (solid body). I am its original owner and it has never known another daddy.
Hey StandingOvation, I see you are from Phoenix. I am from just down the road on the West side.
Old Liver Jones
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Location: SoCal | UAE-148? Isn't that a baritone uke? |
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Location: SoCal | UAE148 is the tenor...thought he sold that one? |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | I had duplicate tenors.
For guitar, my current all purpose axe is FD-14, but that tend to change regularly. |
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Location: Nova Scotia, Canada | Since I had to send the '68 GCDB back to the mothership a few months ago for a new five-point bridge, I also had them retro-fit a thinline, high-output pickup into the new bridge.
It was already the most 'played-at-home' guitar so now that I'm doing more gigs with it, it's the most played in my little stable, period.
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Location: NW NJ | 6778-LX NEB. Beautiful axe in every way. |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | My 2003 1777 Legend is my main one, but the "new" 2002 Collectors has elbowed its way alongside. Nice neck and great action.
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | 1537 |
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Location: Va Beach, Va | I agree I just bought my this xmas and it's the best thing I every did. Truely great sounds and great play-of-ability. Was really impressed with the workmenship and the toneality of the instructment. Paid $800 with case. Thought that was a great deal from Guitar Center. Recommend this instrument to anybody.
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Welcome to the board asiegler.
Stick around, ask questions, and soon, you too will be addicted and looking to buy your next of many "O"s :D .
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Location: NJ | My all-time "utilitarian" gutar would have to be my CBalladeer, basically because it's a six-string and is an A/E.
My SlotHead hangs on a wall at the top of the stairway and it's really not in a spot that's conducive t'just "grab & play". I have to block out a time and place to do so. I usually will bring it down and noodle with it on my lap while I'm on the computer at home.
Lately, I've been gigging just about every weekend, so it's been easier for me to just leave the CBalladeer and my Legend12 in their cases by the door in my music room downstairs. When I want/need to practice/learn something, lately I've been picking up the Q10 that's been wintering at my house from Bill.
Last night, I was re-stringing my gig guitars and figured while I was at it, I'd re-string the Q.
This was my first opportunity to have KarnEvil Knowledge with this guitar. Man!! . . what a piece of guitar engineering!! I laboriously poured over this thing with my computer vac, canned air, Qtips, and a generous amount of Dun65 lovingly rubbed with a worn, gossamer-thin, grey heather-tone t-shirt from the Yes "90215" Tour (my favorite guitar cloth). While I had the guitar laid-out on the towel-covered dining room table with an overhead light, and I was giddily marveling that the gold tuners with the ebony buttons had absolutely ZERO(!) "slop" in the turn mechanisms, Jeanette walked by, rolled her eyes and muttered "Why don't you two get a *&%%@# ROOM!" :D
A new set D'Add EJ16's, and this thing just KILLS!
By the time I was finished with all my carressing and probing, and got it re-strung, it was late so I brought it down to my "dungeon" to bring it back up to pitch. It's probably just my imagination, but I've NEVER played a guitar that stayed in tune so quickly with new strings on it. If I "tweaked" two strings over the course of the night, it was a lot. This is a guitar that's extremely hard to put down and walk away from . . . it just "coaxes" you to PLAY!
If you like to play standing with a stap, this is the guitar for it. It's smooth, it's rounded, it's sleek, it's just . . . . SEXY!
(uh, . . . . . . I gotta go now . . . . .)
- Don't worry Al, I will have a full compliment of detailed photos to you before the Winter's over . . . |
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