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Location: Brentwood,TN | My custom order 12-string Custom Elite LX will be shipped out to me next week... |
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Location: North Carolina | 6778LX-NEB |
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| Originally posted by C.Choate:
My custom order 12-string Custom Elite LX will be shipped out to me next week... I'm always interested in what custom items people like. So, which custom features are you getting? |
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Location: Brentwood,TN | Custom LX order:
Black finish
Back of neck-Black
Schaller Chrome tuners with Pearloid keys
MOP "Star" inlays on fingerboard
MOP trim around fingerboard
MOP trim on body
Carved Ebony bridge with 3-dot MOP inlays
Mid-depth
MOP trim on peg face
Pearloid epaulets (without vein lines)
Custom MOP truss rod cover |
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Location: SoCal | How long did it take from order to shipping? |
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Location: Omaha | Tell me more about these 1778T-LR's that have LX updates? What exactly are these, or what has been done to them to update them?
(A hungry lefty w/G.A.S. wants to know!) |
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Location: NW NJ | Originally posted by leftovertion:
Tell me more about these 1778T-LR's that have LX updates? What exactly are these, or what has been done to them to update them?
(A hungry lefty w/G.A.S. wants to know!) I think that Joe and I may have gotten you all excited unnecessarily with the "LR" In 1778T-LR. LR stands for the color - Lusty Red. I hate the name but really like the color. I feel like you read "Left Handed" in the LR - sorry.
As for the LX udgrade(s) - here you go. For the last year or so the Elite T's have had the LX neck system. They don't have the LX top bracing and GS bowl and they come with the OP-30 preamp and and thinline pickup.
I sent mine to the mothership and had Budny & Co. replaced the OP-30 and thinline with the OP-Pro and OPP (original patented pickup) that come with the LX guitars. I did this because the thinline pickup is really "quacky" like most piezo-electric pickups and the OP30's volume adjustment is real "notchy" (0-5 = almost no output and 5-10 = almost totally wide open). Now, with the OP-Pro and OPP, the instrument sounds beautiful. Almost no "quack" from the OPP and I love the OP-Pro's volume control and EQ preset. A truly outstanding upgrade for a VERY reasonable price. The 1778T is an amazing instrument especially for, but really regardless of the price. Acoustically it is a boomer, and plugged in with the preamp/pickup upgrade it is simply wonderful -- and that maple neck is to die for! :cool: |
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Location: Upper Left USA | In my mind the "Lusty Red" translates to Salma Hyak's lipstick color.
LR = SHLS = Manly Mauve
I have waited on this post to see where it was going. Many great offerings.
I have a 1778LX-4 purchased from Al Pep in December of 03 when they first emerged. I hadn't had a chance to play one and ran on faith about the model. No disappointments!
Yes the OP Pro puts out half the power but it is plenty for any system I've plugged into.
My only regret is the ding I put in the top when I tripped on the unlatched case. :mad: |
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Location: Chapel Hill, NC | I have the 1771 LX Balladeer.
Excellent guitar. Great price.
I did a song on it and put it on Soundclick. See an earlier posting for the URL. |
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Location: Orlando, Florida | You can tell the difference between the "LXed" and the "non-LXed" 1778T immediately by the added truss rod cover on the headstock. Even though I have the OP-30 preamp, I believe the neck system and the bowl is the LX upgrade. Also, the 1778T-LR ("Lusty Red"- I hate the name also, but love the color) was only recently added. When the Elite T series was originally released, I think they were only available in black and pewter. All in all, a great guitar at a great price.
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Location: Cleveland, Ohio | Balladeer 1861-LX, Love it |
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Location: Anchorage, Alaska | I've got the 2005-ES and the U681T. Two wonderful flavors... |
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Location: Omaha | Thanks for the info, worshipleader.
I wasn't reading it as "LR = left-handed," I was just curious how some LX 'upgrades' ended up on a non-LX guitar, since I figured they wouldn't do that (and they WON'T add any LX features, the the scalloped top bracing and new neck system) to a current lefty production guitar - least that's what I've been told so far...
...so I was just checking if this was a policy change for the Ovation factory. |
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Location: SoCal | They CAN'T add the LX neck system to a left handed guitar because it's dependant on the new bowl configuration. I don't know why Ovation couldn't go with the scalloped X bracing on a lefty guitar. |
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Location: Central Florida | Don't get me started...! |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | On an elite style guitar with the rear hatch it's pretty easy to scallop your own braces after the fact. Dave |
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Location: SoCal | Margaritas are a huge help with THAT project.... |
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Location: closely held secret | I can help you with that.
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Location: Minnesota | I have a 1777LX Lengend and love it.
Scott |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | I'll throw in an addendum to my earlier post....I just purchased a new 1771LX-CCB Standard Balladeer LX earlier this evening. Great guitar for a reasonable price!
Roger
"The Musical Zoo"
1976 Applause AA14-4 6-string
1978 Ovation Legend 1617-4 6-string
1981 Ovation Glen Campbell 1118-1 12-string
2001 Adamas Melissa Etheridge MERB-1598 12-string
2002 Ovation Collectors Series 2002-AC 6-string
2003 Ovation Legend 1777-NAT 6-string
2004 Ovation Balladeer Special GCS-771-C 6-string
2005 Ovation Collectors Series 2005-ES 6-string
2005 Ovation Standard Balladeer LX 1771LX-CCB 6-string |
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| UPS delivered my 6756LX yesterday. Bought it ever-so-slightly used - easy to play for a 12, great sounding unplugged, greater sounding plugged. This is my second O (first is an 1867). I need to get used to the deeper bowl - and lose another 10 lbs. :) |
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Location: Edmond, Oklahoma | 6774 Folklore LX. Beautiful!!!
I'll be playing this for years and years! |
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How many LX owners out there ???
