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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Originally posted by dweezil:
Whats a UTE? A teenager or pre-teen in Brooklyn (My Cousin Vinny). |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Still comparing. Continue holding your breath. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Originally posted by Beggin:
to each their own..Slipkid and I love our UTEs. If you HAD to get rid of one, would it be the UTE or the 47RI?
and if you don't have a 47RI, I guess your just gonna have to bring your UTE to Denver for a few day and compare for yourself. |
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Location: SoCal | I hate to throw water on these kinds of tests, ie, what's better, but there really isn't an answer. Or maybe the answer changes day to day. All different models of Ovations and Adamii sound slightly different. What's better is only what sounds better on a particular day. Or what strikes your fancy on a particular day. Some days, one of my guitars sounds better. A couple of days later, something else sounds better.
A better test is what works for you in a given playing situation. Deep bowl vs. mid depth vs super shallow bowl. Wide neck vs narrow neck. Steel string vs nylon string. Acoustic vs. plugged in. 6 vs 12... |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
but there really isn't an answer. Sure there is |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | OK, there's really no comparison. The Ute has more bass, and my OFC has lots. Every other string sounds different, too, but I have Martin Clapton's Choice on the Ute and Adamas 1818s on the OFC. The necks are obviously different. The Ute is better for fingerstyle open chords. The OFC is better for fingerstyle barre chords. I don't use picks. Beyond that, I got sidetracked and started playing the 30th CL. It needs new strings. Just as I was reaching for the Folklore, I got called away for honeydos. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | I agree with Moody. Some days, I prefer one model and on another day, something else. I like to mix it up. Over the past year, I've begun to narrow the focus of my preferences, but it usually has more to do with comfort and looks. The variation in tone when plugged in is so slight, all other things being equal, that it just really doesn't matter. With the exception of the two Taks, I am now gigging almost exclusively with SSBs and the chambered Vipers, because they're just more comfortable for me. I also leave it to others to comment on tone. They all sound great to me. Incidently, the one that received the most comments on tone? Maybe it was just that particular day and that particular set list, but it was the Adamas SSB wood-topped proto. |
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