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Location: South of most, North of few | No, I'm not sitting on the crapper pondering the universe. Just thinking, since I got the 1114 and have the Adamas (both with fiberglass bowls) they seem to have a little more "character" tone wise than the newer plastic bowls. I know top age attributes a lot to it, but even at that, I would think the rigidity of the glass bowl would add to the overall sound quality. Thoughts? |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Yes the glass bowls seemed to have a little sumptin extra to them. Not sure why. |
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Location: Up North | I searched the archives and couldn't find the answer. So I'll ask it here. Do the 1537's have fiberglass or plastic bowls? |
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Location: SoCal | Don't know for certain but would guess that they are not fiberglass. Due to the attachment of the K-bar neck, there's additional structural reinforcements needed. My guess is that these couldn't be done with the fiberglass mold.
But I don't know for certain.... |
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Location: Tennessee | All I can say on the topic is that the two "best" Ovations I have are both glass bowls - one a deep bowl and one a contour. Both were called "hand laid". The next two "best" I have are both plastic but they're actually the GS variety. One is a deep bowl and one is a contour. All are good but there is just something extra with the glass. It's our own little version of solid back and sides over laminated.
I had two original shiny bowls that were the original fiberglass bowls. They just rang like bells. Which reminds me. The K1111 RI is hand laid fiberglass. And that guitar is in a class by itself. For me it's a sitdown guitar and I don't do that a lot. But it just totally stonks. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | In my experience, hand laid is always best.
Oh, wait. Wrong forum, sorry.... |
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