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Joined: August 2005 Posts: 3736
Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Anyone ever A-B'd the two? I LOVE my '72 Folklore but I'm constantly frustrated by running out of fretboard. (Sometimes I feel like taking a sabresaw to it and giving it a cutaway... ) Are the newer ones with the cutaway still 12 fretters? (Gotta have 12 frets!) Do the new ones still fill the room sonically - like an original does? I was thinking of getting a luthier friend to make me one based on my original Folklore's specs and bracing, but if the newer ones tick all the boxes... |
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Joined: September 2006 Posts: 10777
Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | By looking at the Ovation homepage listing for the FOLKLORE
All of the cutaways are 14 Fret.
Even the Nylon Country Artist.
The Pro Nylon Classical is a cutaway with a 12 Fret neck... 1773AX
So maybe they could make you one.
(but that is Korean, so I don't know about special orders)
But as far as I can tell, all of the cutaway Folklore/Country Artist LX models are 14 Fret.
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Joined: August 2005 Posts: 3736
Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Thanks OMA. I've been trawling the net since posting this and I'd pretty much already come to that conclusion.
Bummer.
Custom made box guitar it is then...
In about 5 years time... |
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Joined: April 2008 Posts: 2985
Location: Sydney, Australia | You could always go to the Ovation Custom $hop.
Otherwise, half the LAV Koas were 12 fret, wide neck, cutaways. One almost sold here.
Edited by TAFKAR 2013-06-23 2:50 AM
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Joined: August 2005 Posts: 3736
Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Tempted, but they're a contour bowl. Not a fan. |
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Joined: September 2003 Posts: 9301
Location: south east Michigan | I'd think they'd sell you any bowl you might want. (go deep)
The good news is that you can a custom anything out of New Hartford.
The bad news is you gotta pay the custom price. |
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