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Location: New Hampshire, USA | I've thought about asking this question a few times, but worried that I'd come across as a cranky old curmudgeon. But I'm asking anyway.
Why in the world did Ovation associate themselves with Nikki Sixx and produce such a butt-ugly guitar?
"Ovation" and "Heroin Diaries" don't belong in the same sentence.
I don't get it. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | That question has already been discussed by several other cranky old curmudgeons on this board. |
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Location: NJ | I would assume:
1. Money
c. t'Not be the stereotypical guitar of cranky, old curmudgeons. |
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Location: south east Michigan | I went into my favorite, independent music store the other day and was horrorfied to see one of the "heroin" Celebs sitting in front of all the other Ovations on the rack. This guy still has an MOB tangent thing sitting around for the last 4 years and then he brings in this piece of crap.
Mixed in with the row of crap are a couple nice enough LXs and a beautiful '06 koa collector.
It's not my business and it's none of my business but if it mattered I'd suggest that he will never sell that koa collector or an LX when they are surrounded by.... by... by all that steaming, wet & stinky dog spoo. (comparativly speaking)
On the other hand, I'm sure that "we" are not the targeted demographic for this model. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | The marketing folks probably have something like that on their demographics lists. Guitars are cheaper than RVs, though, and they don't need gas, so maybe they should start marketing to senior citizens. |
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Location: Vernon CT | Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
The marketing folks probably have something like that on their demographics lists. Guitars are cheaper than RVs, though, and they don't need gas, so maybe they should start marketing to senior citizens. Guitars may not need gas ,but, they sure produce G.A.S. ;) |
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Location: New Hampshire, USA | Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
That question has already been discussed by several other cranky old curmudgeons on this board. I did a search first and came up with practically nothing, so that's why I asked. |
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Location: Jet City | If Ralph Steadman had done the artwork, maybe it would have been more interesting. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | There is a sensationally huge market made up of pre and early teen buyers who have nothing to spend mom and dad's money on except whatever consumables du jour may be popular that day. Cheap pop culture on the fly. The profits are just too incredible to pass up. |
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| Nikki Sixx is a member here. Under his pseudonym he is the current OFC member of the year so we don't criticize.
But we don't like the guitars. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | My first response to the Heroin Diaries guitar was "Why glorify Heroin?"
Next response was, "Give a used Celebrity to a bunch of stoned folks with a pack of Sharpies and get something original!"
Why would I want a "Unique" guitar that is exactly like hundreds of others exactly like it? |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by Old Man Arthur:
Why would I want a "Unique" guitar that is exactly like hundreds of others exactly like it? The same reason millions of teenage boys bleach their hair white to show their 'individuality'? |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | You guys... I'm already having serious issues realizing I have lived past my expiration date. Conversations like these don't make me feel any better about it. |
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Location: closely held secret | Look at it this way, Miles - our expiration date is stamped on our birth certificate. We all be on BONUS time now! |
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Location: Upper Left USA | RE: "I did a search first and came up with practically nothing, so that's why I asked."
Search the Keyword "click"
How many Helicopters did Kaman sell by promoting them laying on an American Flag?
Miles - Let the young demographic purchase the Offshore Spoo and we will have to support the USA products. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
marketing Bingo!  |
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Location: Chicago | The copy for the ad is not so bad, actually:
”The stunning [?] graphic on the top, designed by world-renowned artist PR Brown, is applied on spruce and married to a super shallow body to provide exceptional acoustic balance and projection. The NS28-HD also features many other distinctive Ovation characteristics including a thin profile neck, vibration sensitive Slimline pickup and the OP4BT preamp with a built-in tuner. Twenty-five percent of Sixx’s royalties from the guitar will go to Running Wild In The Night, a charity he established in conjunction with Covenant House to rescue homeless and runaway youth from the streets.” |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | The nice thing about being a "world-renowned artist" is that you can scribble any bit of crap on a napkin and it is called "Art"! :p |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | Originally posted by Old Man Arthur:
The nice thing about being a "world-renowned artist" is that you can scribble any bit of crap on a napkin and it is called "Art"! :p Except David Bowie's art. I saw a show on famous musicians and their art (drawing/painting type art). Most of it was dog spoo, but DB can really wield a paint brush. |
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Location: GA USA | I'm still waiting for Ovation to ask me to draw on a guitar.
Martin has the Felix the Cat guitar. We could make a cartoon llama guitar.
I guess I'm world renowned. People in England and Australia have heard of me. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | I really liked the Beijing 2008 Celebrity with the drunk Panda passed-out with the torch on it.
This coming from the man with the Orange Flame T...
The coolest thing about that T is people either Really Like it, or Really Really Hate it. |
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Location: GA USA | But put a llama on it and everybody will love it. |
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Location: Tennessee | From day one, Ovation was the company that made the edgy, weird guitars. Why are its most loyal supporters now complaining that Ovation is still doing those things that made them into one of the premier guitar makers in the world?
Man, if Ovation brought out the breadwinner today this board would be crucifying them. Sheesh. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Cuz we were edgy and weird back then? I'm still weird, but I lost my edge. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Gotta agree with Bobbo. Let's not be so ossified.
Q:Why in the world did Ovation associate themselves with Nikki Sixx and produce such a butt-ugly guitar?
A:To sell guitars. To some of us, they are not ugly.
Q:"Ovation" and "Heroin Diaries" don't belong in the same sentence.
A:As I understand it, those diaries are ultimately a story of redemption. This comment is off base.
Q:I don't get it.
A:If you only look at it from the stand point of his drug addled years, yeah, I don't get it either, but if it's as I believe, that this guy pulled himself from the brink, then I think it's wonderful Ovation had the guts to associate themeselves with him. Power to them, and I hope Fender has as much guts too. |
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