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| I just bought a 2006 Collector. Anybody else got one yet? They play like a dream.
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Location: south east Michigan | Ooooo...That's a lot of collectors there pal!
A number of us played the prototype at last years tour. Many were impressed. Including me. |
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Location: Parkersburg, WV | I received mine today. I'm curious. How do you feel about having to "plug in" to use the tuner?
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Location: Upper Left USA | That can't be right!
OP PRO tuner works in or out and with the Gain at any setting. TRy it with a dummy jack. |
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Location: south east Michigan | That...would be weird. |
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Location: Waxahachie, Tx | Congrats on the Collector. Nice web page and Collection.
You have courage, if their had a been a disgruntled Taylor Fanatic or anti-O-nut on that road, you took that picture(of your Collectors)you could have been Collector-less in an instant. :D |
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Location: Parkersburg, WV | MWoody,
The 2006 Collectors edition has the new VIP preamp. I tried to tweak the tuning using the onboard tuner - No response. Checked the battery - Battery okay. Swapped the VIP with the OP PRO from my U681T. The OP PRO worked fine in the 2006 but the VIP would not work in the U681T. I placed the VIP back in the 2006 and decided to plug in and see if the preamp worked. Voila! The tuner worked - the pre amp did not. Turned off the tuner - the preamp then worked. Conclusion: To use the tuner you must be plugged in, however you must turn off the tuner to use the preamp.
I E-mailed John Budny at the mothership and he stated that this is the way that it is set up and is not a defect. Unfortunately there was no VIP documentation enclosed with the guitar, but I was promised some when it becomes available.
It is rather strange since I spend most of my time playing acoustic only that I will have to plug in to tune up.
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| It's true, and it is odd. The tuner will not work without the jack sensing an insert. It doesn't really make me happy for it to be that way, but the sound is excellent, and the top on mine is beautiful. I have Number 087.
Word is that they will only make 250, with only about 150 to stay in the US. This will be a rare bird, for sure. So, if you want one, you better get it now. They will be gone in no time.
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Location: Waxahachie, Tx | That just seems Strange that you can't use the tuner function unless you are plugged in.
Did you try what MWoody suggested a Dummy plug?
Not a true fix but if you can just carry around a gold plated official 2006 Collectors dummy Plug you could be all set. Who thought of that. |
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Location: Parkersburg, WV | Mine is #266.
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| Okay, now that kinda ticks me off. I was told that they would only make 250 of these guitars, and if you have #266, then they obviously lied to me, or started their numbering above #001. Anyone else have a # higher than 266?
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Numbers often don't start at 1. I'm surprised they said they would build so few. Maybe the experiences of the past few years with all the FRG overstock taught them a lesson. Dave |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Photogazer,
I looked at your gallery months ago and wondered where you have been. Those are great pics. That's quite a collection of Collectors. |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | Photogazer....no 2005 Collectors????? (just kidding....your list is extremely impressive.....I have a 2002 and a 2005 myself)
Ovation seems to make around 750 of the Collectors the last few years. I haven't heard the total for last year myself, but I know the numbers got into the high 400s for sure. I can attest to the last ones getting cleared out.....number 468 sold at my local GC for only $700 as an after-Christmas clearance item.
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| I did not buy any Collectors after the 2003. THere is no 2004, and the 2005 did not suit me at all. I just didn't like the feel of it. I had no plans on buying any more Ovations, but the 2006 Collectors was too nice to pass up.
To see what I have been up to, you can see what has been coming out of my guitar workshop lately at this website.
http://www.stargazerscopes.com
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by Photogazer:
THere is no 2004 Not quite true. One 2004 Collector proto was built and is owned by an Ovation employee.
For all practical purposes I think most people consider the 30th anniversary Custom Legend as the 2004 Collector. It wasn't exactly a faithful re-issue and did incorporate some new technology. But I agree with you that there was nothing you could buy that said "2004 Collectors" on it.
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Location: Keller, TX | Question on the 2006.
The website says it has "Machines: Gold Ovation w/ Pearl Buttons" but the picture shows ebony buttons. Which is true? |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Nice scopes, Photogazer. Looks a lot more interesting than what I'm doing. |
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Location: Parkersburg, WV | ttenn,
Mine has Gold Ovation w/Gold Buttons.
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| Same with mine. Gold tuners with gold buttons. As for the 2004 Collector, there was no 2004 Collector for sale by the general public. The Ovation rep tried to hand off the "the 30th Custom Legend is the 2004 Collector" to me. That ticked me off pretty bad, and that day I swore I would never buy another Ovation. It's 2006 and I bought another Ovation, but they had to go back to there yearly series before I did. Plus, they lost a huge chunk of my loyalty.
I might not mean anything to Ovation, obviously, but I can guarantee you that I have turned on alot of buyers to Ovations in the past years.
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| Thanks Mark for the compliment. BTW, what are you doing?
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Location: Phoenix AZ | What ticked you off about the CL30? Most would agree it's one of the best wood topped guitars they have made recently. Just curious. Dave |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | I would presume that the 30CL being called the "2004 Collectors" ticked him off. I thought it was a bit cheesy myself.
This is NOT a comment on the quality of the guitar, simply on how it was marketed as an apparent excuse to not make a 2004 Collectors. It is a great guitar.
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Location: Phoenix AZ | I don't think Ovation ever tried to pass it off as the '04 Collector. It was more like, well we're really busy trying to finally ditch the k-bar, develop a new neck attachment, patent a new bowl shape, implement computerized milling, etc. so we don't really have an '04 Collector, BUT we've got this dandy limited edition (250?) Collectable custom legend with all the bells and wistles and damn if we don't even have full page colour adverts. I think a lot of dealers just assumed it was the '04 because that's what showed up as a collectable guitar in 2004. And I know around here a lot of us, myself included, fall into the same trap and just think of it as the '04. No harm, no foul. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Photogazer, you haven't been around much lately. The regulars found out my dirty little secret--I'm a lawyer. I admire people that actually make something besides trouble. |
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