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Location: Canada | Guys...
Maybe this is an age old question, and I did do a forum search, but how do you stop the bowl from slipping when you play sitting down?
I know, you know what I mean! lol |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Velcro! |
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Location: Utah | Try to not hug or squeeze it with your right elbow. |
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Location: Virginia | I had a 1 inch lip surgically implanted into my right knee- A small price to pay. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I don't know what you mean. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | There are a number of tricks to keep the bowl from slipping. The easiest one is to get some 3M stair tread tape at the hardware store and attach a piece about 1 x 8 inches to the bowl in the area where it rests on your knee. |
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| I never had a problem with it until I read about it on here.
Only time I notice it is when I switch from a regular guitar and the Ovation seems a bit slippery but after a few seconds I get used to it again. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Spread a thick layer of Goop on the lap of your favourite playing pants. When dry, it's a nonstickish surface!
Or play standing up. Especially important if you sing too, you can breathe better. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by deepblue:
how do you stop the bowl from slipping when you play sitting down? Spandex!  |
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Location: Littleton, CO | I've never had this problem...guess you gotta hold the guitar close to your body and not tilted back at all. |
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Location: Taichung, Taiwan | duct tape and tacks...and pain killer |
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| Buy a wood box.
Or wear jeans over your hose. |
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Location: Canada | Thanks guys....duct tape it is. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | 3 valid replies and 7 jokesters. Nice. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Use of a strap while seated also keeps the guitar in place. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by ProfessorBB:
Use of a strap while seated also keeps the guitar in place. Good point. Also, nobody has mentioned the "standingovation". Mainly designed for play standing up, but since it puts the guitar in a more normal position (soundboard perpendicular to floor) I imagine that it would also help with the slipping issue if seated. |
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Location: Taichung, Taiwan | How about this "Slip-Grip thing on ebay?
http://cgi.ebay.com/Slip-Grip-anti-slip-patch-for-Ovation-acoustic-... |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | I've never heard of this happening. Is it common? |
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Location: Vernon CT | Originally posted by Beal:
I've never heard of this happening. Is it common? Well, if you knew anything about Ovation guitars you'd know this has been a problem for years! ;) |
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| I suppose it wouldn't slip if it was played while lying on your back, but I think that the stair tread tape idea sounds best. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Originally posted by Gallerinski:
3 valid replies and 7 jokesters. Nice. I wasn't joking. I never had one slip any more than a woodbox guitar and I don't understand why it would, unless you tilt the Ovation when you hold it, but don't tilt a woodbox. |
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Location: Michigan | I tilt therefore I am. |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | Or somesuch... cut each pad in half. Enough for 4 slippery bowls.
Available at fine shoe stores everywhere.
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| Find it hard to believe I haven't stumbled across a site called heelsandcleavage in my internet wanderings.
Nice find colin. |
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