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Location: Flahdaw | Okay, lots of youse guys have lots of guitars, BUT.....if there was a new law enacted, and you could only keep one of your quiver to keep and play for the rest of your life, which one would it be?
(I probably should have done a search. This has probably been asked 100 times and I'm just another newbie doofus) |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | I would keep `em and play underground music in rogue clubs. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Do a search and find out how many different ways I've avoided answering this question. Besides, of the 17 Ovations I own, most have much different characteristics.
I'd move to Canada, or Northern Idaho, which is almost Canada, but there are too many Californians in North Idaho. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | I'd keep the 1587. No, I'd keep the Morgan Monroe. Well no, I'd keep the LX. But wait, I'd HAVE to keep my old black Legend. Oh, but I just got the Pacemaker...
Actually, if I could truly only keep one, it WOULD be either the 1587 or the Morgan Monroe. They don't make either one anymore, and they both have incredible sound. The 1587 plugs in so I would probably keep that one. But then again, that Morgan Monroe is the best sounding acoustic I have ever heard. They are both easy on the fingers. Are you sure I can't keep two? (or ten)? It would really break my heart to give up the LX. And the Legend has been my best friend for most of my adult life. I want them all!!! |
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Location: SoCal | The black carbon fiber composite one. |
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Location: Flahdaw | The reason I am asking is....I only have one Ovation and it wouldn't be the one guitar I kept. But if I had 5 Adamis's, and 8 Ovations I think I would be hard pressed to find THAT much difference between them. It would come down to playability and sound unplugged for me. In that situation, I would want a roundhole, deep bowl, with a 1 3/4" nut that would sound great by itself. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | A new law enacted.......
Shit, don't tell Ms Spoo Faced Pelosi, she'll make it happen. That way all those who have too many guitars can have them redistributed to those that don't want to play or only have a Taylor. |
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Location: SoCal | that's a good one Beal |
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Location: Upper Left USA | I'd have to make me a semi-hollow textured top 12/6/baritone/A scale with Piezo and Magnetic pickups.
Probably easier to just load em up and make that last stand in North Carolina! |
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Location: Cincinnati | Ideas like this are why people have concealed weapon permits. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | 
Fastest Guitar Alive |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | DBG,
The new law theme probably wasn't the best way to get the question answered without tripping some switches that didn't need tripping.
I don't understand what you mean when you say you probably wouldn't find THAT much difference between them. Some people on this forum hear a difference between the OFC and the #47RI, although I barely detect one. I can hear a difference between the Patriot and the 04 CL Commmemorative, however, and they're both CL derivatives. I also hear a major difference between the centerholes and the Elites, obviously between the cedar topped 1713 and the spruce topped Folklore. I have 4 12 fret Ovations (counting the Ute) and each is totally different from the other.
Unless you really only can have one guitar for economic reasons (which I find difficult to accept, since I had 5 different Ovations that cost less than one Taylor), why torture yourself trying to decide which is the "one true guitar". Contrary to Indiana Jones, all the guys who spent their lives searching for the holy grail died without it. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | I have two 1778T's that are four years apart in age, otherwise they are identical...
(except for the pre-amps) And I can tell the difference between them. |
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Location: Flahdaw | Picture yourself like the unibomber....holed up in a tiny cabin in the middle of nowhere, slowly going mad (Weaser?), plotting strange scenarios, and basically just about to lose it. The only thing keeping you somewhat grounded is the ONE guitar standing in the corner nestled amoungst the pipe bombs, anarchists bibles, and pictures of targeted potential victims. Which guitar calls you back to reality? |
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Location: Miami | Originally posted by Old Man Arthur:
I have two 1778T's that are four years apart in age, otherwise they are identical...
(except for the pre-amps) And I can tell the difference between them. +1.
Of the now seven 1778T's I've owned, not two of them sounded the same. Similar, but not the same. Different enough that I keep rotating T's (got 2 inbound, 1 outbound) just to hear the different sounds. I keep the ones that bond with my finicky ears. But there are only 2 that are unlikely to ever be outbound:
My 1778T Sweet T Prototype, and my original Lusty Red 1778T. Please don't "make" choose between them :-) |
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Location: SoCal | Well, as I have been labeled a "teabag, anti-government people" by the Commander in Chief, guess they wouldn't let me keep my Patriot, see below for actual quote in NYTimes.
Of the top five:
1. S&W MP .45cal - not a guitar but it 'sings'
2. # 50 original Adamas slothead
3. EF75 or 45th Anniv Takamine
4. 30th Anniv Cl
5. one of the early 1687 Adamas I
"Does anybody think that the teabag, anti-government people are going to support them if they bring down health care? All it will do is confuse and dispirit Democratic voters and it will encourage the extremists." |
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Location: Vernon CT | Oh thats easy!! Ahh, um, probably the.... No, Ah
Hmmm, lets see??? Oh, I know the, no, maybe the..... Oh CRAP, I don't know!!!!!! |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Is this supposed to make me realize that if I can pick Just One, I don't need the other fourteen?
[I cannot Play them anyway... I just play With them! :p ] |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I've often been confused with the unibomber. My name is very similar to the unibomber's, I have a cabin in the woods, many "Americans" don't know the difference between Idaho and Montana and I'm not going to give up all my guitars but one.
Any more discussion of this and I'll get in trouble.
I've been called lots worse than a teabag. You sure it wasn't fleabag? I don't wear tassled loafers, either. |
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Location: NJ | d angelico |
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Location: On the Coast - Halfway between SF & OR | Do I get crucified if it's not an Ovation? |
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Location: Tennessee | Originally posted by darkbarguitar:
.....if there was a new law enacted, and you could only keep one of your quiver to keep and play for the rest of your life, which one would it be?
This one:
Viva La Resistance!!! |
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Location: big island | stanford psd-28. no question. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | I'm not going to play this game. |
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Location: Flahdaw | Originally posted by lanaki:
stanford psd-28. no question. See! That wasn't so hard. (nice git) |
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