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Location: Texas | I like the way they look, really cool and interesting, the way they feel, very unique and different, but after all these years very familiar, then you think they're completely ridiculous, then you get sucked in for the rest of your life pondering their intricacies.
I love the nonwood roundback concept and that they were the first acoustics with onboard electronics, knobs and various preamps.
I love that you can plug them in and experiment with the acoustic electric sound.
I love the early brown hard cases.
And I'd say Jim Croce and his Ovation, Al Di Meola and his Ovation, John McLaughlin and his Ovation, Glen Campbell and his Ovation, Kenny Loggins and his Ovation, Roy Clark and his Ovation and Adamas, Nancy Wilson and her Ovation, Mark O'Connor and his Ovation, Tony Rice and his Ovation, Cat Stevens and his Ovation and many more that got me hooked on Ovation and Adamas guitars.
Beautiful to look at, delightful to hold, and picks and sounds like a dream and seems to have been the guitar of choice by all of my early influences.
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Location: Phoenix AZ | I love the cases. |
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Location: Colorado | Serge - you said it very eloquently....when I was really working in the business - they stay in tune - you plug them in - they play - the stage rats kick them all over the place - and they still work - OP-24 forward the electronics are quiet - they were novel - then they were industry standard - and still when the company makes a high end model - it is still very very good. |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | So what is it about Ovations that you love?
CA, a rhetorical question??!!
Even though I am a relative noob, I can kinda answer that question.
1) First guitar that I fell in love with in 1975. ('Course tha beauty that was playin it had nothin to do with it)
2) As I have stated before (much to my chagrin) the OFC sucks...OK, OK I'm just kiddin'.
3) Even though my knowledge of, so-called, highend guitars is lacking, I can't belive the bang-for-tha-buck quality and sound that the O's and A's provide.
4) Customer service from "mothership"
5) etc., etc., etc.
(rhetorical question) What more can be said??!! |
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Location: Texas | I love the bridges with no pins. |
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Location: Omaha, NE | I was just in the right place at the right time (early 1970's) when I discovered them. Been a fan ever since. |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | Originally posted by Country Artist:
I love the bridges with no pins. Ok, it was (afterall) a rhetorical question...I was just waxing...ya know, wax on, wax off...back to tha real benefits of an O. :cool: |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Yes, Serge, I could just say "me too." From the headstock to the bowl, they were unique, and back in a time when I really favored moving out of the mainstream they just fit my idea of cool. In 1977 we shelled out around one tenth my annual income for the Matrix so I could play it at our wedding in a white tux with bellbottoms. Can't get any cooler than that. |
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Location: Jet City | I fell in love with a different kind of O. I bought my UKII in 1983 and didn't own an acoustic O until just a few years ago.
I loved the fact that it played better than any other guitar in the store, including the Les Paul Custom. I liked that it sounded hotter than anything in the store. I loved the fact that it was different than what everyone else was playing. Kramers, Gibsons, Fenders, Charvels, and others were abundant back then. Alameda, CA, the town I grew up in, was full of guys wanting to be rock stars, and many did make it. I wasn't one of 'em, but everyone knew my guitar, and it always caught they eye of the discriminating guitarist. Everyone wanted to play it. Everyone that played it wanted to own it.
Sorry. You may have a record deal, but I have a UKII and you can't have it so PFFFT. :p
Back then they couldn't just got to eBay :D
I love my UKII, and I always will. She's been with me longer than anything else on the planet, she's my constant, my soul mate.
I could go on, but I'll stop with this last 1000 words...
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Location: Jet City | oops |
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Location: Tychy, Poland | neck. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | I saw my first Ovation back in the early seventies, and I liked it... Alot.
(apparently, it was one of the First Ovations...)
I saw a new one in this Century and was reminded of that Ovation long ago...
So I bought me a seventeen year-old Ovation... Then another... then...
It has gotten so that I don't feel as comfortable reaching over the square corners of a wood-box...
I compare any guitar I see, hear or touch to Ovations.... Do I need counseling :confused: ? |
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Location: south east Michigan | My points have been pretty well covered.
Except... I love Ovations because they have a great fan club. |
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Location: Jet City | Originally posted by Old Man Arthur:
Do I need counseling :confused: ? HA! That's what I was thinking too after my blubbering on and on about the UKII.
I have O issues. |
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Location: the BIG Metropolis of TR | ....The oak leaf rosette, the pinless bridge, the headstock (of course)....the whole guitar just looked unique and different....and the round back was COOL!
I recently bought the "Glen Campbell Goodtimes Again" DVD and although I loved the DVD for Glen's talent and music I also loved seeing all the (vintage) Ovations from the old show from T-heads to GC 12 strings....out of the 17 clips Glen plays an Ovation on 15 ;) .....watching all those old clips, I felt the passion and desire I had for an Ovation guitar as strong as when I was a teenager (I was 16 when the show started in '69)
For me, Ovations are THE guitars.....others may have prettier wood, more bling, etc. but Ovations have IT!!!...... |
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Location: Central Oregon | Beyond the fact that I like pretty much all of the above, I really like the fact that I can afford to have one of every type I'm interested in. It's also nice that I can take my current favorite with me when I go somewhere without really worrying about it. I couldn't do that with the old Gibson. |
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Location: Nashville TN. | Playability Durability and sound.
I like the electrics too. |
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Location: Hong Kong | Fell in love at first sight when my friend showed me one about 15-20 years ago. The unique beautiful look of the round back was the major reason. When I got my first O years later, the fast-action neck was another key reason I like them so much. In fact, I don't bother to check on other so-called high-end guitars - I just love Ovation & Adamas... |
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Location: Vernon CT | There's really nothing more I can say about why I love Ovations that hasn't allready been said.
But, If I had to pick one thing that makes this "guitar" special to me, it's the tone when plugged in. It is sooooo sweet to my ear. What I am really starting to appreciate is the acoustic unplugged tone of the "older" Models. |
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Location: Warren,Pa. | I was at a coffeehouse back in '71 and the guy who was playing stopped to talk about his "Ovation Roundback Guitar". Back then this was a new discovery for me since they hadn't been around very long. This "mystique" or something entered into my head and ever since that day I've been stuck on them.
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Location: Vermont USA | Ease of playing and Tone. |
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Location: Location Location Location | I got my first Ovation in 1978, a legend, then a custom legend then an Adamas II a few years later. I thought I just HAD to have a Martin, so for the next 20 or so years I bought a variety of Martins. Now, in 2007-2008, I realize just how fantastic these O's are. No knock to the other guitar makers, but these Ovations stay in tune, have a beautiful tone which is consistent through most humidity changes, their necks are so comfortable, and the best intonation of any guitar I've played. Oh, did I mention that they're beautiful to look at, and that I love them, and that....Yes, I guess I did. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | I agree with Pez. Playability (primarily the neck), tone, and durability in that order. It is only recently that I've come to appreciate the value of the Mothership's customer service department. When I bought my first Legend in 1973, I walked into a music store in Boise looking for a Gibson (I grew up playing an ES-125 3/4). I became interested in Ovation and its odd plastic bowl when I saw pics of Glen Campbell playing one, then was sold on it when the salesman demonstrated its durability by swinging the guitar like a baseball bat and banging the bowl against the corner of the sales counter. The guitar bounced about two feet back, with very nice tone I might add, but with no (apparent) damage. Of course, I selected one of the other models hanging on the wall and have enjoyed the brand ever since. |
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Location: Detroit area | All of the above. Personally, it's the combo of durability, plugged-in tone, pre-amp, & staying in tune. I work with a couple of guys that play Taylors, and they're always messing w/their tuning keys after up-tempo songs. Believe me, Taylors are great, but they seem a bit fragile. | |
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So what is it about Ovations that you love?
