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| What was your first O, and no I dont mean O that you got from your parents for telling them that you got an F just because you skipped school to go and hang out with friends who had guitars :D
And do you still have it?
This topic has probably been covered but I just had to ask:)
Is this short enough for ya jeff :D |
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Location: Japan | My Adamas II 12string, one of the first two knobber jobs! |
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Location: North Carolina | I bought a Balladeer (model# ?) back in the early '80s to use with a band. It worked well in that setting, but I was less than impressed with it's unplugged sound. It had a wolf tone at about Bb that I found annoying, and didn't have that Whump on the low E I'd gotten used to with Martins. It did, however have a wonderful neck and action.
I've long since sold/traded it, but now that I gig with Ovations almost exclusively, I wish I still had it. |
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Location: Caribou, ME | 1987 I took a sunburst 70s (US) Applause in on trade. I sold it to a kid that took it to a bible camp, where, while he was out of the room, it "fell over" and snapped the neck in two. Yeah, right!
So I bought it back for $5.
I spoke to a young lady at Ovation who was very helpful. She sold me a NOS neck from the warehouse, probably with a long faded cosmetic flaw, for $85. Much to my surprise it had an Ovation headstock, not the Applause oversized one. But it was aluminum like an old Applause. |
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Location: Warren,Pa. | An '82 Custom Legend 12string, dark Tobacco Sunburst. Bought it used in the late 90's. Lost it when our house burned down in '02. Never played one like it since.
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Location: South of most, North of few | Got an Applause from my ex wife (never played it much) decided to get a "real Ovation". Saw some on Ebay that were cheaper than others...and... they were called "Celebrities", so I figured they had to be good. Then, after buying one, I found out that they were made overseas and the "good ones" were made here in the US. Started buying US models, and as most here can tell you, I've owned a few ;) (the name Trader Jim tell you anything)
Now for the second part of your question...
You must be kidding. I don't have some I bought last month. :D |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Pacemaker 12 - 1976 1115...used it in my band with a Bill Lawrence clip in p/u...that got old so I sold it and bought a 1977 Pacemaker 1615...kept it until 1988 when I moved to Elites...I've since owned/played/sold/ over twenty O's and Adamas ...still own 9
Isn't GAS great? |
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Location: Detroit Rock City | When I graduated from High School, my Dad bought me a Celebrity cc68, which I played a lot. It developed a series of cracks in the finish over the years, and finally split the wood last year and then it fell apart. I couldn't play it anymore. Right now I have it disassembled and hanging on the wall as kind of an art piece. An "explosive view" to say the least. |
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Location: East Tennessee | 1972 1115 Pacemaker. Yes I still have it.
Plays and sound great. |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | 1867 Legend...picked up from a pawn shop just under a year ago...now I have four O's and an A. Severe GAS attacks...funds depleted...GAS cured for now. Smiling can't be cured :D :D :D |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Severe GAS attacks...funds depleted...GAS cured for now. LOL...Gotta Love it...Right Jim?
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| ..a usa balladeer which i received as a birthday gift from dad...(1971) |
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Location: Veedersburg, Indiana | 1982 (I believe) I purchased an Applause, sunburst, from the px at Fort Ord, Cal. Played that until I got a Balladeer (1111-1) from a pawn shop at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Sold the Applause in the late 80's and left the O with my son in 1997. I later inquired about getting the O back and was informed that it had been stolen while he was in the Navy in Washington state. I really liked that one, my first O. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | A model 1117 Legend purchased from a Boise music store in the early 1970's. A demonstration of the durability of the bowl sold me on it. It was stolen from a motorhome at the beach in 1981 and I replaced it with a 1651 Legend Ltd from the insurance money. |
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Location: Omaha, NE | I bought a Matrix with my paper route money back in the mid 1970's. Still have it, too, but I never play it anymore. |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | 1537 |
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Location: CT | 1619-4 Custom Legend. Bought new in 1984 when still in high school. Still have it, still plays and sounds excellent.
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| A 1637-1 Matrix (hardwood fretboard, not the aluminum variety) I picked up in used in 1985 soon after I graduated college. Kept it (and played it as my beater guitar) until earlier this summer when I finally pared with it. |
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Location: SoCal | 1972 Artist, 1121. Traded in 1978 for a POS Legend. Too damned stupid to realize how bad it sounded. Got a 1537 in 1993 which wasn't my first great Ovation, but rather my first great guitar regardless of name on the headstock. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | #6. |
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CWK2 LOL! Classic! |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | In the late '70s I had a Matrix which met an untimely death at the alter due to a strap failure. Right around the same time, I also bought a Preacher, which I still have. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Also a Matrix. 1976 bought new in 1977, just before our wedding, so I had something I could play. Sold 2 guitars and my wife paid for the rest. 30 years later she bought the OFC, so I could have something to play at our anniversary. The same songs sound better on the OFC. Still have the Matrix, though, and it still sounds good. |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | Originally posted by MusicMike:
Severe GAS attacks...funds depleted...GAS cured for now. LOL...Gotta Love it...Right Jim?
:D ;) |
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Location: closely held secret | 1517D Ultra Deluxe, bought new in '95.
Gave it to someone who needed it more than me when I bought my first USA O (1867). |
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What was your first O?
