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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Strange as it may sound, my "beater" (6 string), is my FD14...
It's the go out-n-about guitar. The one I choose first when I want to travel with a guitar, play out with others or pass around... and I don't sweat it.
It's a terrific ambassador for Ovation Instruments. Never a soul who has heard or played it, has anything but good things to say about it's tone and playability. It hangs right along with the big ol' timey Dreadnoughts and sings as sweet as a bird tickled neath fingers.
There's just 'SoMuchRight' about this guitar. |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | 1758-1; just a great guitar...I had it on the tour.
If it’s really nasty or camping, etc: 1966 Fender Villager 12...had it since new, original case is completely covered with stickers and memorabilia: it's been a way cool guitar!
Blessings... |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | What`s an FD 14 ?...my beater is a 1537 sunburst..never get`s passed around,in fact,I never pass my guitar`s around,when someone asks,the reply is : "Get a job,and buy oneyourself"..I`m such a heel :)
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Location: big island | i need one. |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | 1867 Legend.
Randy, quit sending your guitars to Povation! Oh, BTW, hold on tight Bro! |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Originally posted by lanaki:
i need one. What....a heel? |
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Location: Hicksville, NY | I only have one Ovation - a deep-bowl custom legend -- and it's pretty much the guitar I use for gigging if ever such thing(s) materializes.
My beater (I think I'm going to take a beating for this) is a Martin DX1 that I take to work everyday ... well almost always. Made in USA, I acquired it from a yard sale for cheap, including the gig bag. These days, they're still relatively inexpensive (about 500 bucks) at a big box retail store, but they're no longer made in the U.S. The label reads "Made in Mexico." |
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Location: Japan | My beater/practice guitar is my 1881 AdamasII. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | The title made me think to dig-out my 1112...
Poor thing had drifted to the back of the Pile.
I refer to it as a Beater cuz it sounds great but looks like excrement.
But the ones that I play the most are 1621 and CC57
(now that I actually RAISED the action :eek: ) |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | It should be my Matrix which I thought was indestructible, but then I started thinking about how I couldn't replace the neck if I ever wore it out. Now it's the Custom Balladeer. Has a few cracks, but plays great. |
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Location: big island | Originally posted by BegginJM:
1867 Legend.
...Oh, BTW, hold on tight Bro! is that a hurricane warning? or perhaps an earthquake one?
last evening while preparing for the hurricane's effects, we were jolted by a 5.4 earthquake. my wife was at the grocery store when the quake hit. she called me to say that most of the contents of the store's shelves were dumped on the floor. the liquor and wine section suffered the most. must've looked like prohibition...
we are all fine. |
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Location: New South Wales, Australia | My beater is my first guitar -- a Watson -- made in Japan but I don't know anything else about it...neither does anyone else :)
Muzza has the same guitar....maybe they were only ever sold in Australia :confused: ...you can see pics of it in my photo gallery if you're interested.
It's ideal for throwing around the backyard and bashing at parties. For a cheap guitar it doesn't have a bad tone to it (to my ears anyway) although it would be better with new strings. The ones on it have been there for about two years I think :) |
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Location: Munich, Germany | Too bad I don't have one. If I go out playing it is only at friends, therefor every guitar is fine and I'll take what comes first in mind. Most of the time it is the newest one.
But if it comes to travelling, holidays or campfire - there is only one choice: the 94 Collector's. Good enough for acoustic sound (and that means really good. This guitar does not get the respect it deserves!) and easily replaced if stolen or damaged.
There are three guitars that I would easier shrink from no scarifice - my LX models (Custom Elite, white Legend and Koa) - but they just don't sound right.
So, my beater is the 94 Collector's.
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Being a charter member of the BFLG, it may be a moot point. EVERY critter in the zoo has the distinction of being a beater. Well, maybe not Connolly- "she makes me want to be a better guitarist" |
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Location: Chehalis, Washington | My actual 'beater' would be an early 90's Gremen classic (cheap Mex import) that I've had since it was new (my first guitar).
My first choice for a guitar to grab-n-go right now would be the '97 collector's, for all the obvious reasons. Otherwise, if I'm going somewhere that I'm needing a serious strummer I grab the Taylor. Neither one's exactly a beater, though. |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | What`s all this with using wood-boxes as "beaters"...do n`t y`all know that Ovation makes the strongest guitar in the world :)
Vic
..Andrew,would n`t your latest aquirement qualify as beater,something about a plastic bowl,which is rainresistant,and terific to be used as a soupterrine.. :D
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Location: Chehalis, Washington | Maybe, but which one? I've got a few to choose from... |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | Tomato-soup...Minestrone..Asparagus.. :)
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Location: SoCal | no beaters here, a couple of project guitars I haven't finished work on.
guess, for all-around travel and performance...47RI, 1687RI, or the UTE. Hard to screw up an Adamas.
took a 2004 30th Anniv Custom Legend up to Las Vegas in July a couple of years ago - worried about it on the way up and back. Fortunately the 100 + heat didn't cause a problem. Wouldn't dare take the Martin. |
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Location: Tychy, Poland | my beater guitar was Crafter ED-50 but i've recently sold it. now it's Ovation Celebrity CP2002. |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | You can see pix of my beater in Ozwatto's gallery  |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Originally posted by lanaki:
Originally posted by BegginJM:
1867 Legend.
...Oh, BTW, hold on tight Bro! is that a hurricane warning? or perhaps an earthquake one?
last evening while preparing for the hurricane's effects, we were jolted by a 5.4 earthquake. my wife was at the grocery store when the quake hit. she called me to say that most of the contents of the store's shelves were dumped on the floor. the liquor and wine section suffered the most. must've looked like prohibition...
we are all fine. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | This is my beater. Just bought it.
OCEAN ACOUSTIC
It's sort of an MOB w/o electronics. These OA's are starting to get a little bit of a cult following. They were only made for a year or two (in Korea) and only sold off shore. Pretty scarce in the US.
I was going to nominate my Academy as my beater, but it's far too nice.
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Location: Phoenix AZ |  |
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Location: GA USA | That Ocean's a cool looking guitar.
My beater is my Yamaha FG200 |
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What's your "beater"?
