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Location: Brighty in Blighty | Originally posted by ProfessorBB:
Those walnut toppers would be on this list if I could see one close up It's really hard to capture the depth and beauty of the walnut with my crappo camera. Next time you're in Brighton, England give me a shout and you can see it in the flesh so to speak. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Jeff,
You need to rake your leaves...
...and send me your 47RI!
Eventually I hope to get one of them thar units. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Although I like abalone and koa is nice, red has always been my favorite color.
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Mark, a convertible with a fabric top? Come on, stop dragging those knuckles and join the 21st century ...
Btw, the guitar AND the car look really nice.
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Not a bad looking one in the bunch.
I have my personal favorites but who cares.
Be happy with what you have cause you are the only one who really matters. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by Gallerinski:
join the 21st century ... Aren't rag tops the automotive equivalent to the ol' Ovation shiny bowls? ;) |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | A ragtop has to be cloth. Hardtops take up too much space. That's an old picture. I like the one I posted on the Ovation Gallery better. It's the only 99 Collector's pictured on there, but apparently never posted that one here. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | I'm with ya Mark. To my mind a convertible is a ragtop, end of story. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I do like the push button, 12 seconds and the top is stored, though. Cool at stop lights. My next one will have a glass rear window as a concession to modern times. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Kind of like the contrast between my daughters' guitars, too.  |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
A ragtop has to be cloth. Hardtops take up too much space. True and true. I guess the crime rate in Boise is a little different than Phoenix. Around here an expensive ragtop would be on it's way to Nogales before you could say "Hot Tamale". I guess from Boise they'd run out of gas well before they reached the next closest signs of civilization.
Folding Convertible Hardtop does provide a small degree of protection but yes when retracted eats up trunk space. Our old one was a 2 piece top which wasn't bad. Maybe consumed 30% trunk space. The new one is a 3 piece top (just like the old shiny bowls) and retracted you lose at least 50% of the trunk. No way you could carry a set of golf clubs in the trunk with the top down unless it was a very small bag. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Full size bag with shoes in the back trunk. Top up or down doesn't matter. It doesn't affect the trunk space. Golf cart, practice club and shag bag in the front trunk. Just send a bit of that warm weather up and I'm ready to go.
Since this is about guitars, though, I can't fit a guitar in the case into either of the trunks and there's no back seat. They're my passenger. |
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Location: GA USA | It seems Dweez and I think just alike on this. |
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| Still love your custom dave - but the GC is close to being the perfect Ovation guitar. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | My ragtop has the glass rear glass and goes into the trunk but probably only takes 15% of the room....it will also fit 4 adults somewhat comfortably and 2 sets of clubs in the trunk (or one ladies overnight bag!).
My TR7 had the plastic back window and I hated it. I kept it unzipped most of the time cause I could never see through it. Glass rear window is the only way to go! |
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Location: Vernon CT | Since this is about the "best looking" Ovation and not "sounding" I must say I have a "soft spot for the 1157-7 10th Aniversay model. LOVE the top! :) |
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Location: NW Washington State | You guys have a lot of funny looking guitars. Are those the acoustic models? I've never been too interested in them. Here's the Ovation guitar that's rightfully famous for its good looks...
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Electrics? Sure, I like those too ...
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Location: South of most, North of few | As long as we're on the A thing...
Or, the O thing....
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Location: Cincinnati | Electrics are cool too. :)
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| I'm partial to carvings. For A's:
For O's:
And if you have to have an outie:
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Location: CA | In my eye, the 2005 Collectors are the prettiest Ovations. Why? Because they're the only Ovation round-hole guitars with soundhole trim that befits the elegance of the guitar — rather than the typical gaudy plastic ring that detracts from it on every just about every other round-hole model. Sure wish it came in anything else besides a contour bowl. I swear the simple trim on economy models — even Applause — looks more "right" to me than that cheap plastic thing.
I also like all the exotic wood models, so it would be hard to pick a favorite side-holer, although my new-to-me Lusty Red 1778T is kinda like the that pretty girl next door who stands out for her natural beauty in an ocean of lipstick and eyeshadow. |
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Location: Chicago | Just phenomenal. There is something SO ORIGINAL about Ovation. Nothing can touch it, if you are touched by the exotic. Let's never forget that Ovation was, hands down, the all-time pioneer that got acoustic out of the folkie ghetto out to rock and jazz: front-and-center, ON RECORD and ON STAGE in the hands of monster guitarists. The beautiful woodcraft here is a worthy tribute, visually, to this phenomenal "O" achievement. |
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Best looking ovation of all time!
