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Location: Brisbane Australia | I only had one Ovation, my Adamas11, for about 5 years.
Then GAS got me!!
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Location: Sydney, Australia | It doesn't look good for me. I had one Ovation for 20 years, then replaced it with an Adamas. Now am about to get another Adamas, but having a hard time letting go of the first one. Also have a 12 string Ovation and a Maton classical, but they don't count.
I wonder if I can run the argument that I need one with a 1 3/4 inch neck and another with a 1 11/16 inch neck. Help me out with some GAS inspired justifications guys! |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | There is no possible way I could limit myself to just one. I enjoy the variety too much, not only in how they play and sound, but also how they look. My bandroom isn't just for practicing and storage. Its my sanctuary. Its one of those total package value exceeds the sum of the individual parts kind of rationale. SWMBO doesn't buy into it, either. |
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Location: SoCal | Bingo! The Prof nailed it. Couldn't say it better.... |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | He's got it figured out. Richard, if you need justification, search for a thread on my patented justification system. Actually it's October 27, 2006. I'd do a link, but I don't know how.
If you're trying to justify GAS to yourself, that's easy.
With an electric guitar, you get an amp and a bunch of effects to get different sounds for different songs. With acoustic, you can't do that (despite the VXT), so you need different guitars.
Obviously a 6 and a 12. Then:
A wider neck 12 fretter for fingerstyle;
A Ute, to get that fingerstyle thing above in the Adamas version;
A nylon string classical, one with a cedar top for classical and another with a spruce top for Classical Gas or Spanish or flamenco (doesn't matter);
A 1537 (nuff said);
An 87 so you have a cutaway;
A shallow bowl for playing standing up;
A mid bowl with some bling, for show and tell;
A Custom Legend, because it's the classic Ovation;
A Koa, because it sounds like Koa and looks Kool;
Got kids? One from each of their birth years;
A 97 Collector, since everyone needs a parlor size;
Any slothead, because it's a slothead.
I'll think of more as I get more GAS pains. |
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Location: SoCal | Jeez Mark, that's perfect for an expanded rational. I'd print it out and show it to my wife but I don't want her thinking I'm a bigger simp than she already thinks I am. But I may have to print it out to hold onto..... |
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| I had one Ovation, a Custom Balladeer, 1112, which I bought new in 1974. I ordered a lefty but they sent me a righty with a lefty nut. I had a luthier friend re-slot the bridge to correct the intonation and it was my favorite acoustic until it was stolen in New Orleans in 1977.
About 2 years ago, I found a lefty Custom Balladeer on eBay. It was in Louisiana so I bid on it wondering if it was my stolen lefty. I won the bidding and guess what? No, it was not my old Ovation, but it was a 1974 lefty Custom Balladeer and the serial was close to my earlier guitar. So I have my one and only Ovation back.
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| Great story, LeftyO, and welcome to the board! |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Paul, that was not my SWMBO justification list. She would never have listened through it. I thought that Richard might need some justification for himself. It is pretty close to my thought process, if you could call it that. There is some method to the madness. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Mark,
Did you include a baritone in that list? I think a 2080 baritone might be pretty sweet. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | The list is expandable. I've never heard or played a baritone. Some would also include varieties of 12 strings, but I don't play the one I have much. I didn't include any basses or electrics either. I think my list is quite reasonable, but others think I'm crazy. None of the guitars I have goes unplayed for more than a few days, except for the Matrix, and that was the only guitar I had for years. I keep it for old times' sake. |
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Location: SE Michigan | I (presently) only have one, my Adamas 1581. But it's more than enough. For now anyway. |
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Location: closely held secret | Brian? You sold your legend LX? |
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Location: SE Michigan | Yep, sold the Legend. Last fall I picked up a Black 1581 from OFC memeber Wemedge. I think it originally came from Alpep. It was made for the Japan market and has an ebony fret board and OPTIMA preamp. Other than that it is a pretty much stock 1581. I like the deep conventional round bowl. It's a real cannon. |
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Location: closely held secret | Good choice. I love my 1581 as well. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Thank You Mark for "How To Justify GAS"...
I try to explain why I have nine (now) Ovations...
"But they are All Different!"
You have FOUR that are exactly alike...
"No! Two are contour, One is a twelve, One has a finished-top which makes it sound different... They are different!"
You have two 'Artists', they are the same...
"No! One is acoustic/electric. And one is a Beater!"
So, Why do you need two Twelve Strings?
"One plugs-in, One don't. One is a twelve-fretter, on is fourteen. One is an antique, One is New."
And that one?
"It's Purdy, and I can't afford a 1537."
:mad: So... What's with all those electrics?
"One is S/S/S, one is S/S/H, that's a phony Gibson... And they were CHEAP! (some came with amps, too!)"
Yeah... I guess "Justify" is the Right Word! :rolleyes:
[Never try to argue with a crazy man] |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I have tried several times to explain why I have so many guitars. No one who asks ever listens to the answer. I can't recall anyone who plays the guitar ever asking the question and I can't recall that anyone who asked the question played the guitar.
My daughter has 2 pianos. Either one cost more than most of my guitars, yet no one has ever asked why she needs more than one piano. I resisted buying her the second one, but I'm glad now that I did. If it took 3 or 4 keyboards to do all the different things hers does, it would be worth it. I'm to the point in my life where I should have what I want and that should be all the reason anyone needs. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | A couple of years ago, a visitor to the bandroom asked why I had 20 guitars, to which I replied, "Because I can't afford 21." Times have apparently changed. |
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Location: Kilmarnock,Scotland | at the moment just my 1869 Custom Legend.
recently,I've been looking at picking up a used deep bowl Balladeer but I bought a Tacoma JM9 jumbo on special instead.
Hope to score an Adamas though.
cheers
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | That's a beautiful guitar Komp. Stunning!
I've only got one at the moment as well. I OWN two, but one's in a well-known part of Connecticut at the moment, or on it's way home. |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | Some very good food for thought here. I'm thinking I need to remind SWMBO how much the Yamaha Grand Piano that she plays less than I play my guitar costs, in a subtle sort of way, so that she hears herself saying something like "I spent way more on the piano than he's ever likely to spend on guitars" (She doesn't know about people like MIB) "I shouldn't really complain if he buys more".
Maybe I could do that by saying something like: "Gee the piano sounds great after we spent $120 getting it tuned. I wish it could be tuned for free like my guitar. Maybe I should learn how to tune the piano and save us some money?" This will be a real red flag as I need the electronic tuner to get the guitar in reasonable shape (and she knows this). She'll then say "Oh money isn't that tight, we should live a little".
Then some time later I could say "I wish I had a guitar with a wider/narrower neck, fewer/more frets, spruce/koa/carbon fibre top (etc.) so I could make this tune sound nicer/easier to play" |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Apparently Australia is still the land of dreams. |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | If the US dollar keeps plummeting our dreams may yet come true. When I was a teenager I could get $US1.24 for my Aussie dollar. In recent years it's been as low as $US0.52, has been climbing for a few years and is pushing parity. |
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Location: Madison, Wis | I had only 1 a 1112 Balladeer since 1975, until now. I just purchased a 2007 BCS Collectors series. |
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Location: Winter Haven, FL | I have only one...my 2778LX. I love it. |
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Who has only one Ovation?
