|
|
Joined:
April 2004
Posts: 13303
Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Originally posted by Slipkid:
I was 50% into a long, lonely drive and was desperate for some conversation. I mean really desperate. Obviously desperate. thanks for not having my number! |
|
| |
|
Joined:
June 2003
Posts: 1792
Location: Rego Park, NY, | Originally posted by stonebobbo:
Hey Brad ... your shoe's untied.
138 pics, Al. WOW. Looks like a good time ... wish I could've been there. Bobbo,
I actually had about 150 photos but they wound up on the cutting room floor. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
November 2008
Posts: 15
Location: Indiana | I just found out about the show in Muncie, Indiana late last night, but plan on being there this evening. Will be bringing my 1985 Legend 1617 - which is for sale - if anyone is interested.
PI1203 |
|
| |
|
Joined:
July 2003
Posts: 3111
Location: Nashville TN. | Give us a report |
|
| |
|
Joined:
April 2004
Posts: 265
Location: Warrenton, Virginia | Hi....
I've been a member since 2004. Do you guys still put out the OFC yearly CD? If so, I
would like to contribute....please advise.......regards Sam |
|
| |
|
Joined:
December 2001
Posts: 7224
Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | I'm speechless!!!
Check it out !!!!!
[list]
[*]November 2, 2010 @ Hugo Helmer Music, Burlington, WA
[*]November 3-4, 2010 @ Ted Brown Music, (TBA Eastern and Western WA locations)
[*]November 5, 2010 @ Bellevue American Music, Bellevue, WA
[*]Apple Music @ Apple Music, Portland, OR
[/list] |
|
| |
|
Joined:
January 2006
Posts: 5881
Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | I see a bunch in Texas and Bobby's in Oklahoma. Where else are they headed? |
|
| |
|
Joined:
March 2005
Posts: 12759
Location: Boise, Idaho | Nothing on the website yet. If it's really a roadshow they should be driving through Colorado on the way up from Texas. Since we don't have any dealers in Idaho other than GC, there's probably not much chance they'll stop here. Maybe I'll wave as they drive by. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
April 2004
Posts: 13303
Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Originally posted by Slap:
Hi....
I've been a member since 2004. Do you guys still put out the OFC yearly CD? If so, I
would like to contribute....please advise.......regards Sam Sam, it isn't necessarily an annual CD but contributions are always welcomed.
Best bet is to just log in at least once a month and keep your eyes opened for any announcements.
I am hoping Dave decides to do another one in the next 3-4 months. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
May 2008
Posts: 4996
Location: Phoenix AZ | T28, I was chatting with a few of the other usual suspects and thinking maybe spring-ish would be a good time to launch another CD assuming that's OK with the site owners. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
December 2008
Posts: 1453
Location: Texas | Originally posted by ProfessorBB:
I see a bunch in Texas and Bobby's in Oklahoma. Where else are they headed? Glad you posted that, it got me to check the schedule again and now I see that one's scheduled at Texas Music Emporium in the Houston area. (10-19) That's good news, TME is a great (and independent) shop… very friendly and knowledgeable staff. Any OFCer's planning to attend? |
|
| |
|
Joined:
November 2006
Posts: 3969
| Looks like it'll be me and 'Zilla at Sam Ash Orlando on Friday 10/8. Bringing my 08C, I'm sure the 2 of us will jam some blues. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
September 2003
Posts: 9301
Location: south east Michigan | Knock their socks off g8r! |
|
| |
|
Joined:
December 2008
Posts: 1453
Location: Texas | Originally posted by G8r:
Looks like it'll be me and 'Zilla at Sam Ash Orlando on Friday 10/8. Bringing my 08C, I'm sure the 2 of us will jam some blues. Have fun, bring a camera, post pix… ;) |
|
| |
|
Joined:
March 2005
Posts: 12759
Location: Boise, Idaho | More dates and places posted on the Ovation site. They're skipping Colorado and going from Texas to Alaska, hitting several places in Washington, Portland, California and Arizona. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
January 2006
Posts: 5881
Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Looks like Southern California in early to mid-January. Only one appearing at the moment, but I'd bet there are more to come. I'm sure I can make one of those since I'm planning a trip out there at that time. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
December 2004
Posts: 2150
Location: Orlando, FL | The Orlando show is in the books! It was a blast. It's great to see Ovation actually doing some marketing. There were even young people there! Events like this will hopefully build the next generation of Ovation fans.
Thanks to g8r for coming down. It was great to see you and a hell of a lot of fun jammin' with ya!
As for the event, The guitars were very interesting. I like the 2080 style guitar a lot. The cutaway Adamas models were very nice but all sounded very similar to me. There were 2 wood topped Adamas models, one with a contour bowl and a cutaway, one deep bowl with no cutaway. They were very nice, but I think a nice 1537 sounds better.
Anybody who has a chance to go to one of these GO! YOu won't regret it. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
November 2006
Posts: 3969
| Well that was fun! Thanks to 'Zilla for the pre-show hospitality, always a pleasure to see you and Mrs. DZ. We really should get together more often than just a couple times a year!
The Roundback Revolution was well done. Great history and information for the "non cognoscenti" (shout-out to Cliff). Danny and Adam were both knowledgeable and enthusiastic and present a great public face for the company. The staff at this particular Sam Ash were also very friendly and accommodating and deserve recognition. One of them even bought an iDea guitar for themselves.
Turnout was pretty good, probably 25 or so people, though about a third of those left before the open mic/song taping began. A couple of youngsters (brothers, early to mid teens) with some fine skills, a 20-something guy who did a flawless rendition of "Mediterranean Sundance", and another 20-something lady with some great pipes who did an original. Mixed in with those were some old farts (including me and 'Zilla). I was happy to see the younger Ovation fans - means good things for the long-term prospects of the brand.
The guitars were cool, especially the one-offs. But as 'Zilla said, none were any better than what either of us already own. That's not to brag, but just saying that both of us have spent quite some time (and no small amount of money) acquiring examples of some of the finest guitars to come out of New Haven, thanks in large part to advice and recommendations from folks here.
Anyway, it was well worth the drive for me, and I highly recommend it for anyone contemplating going.
 |
|
| |
|
Joined:
August 2007
Posts: 1008
Location: Tuscany, Italy | Whis I was there .... sigh !
Any O Road Show forseen in the old continent ? |
|
| |
|
Joined:
August 2007
Posts: 1008
Location: Tuscany, Italy | BTW, thanks all for the nice reports !!!! ;) |
|
| |
|
Joined:
December 2004
Posts: 2150
Location: Orlando, FL | A couple more things...
All the guitars were very nice and I tried to isolate myself from the noise a bit so I could actually hear the guitars. Then I played the same thing on them back to back. They all sounded and played great. The three cutaways sounded not only very similar but almost exactly like Serge's 2008 Collector's, which is damn good. The 2080 had a voice of it's own.
If I hadn't just bought the Adamas II and a made a couple of other purchases, I probably would have come home with a new Adamas.
I told the guys running the show that it was great to see Ovation doing some real marketing and one of them said that this was only a start. This is part of a 5 year marketing campaign. Expect to see and hear more from Ovation.
And again, if you get the chance to attend one of these - GO. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
October 2005
Posts: 4049
Location: Utah | Those are some nice looking guitars, with subtle changes to some of the epi's. They've definitely come out with some freshening (not in the dairy cow way) of the style. The wood topped A is especially nice looking with the brown binding. I bet with 20 years of playing it will become a sought after instrument like the 1537. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
March 2002
Posts: 15665
Location: SoCal | How'd they sound? |
|
| |
|
Joined:
December 2008
Posts: 1453
Location: Texas | Nice reports gentlemen. It looks like you had a great time…
Originally posted by Designzilla:
The guitars were very interesting. I like the 2080 style guitar a lot. The cutaway Adamas models were very nice but all sounded very similar to me. There were 2 wood topped Adamas models, one with a contour bowl and a cutaway, one deep bowl with no cutaway. Were they there for historical purposes or were they (or will the be) for sale? |
|
| |
|
Joined:
November 2006
Posts: 3969
| They're all for sale. If you're nice to Adam and Danny they might even give you a price break. The black cutaway to Danny's right in the first picture looks almost exactly like my 08C, except the bowl doesn't have the gold sparkles and it has the carved headstock instead of the slothead. To my and Steve's ears it sounded identical to my 08C, and that was the one I used for the performance. All the other Adamas cutaways were so darn close as to not matter.
I wasn't quite as impressed tonally with the wood top Adamas. They were very good, mind you, but Steve's 1537 (that he brought along) bested them. |
|
| |
Roundback Revolution Road Show
