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Location: Tampa, Florida | I'm thinking about buying some airlocks for my celebrity, but I've never tried them before. I have a couple of questions for the ovation sages ;) :
1. Are they worth the money?
2. Do they affect tone?
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Location: Scotland | Yes they affect the tone, while their primary function is to close off all the soundholes which helps reduce feedback when amplified, you can also experiment with how many soundholes are closed to vary the acoustic response. For examle try closing off just the holes on the cutaway side, like an Elite-T. Or if you find you are getting an overly boomy sound when close-miking you can try closing off some or all of the larger holes.
Are they worth the money? They cost around $20, which is a lot less than a Parametric equlalizer, so I'd say yes. |
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| Brian You will need them at times when you are plugged in. There are a lot of effects that will help with feedback but depending on what your stage set up is or practice room you will find you get feedback especialy when there are other guitars and basses plugged in. I bought a set from Al Pep on the link to your left at "Lost Art" He has all kinds of extra stuff for the Ovations. And lots of nice Ovations to! Be careful though, they do tend to pop out when you least expect it?
Enjoy the Ovation experience, don't fight it just go with it! Take this for what it's worth I am not one of the "Sages"
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Location: SoCal | My 1658 slothead CL 12 came with one...I will never use it. Not even a good coffee cup coaster. Obviously for a center hole, not Elites. |
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Location: NJ | Like Randy said, they're most useful when used in high-volume situations with other instruments. |
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Location: North Carolina | I use them in my guitar because I mix a signal from the piezo with signal from an internally mounted lavalier mic. The airlocks reduce the sound coming back to the mic through the soundholes and thus reduce feedback from the mic. So even though I am not playing really loud (I am solo), I still benefit from the airlocks reducing feedback. Paul T is right, you can EQ the guitar with combinations of the airlocks. With all of them in, the guitar is very quiet unplugged with not much bass response, but sounds very good plugged in. I did find that the airlocks fit the holes too loosely, and I had to wrap tape around them to get a snugger fit.
Franklin
BTW, I got mine from Big Al :cool: |
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Location: NJ | ". . . had to wrap tape around . . . to get a snugger fit . . ."
yeah, Moody's got the same problem . . . :rolleyes: |
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Location: SoCal | When you're on surveillance, it's tough, but important, to get a tight fit when using a mayonaise jar. Luckily, I don't need too much tape. |
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Location: SoCal | Paul, didn't know mayonaise came in a 1 ounce jar... |
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Location: SoCal | They don't. |
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