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Location: SoCal | The common theme through all of this thread is having an Ovation that sounds good unplugged -- just played as an acoustic guitar.
Isn't it interesting that for years Ovation has been selling itself as the plugged in choice. And most of the people here are not even concerned about that. And we're excited by and buying the LX because it is a great sounding unplugged guitar. And are excited by the 12 fret slothead Adamas.
And what's really cool is that Ovation reads this board. |
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Location: the BIG Metropolis of TR | My dream O would be like Patsbro's except I like the original Folklore's nut width (1 7/8) with an inlaid rosette and it's gotta be in Natural(-4) finish!! Might look "cool" also if it had the ebony bridge and black peghead veneer!!
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Location: 6 String Ranch | An original Academy with the cream colored top and maroon neck with silk and steel strings. |
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Location: SoCal | Tell you what Bill, I'll find you your dream Academy and in return, let's see, you give me that piece of junk old Adamas slothead that's just gathering dust and getting old. Deal? |
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Location: Upper Left USA | How about the dream of getting to feed the dog, take in the mail and dust/play Bill's guitars for him when he goes on vacations (don't forget the dog though)?
And my family wanted to go somewhere really stupid like Disneyland. Go figure. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | You gotta have more than one Dream! Successive dreams are the way to go.
3-5 year dream - Light bodied/new truss -Longneck 12 string Textured Top, deep-full bowl in thin gloss black with carved ebony bridge, ebony fretboard with custom MoP alpha-omega inlays, MOP edge and Logo inlay and an OP Pro with balanced and 1/4" outlets from the H/O.
Within a year - LX Mid bowl cutaway 12 string multi-hole in vintage tone on the Bearclaw spruce with the inlaid epaulets, surrounded by MoP edge and inlays over ebony frets and bridge. OP Pro from the H/O piezo. Where I will find a strap that is worthy I may never know.
Grandpa Plan - Any guitar the little buggers want as long it's the right one! |
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Location: Louisville, OH 44641 | See what you've started AL! It's been fun reading about everyone's dream guitar. There are lot's of different Ovation fantasies out there. Yet, this is all the more reason that Ovation should launch a configuator on their web site. Or perhaps you could have a simple version on your web site. A configuator lets you build your custom guitar on line by specifying all the components and it even let's you know price. Very much like ordering a Dell computer. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Except my guitar never gave me the Blue Screen of Death.
A Configurator would be cool but there are already real live people to do that for you! |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | OK the second dream would be to have an Applesause solid body with the cream body and maroon neck.
Woody, the dog eats in the AM and PM and needs to be walked right after. Watch out for Morris (see gallery) You sure you want this? I'm on permanent vacation. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Now for the serious answer.
A Q.
Not the ones they're making now with those gay squiggles for sound holes but one like the originals that had a dodge viper grill look to it. One of these with a 1 3/4 nut and a nice thick, but hollow neck. A grafite bowl for more lightness and flatten out the back some so it won't slide off the leg (yes it happens to me too). Waverly keys for light weight, ebony bridge and f/b (or a real hard phenolic) Straight acoustic, no inlays, all black. It would get that stealth look. The whole thing would come in at less that 4 pounds and would sound great. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Maybe I should just file that request between the "Few things more interesting than someone else's newspaper" and "I don't want a fishing boat, I want a best friend with a fishing boat".
With so many wonderful flavors to choose from how can anyone settle on the perfect guitar?
Impatient I may come across but I really am excited at what new directions Ovation and it's Fan's are going. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Living in Florida what you said is totally true, you don't want a boat, just several freinds with boats!
And I like your ideas about guitars, or was that guns? you can never have enough. And the ultimate guitar is only the ultimate till you've finally got it and then it moves to the next guitar you want.
That said, when you get the longneck 12 sorted out it should be in the top 10 of anyone's list. |
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Location: NJ | Okay, "scratch" my choice . . . .
. . . . a TRIPLE neck!!! . . yeah! . . THAT'S the ticket!!!! . . . . . |
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Location: Athens, GA & Gnashville | You guyz are totally phuqen sick. |
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Location: NJ | ". . phuqen sick . ."
That's in Cambodia, isn't it?? |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | ....or lost & broken Smith & Wessons. |
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Location: Shelton, Washington, USA | no, cliff, it's a suburb of Hanoi... and it's spelled phuqen siq.... spent a month there one day. |
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Location: Athens, GA & Gnashville | Sorry...I never could spel. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Not your fault Goob. |
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | MWoody's 12 strings sound good to me, so I would imagine him leaving his house unlocked as he goes down to check out cwk's archival stash, after he gets them, that is. |
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Location: NJ | Scew the boat, I just want neighbors with kids that are not snots and that have construction skills to help me on my home projects....I could use one that is into auto body too that could paint my 68 pontiac convt. |
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Location: NJ | I just want neighbors that can speak EEEEEEEEEnglish!!!! |
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Location: SoCal | Our ballots out here, from the Tuesday elections, were in 5 languages. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | That is just too far. There are priveledges in this country like driving. You got to learn how to do it right (although parts of New Jersey are exempt)or you don't drive. When you vote you need to know how to do it (as seen in Palm Beach) and know the language of the country you are in. That's not too much to ask. |
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Location: SoCal | Bill,
One of the behavioral programs we do is a Repeat Offender Traffic Program (16hrs) - in the last 3 months, had at least 14 different languages (besides English and Spanish) where they had to bring their own translator. This means that they have had more than one traffic offense, no longer eligible for regular traffic school...then we get a number of date of births with month and day listed as one (01/01/70.) By the way, many of the individuals needing translators have been in the US for a number of years (or are cab drivers.)
Not bashing, just that eventually they should assimilate. |
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