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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Standing with a contour bowl is weird for me, it makes me wanna stick-out my belly to hold it...
Guess I need to eat/drink more, huh? |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | I find standing with the contour bowl feels a bit weird, but it holds the face of the guitar nice and vertical, which makes playing more comfortable for both left and right hand. I thought you'd given up drinking OMA, have you relapsed since the Election result? |
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Location: seattle | I too had friends who mocked my plastic guitar, but .... every occation i've heard an ovation up on stage with the martin/gibson/guild folks - who do you think put's em all to shame - I'll give you a hint - it ain't plastic, but it aint wood either. I am always AMAZED how good a plugged in ovation is.
also, if you have a gut - it may conflict with the roundness of the ovation, so good reason to diet :) |
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Location: seattle | here's a good example of great sound
http://www.youtube.com/Kepheus58 |
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Location: Utah | When I got my first Ovation two years ago, it was a mid bowl. It felt a bit strange and like to tip up, especially when standing. Then someone mentioned that they do that when you hug it too hard with the strumming arm. Viola, problem 99% solved.
It still rolled a little bit up, but I got used to it after a couple of weeks.
I tried a contour bowl at the Guitar Center last year. Early in the summer one of my daughters bought a 2078T with the contour bowl. They sure felt odd, unlike a "normal" Ovation roundback.
Then, Al made me buy a 2007 Collectors with the contour bowl. It felt kinda strange at first. It didn't roll face up at all. It was easier on the fretting hand due to less wrist angle, but felt different, especially when standing.
It took a couple of weeks, but then it felt completely normal.
Moral of the story, both bowls will feel totally normal after you play them a bit. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Originally posted by Old Man Arthur:
Standing with a contour bowl is weird for me, it makes me wanna stick-out my belly to hold it...
Guess I need to eat/drink more, huh? Yeah, that's my excuse. Ever since I bought the contour bowl...no, ever since I started thinking about a contour bowl, I've been eating and drinking and sticking out my gut more. It's all Al's fault. |
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Location: seattle | any other ULTR owners out thar??
if yes, how bout a review of the 2178 ultra |
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| Originally posted by ovationluver:
any other ULTR owners out thar??
if yes, how bout a review of the 2178 ultra Monday can't get here fast enough! That's the day UPS says they will delivery my new 2178. MF is clearing them out and I couldn't resist the temptation.
There doesn't seem to be a lot out on the web about them. It does seem to be a new model that MF is clearing out. I wonder if Ovation is dropping them already? Glad I found this site.
I'm looking forward to getting to know y'all and learn more about Ovation guitars. (actually I had an Ovation Trekker a few years ago.) |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by eGuitarNut:
I'm looking forward to getting to know y'all and learn more about Ovation guitars. eGN,
Welcome to the Ovation 'hive'. Now you're really in trouble... :D |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Originally posted by eGuitarNut:
It does seem to be a new model that MF is clearing out. I wonder if Ovation is dropping them already? I have thought about this a bunch while trying to get information on the 2171...
They are moving production of Elites and Balladeers to Korea.
The 2078LX is about the same as the 2178.
And the 2771LX is very similar to the 2171.
The major difference being about $200-$400 (depending on the store).
If they are not gonna build Elites and Balladeers in the US,
it would not make sense to assemble Ultras in the US...
Or, at least not those models.
(Anybody with a better thought, please share it. :D ) |
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Ovation 2178 Ultra... =]
