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Location: New Jersey | hehe, and the only reason I bought it was cuz Josh Homme plays it. I bet that'll piss some people here off.
Heh, either way, this guitar is without a doubt the coolest guitar I've ever played. I'm gonna sell my other guitars now cuz I've finally got my guitar for life. |
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Location: SoCal | You're not going to piss off anybody here. Regardless of why you bought it, you did buy a very good guitar. Welcome to the world of Ovations. |
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Location: NoHo, CA | Pissed? No - I'm a huge Kyuss / Queens fan. Plus you paid a lot of money for you're GP and made the value of all of mine go up. Thanks! |
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Location: Munich | well I don't know if we should thank josh for playing this guitar?
surely on the one hand he made the gp very well known and that rises the prices for it ( good for the ones that wanna sell one) but on the other the gp is not only a dessert rock instrument and it's really expensive to buy now.
but forget about that, ovation made kewl electric guitars and the gp really kicks ass. |
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Location: Atlanta,Ga. | Guys, when i sold Josh his first sunburst GP(he already had his black one)at $1450.00 ,i thought that would be the highest these guitars would ever go!!I never thought another would ever sell for more than that.I see one sold for $2250.00 yesterday on ebay..UNFRIGIN BELIEVABLE!!
I was in a music store the other day and there was an early Ibanez model that was almost exactly the same guitar shape as the GP..The upper bout was not quite as long as the GP.I picked it up and it just looked and felt like they were made in the same place...I did a double take on it until i looked at the headstock.. |
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Location: Munich | hi samova,
do you mean the ibanez roadstar II ? |
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Location: PA | I saw that same Ibanez. I think it was an Artist series. AR250 or AR2000.
It looks very similar, but feels a bit lighter/thinner and the neck joint it different. The neck-through on the GP is just plain smooth. |
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Location: Munich | c'mon the ibanez ar250 is definitely a fender flame copy. to say this one is looking like a gp is like argueing a porsche looks like a mercedes.
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Location: oklahoma | well congrats to the guy who got that GP...(u lucky bastard) too bad that im still looking for one to own and now i gotta get more money cuz there selling for 2 grand now.... oh well whatever it takes ill get one one day......
about that Ibanez ar250 i own one and the only reason i bought it was because it resembled a GP its a good guitar, but im sure its no GP.....
QotSA rocks by the way....... |
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Location: Munich | and it seems that you've got also some time to spend. after three gp's within 2 weeks no new auction is running at ebay. let me think, the last time it was 3 months without an auction. ouch. phew, when I think about that I'm really happy that wayne gave me that second try chance and that ickygoo said I should buy it. :-D |
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Location: New Jersey | I don't think there is a guitar that compares to the GP. Seriously, this thing is so badass. I'm gonna fool around with my other guitar and stick Dimarzio Super 2's in them and see if it even resembles the GP's tone. |
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Location: Munich | well benjamin,
I restaurate vintage guitars in my spare time and I have bought a maton pm1 with super2's and the result is the same. it always depends on the pu's the number of boards the body was made and the kind of wood. I also tested super2's in a maple bolt on tele and it sounds completly different.
but what makes the gp so unique is the sound of the pu's and the design of the guitar. surely you can play the gp also with seymour duncan's and it'll sound great but you wouldn't find this kewl mixture between headstock, appearance of fretboard and body with that ultra kewl binding at any other guitar.
a gp will always be a gp and nothing else.
that what I like about this guitar it's not the 10.000th single cutaway gibby style instrument it's just a well designed and functional guitar that you can compare with a mercedes 300 sl. a pain in the eye, and a threat to all other guitars.
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Location: oklahoma | Putting Dimarzio Super 2s is exactly what i am planning to do to my Ibanez Ar250...... i already got this guys # that does all that here in Oklahoma so now i just need to buy some super 2s and ill be all set oh, im also gonna buy some cream bell nobs to replace my speed nobs..........thats just how much i crave a GP. |
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| GregDK, glad to see the GP made it to you safely. I was worried about the long trip so I added as much packing as I could. |
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| Hey, this post is kinda off topic, but since I play a GP i thought I'd do a shameless plug. Check out my band at skyfade.notbatman.com! Mp3s and such are in the media section, we are a young band, with a modern sound, I'm not sure of the age range of people on this board, or if my band will quite float your boat. But check it out guys! Later!
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Location: Munich | @spacemonkey: kewl idea, I want to see some pics of it when its finished. but I really think buying a ukII would be cheaper.
@wayne: yes , it was really funny to wrap it out. I think ebola viruses for scientists aren't sent safer than this gp. I was very glad to see it in such mint condition. but one of the pu covers was flaping a 'lil bit. but I fixed it.
@josh: I cannot agree with your statement at your homepage. I also love the GP but it's not the only kewl guitar from Ovation. Well, seems like you've never played a UKII ;-)
@all: the crank guys of crank are wishing you a merry x-mess and a crappy new year. rock on and keep that strings shake. |
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Location: Germany | I´m new on the ovation scene and have to confess that I haven´t a clue what a GP is! Can somebody help me? |
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Location: NoHo, CA | The GP is an electric solidbody guitar. GP stands for "guitar paul" like Les Paul. It's got a unique body shape with double cut aways staggered apart. Made in '84 it was part of the short lived "hardbody" series. The only set neck electric guitar ovation ever put into production. Pretty damn rare and at this point really damn expensive. Made popular by Josh Homme of Kyuss / Queens of the Stone Age and me :)
Search the member gallery for the GP you'll see some pictures of 'em. In fact my gallery (ickygoo) is full of the ones I own (some have found new homes) and has a couple pics I took of a GP in action at a QOTSA show. Samova, Mr. Ovation,tomcatt99, and s_mkheidze also have pics of the elusive GP.
Oh and it's also my favorite guitar. I wish I had more. |
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Location: oklahoma | hey greg
ill e mail you some pics when i get those Super 2s on there and those cream bells knobs. You just gotta wait till i land a job again(damn school)
i think i still got your email....if not post it up and ill get you those pics.
Ive noticed that we have over 2000 members now its nice to see more people that love ovations.
spacemonkey........ |
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| Hey, finally got a buncha pics of my GP online...I've gotten some emails asking for pics, so chekc em out in the concert pics at http://skyfade.notbatman.com |
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Location: New Jersey | damn bastards with their black GP's. One day I'll get one. Although, even though the black is damn cool, all the GP's look incredibly nice. I have a wine red GP and from pictures online it looks dull but in person, the thing is beautiful. Kinda like girls...Some of them look soso in pictures but look amazing in person. Hehe... |
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Location: Munich | hey benjamin,
just shut up, your gp looks more than awesome and I'm still mad at you that you bought this babe, also I like mine- |
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Location: oklahoma | i hate all of you all i have is an ibanez that looks like one and that i wish was a GP. One day ill join the ranks and the color wont matter as long as i can own one. |
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Location: Munich | hehe, you're totally right spacemonkey,
the color really don't matter but the pu's ;) |
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I'm the lucky bastard with the GP
