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Location: North Wales, UK. | Any good these? Maybe a campfire item?
I am after a campfire/campervan type of guitar so would it fit the bill?
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | dave,
If ya don't mind me asking, how much are you paying for the Celeb?
I'd spend the $$$ on an used Ovation, even one with some checking. I had one Celeb SSB and I won't have another. Very 'anemic'... |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Probably. Get a guitar tech to set it up for you. Well worth the expense. As to it's resiliency, given environmental stressore & climatic changes, couldn't speculate.
If you can't tolerate the weather, neither will your guitar, i.e., don't leave your pooch in the car during the summer. |
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Location: south east Michigan | You would be very unhappy with a shallow bowl campfire guitar.
In the true spirit of the cliche'... you would be an un-happy camper.
Mid-bowl at the very least.
Deep bowl is optimal. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Originally posted by dave3dg:
Any good these? Maybe a campfire item? You can't cook marshmallows or hot dogs over 'em...
There is formaldehyde in plywood and other nasty stuff in the bowl. :p |
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Location: North Wales, UK. | Thanks guys, £130 squids m8 which is not bad I suppose Iffy. Guy sez it was bought at Christmas and very little used so I though I would give it a whirl.
My Collectors is an SSB and it sounds OK to me much better than the Strat off electric so the Celeb acoustically wouldn't be too much of a shock.
I know where you are coming from seesquare on leaving the Celeb in the motor van but it has a
hard case so the temp changes should be lessened a bit.
I know it's not the most prolific Ovation out there but it should make enough noise to ward the wild animals away from the campsite.
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | If my conversion is correct, that's $189 US. Not bad for a like new camper git.
I also imagine you have a limited selection in your region. So, I'd say go fer it... |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | OK, then, don't leave your pooch, inside its kennel, in the vehicle.
I counsel my tennis buddies that if they leave their racquet in their car, when the temp's over 80 degrees (Fahrenheit, that is), or below freezing, for even a half-hour, they can kiss their strings bye-bye. And, that's at 60# of tension. Try the extrapolation to 110# on a guitar. |
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Location: North Wales, UK. | seesquare, you have taken me right back to my first band in january 1966 in Wrexham practicing behind the 'Green Dragon' pub in a large wooden shed. Couldn't feel my fingers with no heating and just one light socket with no earth for power. Every time I got too near the mike I got a healthy electric shock on my gob.
My first guitar was a Watkins Rapier if anyone can remember them. |
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Location: North Wales, UK. | Couldn't resist it. I have bought another wallhanger to go with the other two.
I have a feeling in my water that these Celebs could become a very desirable collectors item in the future :rolleyes:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190282239624 |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by dave3dg:
these Celebs could become a very desirable collectors item in the future ... especially if you buy all of 'em!  |
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