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Location: Boise, Idaho | I was growing fond of the tree. |
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Location: East Tennessee | Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
I was growing fond of the tree. +1
I also enjoyed checking the humidity with all those ones hanging on the wall. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | And seeing what time it was with different guitars hanging around the clock. |
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Location: Sugar Land, TX | First of all, thanks for all the great advise. I have only been a member here for a few weeks, and have been treated like a member of the family. Old Man Arthur was even up in the we hours Christmas morning helping me out. I'm sure any one of you would have done the same. I have even had a few offers of guitars today and just let me say, I wouldn't hesitate buying one from any of you.
I made a trip to Guitar Center here in Houston today. I went straight to the Ovations. There was a grand total of 5 of them in the store. Three Applause models and 2 Celebrities. Maybe this had to do with lack of post Christmas inventory. I don't know.
My other interest was Taylor. To make a long story short, I bought a new 210E. Now before anyone goes hating on me, I have seen a number of Taylor's listed here in member sigs. Just look at BT717 above. LOL! My initial impression is it sounds incredible. Even my wife who has not a musical bone in her body said, "Either you have improved in the last week, or that guitar sounds much better than the other one." LOL! I'm no expert, but the fit and finish appear to be top notch but I'm comparing that to a defective Celebrity so take that for what its worth. I must say I don't think it's as pretty as an Ovation. Even with all it's flaws, I think that defective Transparent Blue Celebrity is a prettier guitar. But the Taylor also has a certain "no frills" attractiveness to it. It's growing on me.
This brings me back to my first post here when I told about my Model 1111 Balladeer that my parents bought me when I was a teenager and how I thought it was the most beautiful sounding guitar I ever heard. I will always have a spot in my heart for that guitar and Ovations. In other words, I will always be an Ovation Fan. I might even own another one one day. In the meantime, I hope you guys won't mind if I drop in from time to time. This is a great place.
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Originally posted by Corey:
I have only been a member here for a few weeks, and have been treated like a member of the family. Old Man Arthur was even up in the we hours Christmas morning helping me out.
Corey Yeah... And you went and bought a Taylor anyway? :mad:
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
And seeing what time it was with different guitars hanging around the clock... ... that change on the hour! Eh, what? No, not just the clock! :p |
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Location: Vernon CT | While I have voiced my "Positive Opinions" about Taylors before at the risk of being chewed up and spit out by some of our more passionate members here, I, in the last year have grown more fond, appreciative and knowlegeable of the American made Ovation. I will NEVER knock anyone for buying an instrument they find pleasing to their eyes, ear and feel, but, Corey, with the abundance of High Quality used Ovations for sale on Ebay and specifically here, I think you could have spent less for more. Enjoy your Taylor, I do, but make sure your next is an "O", you won't regret it. I never have! :) |
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Location: Tuscany, Italy | The end of this post (it's a happy ending anyway, as Corey got an American acoustic guitar that suits him most) re-propose the content of the other post started by Old Man Arthur about availability in stores of America made Ovation guitars. Corey in GC Huston found only Celeb and Applause. Click |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by marenostrum:
only Celeb and Applause Ta-dah!!! ;) |
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| Congratulations on your new Taylor, Corey. I'm generally not a fan of Taylors myself, but everybody's got a favorite flavor of ice cream, too, and it doesn't have to be my favorite flavor.
I actually played the first Taylor that I liked today at Best Buy of all places. It was a $3000 New Yorker body. It sounded similar to my Takamine dread (which was $1800 cheaper).
Keep an eye out for a good used higher-end Ovation, Corey. And enjoy your new guitar! |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | kinda like talking to your kids. Want the advice so they can do the opposite.
Oh well, to each his own. Think I go play my Collings. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Congrats Corey. Sounds like a nice guitar and certainly a step up from the celebrity. Enjoy it.
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| Hey Stephen, you bringin' one o' them Collings in March to tempt me? |
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