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Location: Southern California | I have owned lots of the major brands of guitars (Taylor, Martin, Larrivees) but recently have become interested in getting an Ovation. I love Cat Stevens and just can’t go into a Guitar Center without picking up an Ovation and not breaking into ‘Peace Train’. From some quick Googling I see that he played a Folklore 1614/1617, 12 fret, 2” fretboard.
My thoughts and the reason that I have joined up is to research and enjoy Ovations. I love the necks and the 1 11/16 width. I don’t have a need for amplification so I was wondering if there are Ovations out there that don’t have electronics and are just suited for acoustic playing.
There used to be a guy on Youtube name ‘mjsokes’ who did Beatles covers/instructionals and he just rocked a tan Celebrity Ovation (with cutaway) but I don't know the model number but I'm going to try and find out as that would seem ideal. He pulled his videos after a while tho so I can't go back and check.
Anyway, good to be here. I love talking guitars!
Rob
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Location: Jet City | Hello backwards robsters, and welcome to the club. I've updated your status, so feel free to post throughout the site.
FYI, Cat Stevens played a few different types of Ovations, but Yusuf Islam seems to have forgotten all about them. |
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Location: Southern California | <p>Just Googled up a pic of the Ovation that I mentioned above:</p><p><br /><br /></p> |
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Location: Southern California | Sorry, here is the link, page down a bit to see the Ovation:
http://www.haszysz.net/tag/mjsokes |
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Location: Route 66, just east of the Cadillac Ranch | damon67 - 2012-10-05 3:01 PM Cat Stevens played a few different types of Ovations, but Yusuf Islam seems to have forgotten all about them. I wonder if Ovation isn't glad it turned out that way. And welcome to the group Rob!
Edited by Nick B. 2012-10-06 8:47 AM
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Location: Southern California | Thanks for the welcome guys. I posted a pic of the Ovation in the General Discussion area to see if anybody can help me id it. Thx. |
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Greetings from California
