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Post by Hobson on Apr 23, 2014 13:50:22 GMT -5
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Post by RickW on Apr 23, 2014 14:14:17 GMT -5
That's sad. I had an Ovation classical for years, that I played a lot. Sold it last year, one I should probably have not let go. But they were revolutionary when they came out, as much from the fact that they were the first factory acoustic guitar with a pickup that sounded decent. Cat Stevens played them, and I was a huge fan of his.
No one likes them much anymore. I always did.
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Post by PaulKay on Apr 23, 2014 14:51:49 GMT -5
Sad to see. I owned a few over the years and they were always consistent and extremely stable instruments. Maybe somebody will buy the rights to the design.
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Post by billhammond on Apr 23, 2014 15:07:55 GMT -5
Always loved how this guy made Ovations sound (heavily modified, and played through quite a rig, too):
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Post by Marshall on Apr 23, 2014 15:26:33 GMT -5
That's sad. I had an Ovation classical for years, that I played a lot. Sold it last year, one I should probably have not let go. But they were revolutionary when they came out, as much from the fact that they were the first factory acoustic guitar with a pickup that sounded decent. Cat Stevens played them, and I was a huge fan of his. No one likes them much anymore. I always did. They were ahead of the game when they came out. They haven't continued to innovate. Others caught up and passed them by. Sad to see. I owned a few over the years and they were always consistent and extremely stable instruments. Maybe somebody will buy the rights to the design. I agree they are remarkably stable and consistent. just stuck in early 90s technology. I don't think they are closing down; just ceasing to make them in the US. Another one bites the dust. |
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Post by Marshall on Apr 23, 2014 15:29:01 GMT -5
Always loved how this guy made Ovations sound (heavily modified, and played through quite a rig, too): He certainly could play that thing. But it always sounded like a scratchy electric guitar with a wire loose to me. That's the Ovation legacy. |
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Post by Marshall on Apr 23, 2014 15:34:17 GMT -5
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Post by billhammond on Apr 23, 2014 15:40:50 GMT -5
There's only one solution -- find a new church. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2014 16:22:04 GMT -5
I presume the Connecticut factory will still be producing Hamer and Guild.
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Post by mccoyblues on Apr 23, 2014 17:07:23 GMT -5
I wasn't even aware that they were still being manufactured.
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Post by Russell Letson on Apr 23, 2014 17:41:37 GMT -5
Fender is apparently closing the factory altogether. They claim that Guild production will be moved to other facilities, but I suspect that we might have seen the last of US-made Guilds. Too bad, since the guitars built at both the Tacoma and Connecticut factories were some of the best they'd made since the 1960s.
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Post by Marshall on Apr 23, 2014 19:21:09 GMT -5
There's only one solution -- find a new church. or move to Kuwait. |
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Apr 23, 2014 20:11:18 GMT -5
Tupperware bought them?
Mike
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Post by Dub on Apr 23, 2014 20:54:07 GMT -5
I remember playing an Ovation guitar in 1968 or so in a music shop in Chicago. I thought it was amazing that a guitar with a plastic bowl on the back actually sounded decent. I loved the neck. It felt so good to play I almost considered buying one. Fortunately, I had no money so was spared the experience. I never could figure out why accomplished people like Glen Campbell played them. I guess because those people really relied on the amplified sound, not the acoustic.
In my opinion, this is by far the best use to which any Ovation guitar was ever put...
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Post by RickW on Apr 23, 2014 20:57:33 GMT -5
That was the other thing, for sure. They had amazing necks. One of the first acoustics to have an 'electric' feel to the neck.
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Post by drlj on Apr 23, 2014 21:22:25 GMT -5
I have owned a couple. Great necks and feel. I liked the ones I had. One I sold to a guy I used to work and record with. I have always missed that one. The other was ok but I sold it for some reason and have not missed that one.
I would like to still have the 1st one. It was from the 80's and sounded good acoustically and plugged in.
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Post by Village Idiot on Apr 23, 2014 21:30:01 GMT -5
My roommate in college had one. I knew less about guitars then than my minimal experience now, but it doesn't take a lot to decide that if it keeps sliding off your lap, you don't want one.
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Post by John B on Apr 23, 2014 21:40:32 GMT -5
I presume the Connecticut factory will still be producing Hamer and Guild. Hamer was shut down last year. |
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Post by Doug on Apr 24, 2014 6:57:35 GMT -5
Until carbon fiber Ovations were the best beach guitar. But when the price went over $100 I stopped being interested.
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Post by coachdoc on Apr 24, 2014 7:57:03 GMT -5
Always loved how this guy made Ovations sound (heavily modified, and played through quite a rig, too): Awesome playing. God awful tone. Makes me wanna puke. Hack, koff. |
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