02-07-2013, 06:33 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2012
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Why hate Ovations?
I don't understand why people hate Ovation guitars that much?
I've bought a http://www.thomann.de/gb/ovation_cc24s_5_b_stock_2.htm instead of http://www.cortguitars.com/en/product/ndx20 You might say I'm stupid for doing that.  In the beginning I was a bit sceptic, as you read so many bad things about them, but it came today, and I must say. the Ovation is defo worth the money! I read about it, saying it sounds thin when played unplugged. I think it sounds decent for a 300 pound guitar? I don't know if it's just me, or has any one "experienced" something like that before?
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02-07-2013, 07:23 PM
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Serving Knowledge
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Neither here nor there.
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With Ovations, it seems to be a love 'em, or hate 'em ordeal. There is no middle of the road from what I've seen.
Personally, I don't like them. I'd never played one before, then my nephew asked me to work on his. After fixing the problem, I decided to play it and immediately realized I didn't care of the composite material used on the back. The bowl shape made it slippery in my lap and I didn't care for it. So, not sure why you're so concerned that people don't like them. I'm sure I have some guitars and gear people don't like, but I don't care. I like them and that's all that matters. |
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02-07-2013, 07:33 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2013
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The round back always feels weird to me. A friend of mine has one and it sounds good.
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02-07-2013, 08:11 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
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It depends on how you use them. I have a friend who is a gigging singer/songwriter and he takes an ovation everywhere. With a little EQ on the board it supports his voice quite well and actually sounds pretty decent. I don't care for it unplugged but it sounds way better than the people who have equivalently priced Taks, Ibanez' and the like.
I prefer my tone...but I use an anthem run through ableton live.
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02-07-2013, 08:36 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2008
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I know I love mine- 20 years of service without any issues.
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02-07-2013, 08:56 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2012
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I hate the sound of nearly every acoustic run through an amp, so that's not an Ovation-only thing with me. But I also dislike the unplugged sound of the Ovations, and the composite back, as said, feels slippery in my lap.
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02-07-2013, 09:29 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2011
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9 Ovations, 2 Adamas'... you might say i like them. plugged in they can't be beat. my mid depth and deep bowl ones sound good unplugged, not so happy about the one shallow that i have. i have some really expensive guitars that i play also but not as much as my O's and A's. they just fit the style of music i like to play better than my traditional flat-backers. when i play classic Eagles/Zep songs, i'll go for the Taylor. for A7X/5FDP/shinedown, roundies get my attention.
i've never had an issue with the O's slipping off my lap even the shallow one. i don't understand that. even if it is an issue, it's nothing that a strap wouldn't fix i venture to guess. they're sound is unique but still a full acoustic sound, i think that the traditional type players never liked the (in my opinion) evolution of the guitar. im sure it was the same back in the 1700's when the spanish style guitars started to become popular. also in the late 1800's when more dreadnought style ones started appearing. i've never heard a more crisp, clean sound from a guitar as with my Adamas, even unplugged. different styles of music work better with different guitars, that's all. |
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02-07-2013, 10:40 PM
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When you gig 3-5 nights a week you get less picky about the sound of amplified acoustics. I'm pretty stingy so I use an LR Baggs anthem but I used to always take a mic which sounded better but had feedback issues and required careful placement. Plugging in is infinitely easier and allows me to just play without having to worry. Ovation is a good, Cheap way to have a performing guitar. Their pickups sound better than comparable guitars. I agree with you about the unugged tone though.
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02-07-2013, 11:07 PM
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I guess so, and I'll admit that it could have been the people plugging them in; I've never bothered myself to try one plugged at the store. So there could have been some amp settings that made them sound like crap as well. |
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02-08-2013, 12:22 AM
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Yup. (Actually, I always use the strap on my guitars, so it's never an issue.)
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02-08-2013, 12:27 AM
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If you play any acoustic guitar through an electric amp you're gonna have a bad time. I have to try pretty hard to make my anthem sound okay through my deluxe. Magnetic pups are the semi exception to this. Play one through a PA with a good engineer or a nice DI and I think you'll be surprised. Like I said though, I'll never play one acoustically, I'm with you on that.
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02-08-2013, 06:15 PM
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The problem is I have no idea what amps anyone is using with their EAs. I've looked past some "acoustic" amps at GC, but generally I just play, so I've never checked one out. I've never plugged either my Martin nor my mandolin in, though my bro borrowed the mandolin to check an old stereo out to see if it worked still. And I only started playing the mandolin a week or so ago. It won't sound good no matter what I do. :P I actually played a deeper-bowl Ovation today and it wasn't 'bad' per say, but far sharper and less warm than what I'd want out of an acoustic. I did like the neck though, it was possibly the nicest neck on a sub $500 I've ever picked up, and much better than the last Ovation I tried. As far as the slippery back, I've only tried them at the store. All my guitars have their own straps. But I also can sit down with them and never worry about keeping them in place once I get settled. |
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02-12-2013, 01:36 PM
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Either classical guitar or Electric guitar For some reasons I don't like acoustic
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02-12-2013, 01:38 PM
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A classical guitar is acoustic.
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02-12-2013, 08:29 PM
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not sure myself artie what that post is doin' in this thread.
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02-13-2013, 02:16 AM
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Friend had an upper middle Ovation 12 string that was a dream to play: thin neck, easy to fret and definition superb. Back takes some getting used to, agreed. It comes down to a matter of taste, imho. The cheaper ones are like cheaper traditional guitars: leave lots to be desired. But the good stuff is, well, good.
I have an Ovation, but it is the VXT, the chambered les paul shaped chambered electric with Fishman pickup and 2 SD 59's, made in USA. Brilliant guitar. My favorite. Too bad they stopped making them. Think prejudice against Ovation led many never to try one. Too bad for them. Like mine better than any LP I have played.... and it is light. |
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02-13-2013, 03:34 AM
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In response to your question. Unless you now believe that it is your manifest destiny to convert as many people as you can, in pursuit of justifying your personal preference or purchasing decisions, I say let it go As long as you're happy, then no one else matters. If you perform someplace and everyone walks out because of the sound of your Ovation, then it's time for a change. In the meantime, lovers gonna love, haters gonna hate. I've had two, they both sucked. But neither one was an AE model. One, an 1157 "Anniversary", was flat out dull. The other a "Matrix" 12 string cracked at every sound brace. I kept acoustic 12 string lights on it (.010 to .047), but it was tuned to full pitch. (Since I can't positively rule out humidity issues with the 12, maybe I should temper justice with mercy on its behalf). Ovation's treatment of left handed players is at, or close to, the worst in the industry. I've always loved their electric models, "The Breadwinner", and "The Deacon", but I've been lead to believe that only left handed Deacon to ever come out of the factory, and is currently owned by Jon Way. The guy that demos his lefty guitars on YouTube. Credit where credit id due. Yes, Ovations have fast necks. No, they're not as fast as everyone seems to be making them out to be.. But, part of the "ease of playing" in an Ovation, is also due to the fact the the Glass bowl doesn't recycle acoustic energy back into the soundboard the way the wooden guitars do. Which means it shouldn't require you to hold on as tightly to have the sound sustain. So, I'm glad you're happy with your purchase. As far as me, and quite a few others here, I doubt if you'll effect any change of mind. Besides, everybody, at one time or another, feels compelled to recommend the guitar he (or she) just purchased to anyone, and everyone, who'll listen for quite some time. Then the novelty wears off I suppose. At the end of the day there's always going to be a percentage of, "which guitar should I buy threads". where someone is going to talk up their choice, and/or talk down yours. Realistically though, if someone starts a thread about buying a Luna guitar, they have it coming....  Last edited by Captaincranky : 02-13-2013 at 03:49 AM. |
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