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Location: Arcata, California | Hi everyone!
Is there anyone that can explain the difference between the Ovation 1773 LX to the AX, besides that the LX is made in the US and the cedar top is AAA, while the AX is made in Korea and the cedar top is AA?
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | LX has a bolt-on LX neck with graphite struts and a dual-action truss-rod (whatever that is).
The LX neck is calibrated for each guitar with a nifty machine. 1773LX has an OP-Pro Studio preamp.
AX has a dove-tail glued-on neck. 1773AX has a regular OP-Pro preamp.
But you can buy a New AX now... A Classic 1773LX may be scarcer.
If you haven't looked HERE, you should.
(and I didn't know that Classical guitars had a 26" scale)
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Okay... That link that I put up worked when I put it up.
No, not so much. So try these.
1773LX
1773AX
Hopefully these will stay up longer. If not just go to http://www.ovationguitars.com/ and look around.
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Location: New Hartford CT | OMA - the graphite struts replaced the tension rod. Their 'dual action' is what actually adjusts the neck.
I prefer the K bar aluminum stiffener/tension rod set up or even the original tension rod only (pre '77), but there are different opinions on that. |
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Location: SoCal | The struts didn't replace the tension rod. They provide strength over the area where the neck joins the body. The LX also has the more precise, tuneable (if that's the right word) neck attachment/truss rod than the AX. It has the duel truss rod for more precise adjustment. From what I understand, it's much easier to do a neck reset on the LX over the AX due to the way it's attached.
The LX also has the full Ovation warranty where the guitar can be worked on at the factory. From what I understand, with the AX and TX models you have to go thru your dealer for warranty work.
Lastly, and this is just opinion, my guess is that the workmanship is going to be better with the LX as those guitars are custom ordered and built in CT. They certainly aren't assembly line guitars. If you can afford the LX, my guess is that it is worth the price difference......
Edited by moody, p.i. 2012-11-04 9:02 AM
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Location: New Hartford CT | We made all the tension rods at our shop from 1966-2000.
At that time someone in engineering showed me their new system to adjust the necks. It was two long strips of material fastened together on one end with a screw mechanism on the other that acted on the strips to achieve the desired neck adjustment. Didn't quote on the job and never saw the end product but that's what I meant about the tension rod being replaced.
You could fairly say I'm biased towards the original neck adjustment since we lost the job. Of course their number of units sold began to tail off then so it's a wash anyway. I guess the timing was just a coincidence but not long after that I saw them fall very far (sales wise) from a distance and with great regret.
I guess I can do a search here to see a cut away of the LX neck adjustment...maybe later |
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Location: SoCal | http://ovationtribute.com/Catalogues/2006_Ovation_Catalog_II/2006_O... |
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Location: Arcata, California | Thank everyone for the reply..... I am sadden by Ovation's decision to mass produce their classical guitar, and making them with cheaper materials.
Am I correct to assume that 1773LXs are only special orders now from Ovation USA?  |
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