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Location: Cork, Ireland | Do people tolerate Applause guitars here?
I've had an AA31 for almost 20 years. Would love a Applause Ae35 (12 string) - how easy are these to get (new or used?) |
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Location: NJ | there is nothing wrong with Applause guitars. Most of the members find that you can find very good values in used USA models. Maybe that is not the case in Ireland but it is in the USA.
You may want to contact Paul Templeman he is in the UK and a member here. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | For $100, I just sold my Applause 12 that I had for years when I got a deal on a Balladeer 12. I notice very little difference in sound, a little more in materials. It would have been perfectly fine for me for many more years, but I don't use a 12 enough to have 2 of them. The guy I sold it to is perfectly happy with it. |
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Location: Orange County, California | I think we should bump Sycamore to the top of the "WRB Tour" :p :D :p :D |
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Location: Shotley Bridge, Northern England | Hey Sycamore, these are good guitars for the money. Some of the 'AA' coded models with low model numbers were US made, and play very well. My AA14 is a cracker! Later models were Korean or (now) Chinese. I find that the newer models have a 'sticky' finish on the necks that I don't like. Used guitars don't seem to have this. Inevitably eBay may be the place to look...
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Now you guys got me thinking... I've seen some okay-looking deep-bowel Applauses on the Baaa. I also have heard that Apps have aluminum fret-boards (correct me if I'm wrong) and I'm guessing that they are pretty indestructible. So I may be open to one of them sometime. Continue the Education of the Masses.
(Then again, I probably have too many guitars...) |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | The first were aluminum.
I really think what you want are the later ones with wood necks. Good guitars for the buck. |
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Location: Hicksville, NY | I had a Chinese-made Applause AE-48, and was quite happy with it. For a while there, it was my knock-around guitar that I either practiced with alone, or took to the classroom to engage the students in music sing-a-long activities. Due to its bare bones electronics, it was unfortunate to note that these guitars are better played unplugged, for it can be annoyingly bright when plugged into an amp. If it wasn't for the broken neck, due to a child who lost his balance and accidentally slammed against it, I would never have parted with it. |
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Location: Ireland | Note, I am also sycamore!
Mine says made in USA on the blue label, seems to have a plastic neck (does this sound right?) but fingerboard is wood. Top is spruce, natural colour, I assume laminated but the edge of the soundhole has a sort of black binding so can't tell for sure. Has an inlaid rosette of concentric rings. They are not common here in Irl, I've only ever seen one being played by a busker.
I definitely prefer the sound of this to some more expensive all- wood guitars I've played. I also think it sounds better when you're sitting in front of it (i.e. listening, not playing it.), whereas GOOD all-wood guitars sound good from 'behind' as well. Anyone else go along with this thoery?
Anyone know where I'd get 12-string version? |
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Location: Isle of Man, UK | That has to be a world record for losing your password!
Most people here know more than me, so I'm just joining in to say welcome!
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Sycamore/Sycomore2; we are legion!
The Applesauce is often supported, and sometimes praised here. Like all Ovations, it is relatively indestructable in comparison to other guitar brands...that's the only reason I still have any guitars at all; also why people look nervous when I try theirs.
Nevermind the mess, just don't step in the llama doo, don't put your fingers in Cliffs cage, or buy any string tubes from a misanthrope called Standing Ovation.
This will all make sense later, welcome abroad.
She'd like that. |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | Applause guitars are spoken here, also.....I have an AA14 6-string that I bought new in January, 1977. That was what originally led me to this forum, looking for information on it. It has the aluminum fretboard and the foam neck, and can be seen in the "member access" section in my album.
Of course, thanks to the encouragement from here, I now have 5 more Ovations and an Adamas.... :D
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | There is no membership fee per se (or at least I haven't received a bill) but membership does seem to have a price.... |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I just sold my Applause 12 to a friend for $100 when I got an Balladeer 12. I had the Applause for years. |
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Location: Cork, Ireland | Where would I mount a volume control on this guitar to go with my passive sound hole pickup?
I was thinking of using a rotating pot (I see some of the older ovations used these) rather than a flush-mounted sliding one. Anyone got pics of these?
Also where to buy such a thing? I can get basic ones from an electronics supplier but would prefer a guitar-specific one. Presumably one that would suit an electrig guitar with single coil pickup. |
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Location: Cork, Ireland | I just came across this. Seems an awkward palce to put it though, doesn't in get in the way?
http://www.ovationguitars.com/index.cfm?fa=detail&mid=1223 |
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Location: Cork, Ireland | How do submit an entry for the decoder? I see there are variuos AA models listed but not mine - I have most of the info (except date of manufacture, though I bought in used but quite new in 1988) |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Originally posted by fillhixx:
There is no membership fee per se (or at least I haven't received a bill) but membership does seem to have a price.... Why do I keep sending the checks to Al?? :eek: |
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Location: SF Bay area, California | ...AA models... I have most of the info (except date of manufacture, though I bought in used but quite new in 1988)
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It was almost 10 years old when you got it. I bought a used 12-string version in '84, and gave it as a gift to my girlfriend.
And her son never returned my 100W Guitar Dude combo amp! |
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