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Location: Central Florida | It was at 7:30 Wednesday night, January 29th, 1969... The occasion... The premier episode of the "Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour." The rest is history!
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Location: SoCal | Jeez! Even I don't remember the exact date and time. |
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Location: N W Ohio | To make a short story long. I played in a garage band (late sixties early seventies, that period is a little fuzzy)with a guy who had an Ovation that sounded so good and was so easy to play that it haunted me for years. I stopped playing electric and switched to strictly acoustic when children started showing up. Bought my D28, my dream guitar then and is still my favorite. That Ovation still haunted me. Enter Ebay, and statred selling off old and unused electric gear so I had some extra disposable income. Here I am five Ovations and another Martin later. |
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Location: Isle of Man, UK | Just over nine years ago (December of 1995) - I was in a rock and roll band, was still living with my Mum, and working, so I had the money to treat myself.
The pickup and jack on my old Yamaha were getting old and unreliable in a gig situation (much like myself now!), so I decided to get a new guitar one day. Went down to the music shop one lunchtime (we only have one on the Island...) and they had an O in the window. Sat and played for an hour, bought it, brought it home. I was fascinated that it was so different in sound, ease of playing, and looks, and I got the "History of the Ovation Guitar" book, and was hooked.
Now I have pretty much the whole acoustic family - Uke, Mandolin, Celeb Deluxe 6, Elite 12, 5-string bass, and a brand new Viper due in about 4 weeks. Just need to discpline myself to save enough cash, and it's "hunt the Breadwinner" time...
Thank you Kaman - you given me, and others who've heard your guitar in my just-about-capable hands much listening pleasure. One day, I'll find myself Stateside, and come see you at the 'mothership'.
I never thought that I'd still be playing that first O nine years later. Amazing where the time goes.
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Location: Asheville, North Carolina | I got my first OV in 1974...everyone was using them to play live and they sounded better than anything available. That continued for atleast a decade or two. The good ol'Balladeer...Everyone from Cat Stevens to Bread played one. :D
Ovation is back with the LX and some other new innovations. I read they are kickin sales of late.
** By the way the term "axe" comes from jazz players refering to their "chops". |
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Location: Hyattsville, MD | Well, I LOVED the sound of my Ibanez PF3, but the thing came to need so much work done that it would've cost me more than I paid for the guitar in the first place. So I trekked to the second-nearest music store and played a bunch of axes in my price range. It was down to an Ovation Celebrity CC026 and a Takamine, and the O won out due to the plugin-ability and plugged in sound, and because the Tak had a couple frets which seemed 'dead', which might've been remedied with some simple adjustments, but I didn't wanna do that! Also, the Ovation is just a pretty design. |
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Location: There's no place like 127.0.0.1 | Had a Cimar (anyone heard of Cimar?) 12 string for years when I saw Joan Armatrading play in 1994. What a unique sound! Found me a new black Ultra Deluxe in my price range and never looked back. Picked up an 1867 last year and just ordered an 1866.
Love one woman... many guitars...
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Multiple sources:
Glen campbell singing southern nights, then in college saw Dave Mason, then saw my CC0057 loved it, and that was it. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Hey Waskel,
Cool T-shirt.....where can I score one. :D |
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Location: Upper Left USA | In the words of Vincent Van Go...
Ear!
T Shirt link |
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Location: There's no place like 127.0.0.1 | ah, Woody, you beat me to it....
I picked mine up at the 2004 Christian Musicians Summit in Tacoma.
Hmmm... upper left corner... were you there? |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | BAAMMMMM!!!!!
Just like that.... a cool "T-Shirt" is now on its way to my house :D :D :D !
Thanks for the links guys. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | I was at the Summit in Tacoma as well this last go around! Had a very inspiring time!
There's a chance that we may have Rick Hall and even Al Pep come to the next one and put on an OFC and Ovation Display.
This would be an excellant chance for a Northwest OFC Gathering! |
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Location: There's no place like 127.0.0.1 | Excellent, Mike! I'll look for you next November.
We can sit together with that glassy-eyed stare while Phil plays... |
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Location: There's no place like 127.0.0.1 | Good score Stephen... Did you order that in Urban, Suburban or Rural size? |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | My best guess would be suburban.
I find that urban living is just a little to tight for my liking and while all that extra space is wonderful in the rural, I find that eventually the upkeep is just too darn much trouble. :D |
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Location: There's no place like 127.0.0.1 | I'm sort of suburban, but pushing rural faster than I like.... |
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