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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | I like Boobsalot. |
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Location: Hiram, Georgia | Hey JeffW. maybe you should pony up
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I think Jane and Molly have something going on. |
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Location: Pennsylvania | I traded a Taylor 614CE for my Ovation 2006-FKOA. I think it sounds just as good as the Taylor un-plugged, and plugged in... The Taylor is no match for the Ovation.
As far as the playability, build quality, and set up goes, i think the Ovations are quite equal to the Taylors in all regaurds.
I have heared many great things about the GS's, and i do like Taylor guitars, and the GS's are very well priced compared to the other higher end Taylors.
JMHO... :) |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | When I sadly concluded that I wouldn't be able to play Gertrude alot because of my shoulder issues, I played just about every brand and price range going in my search for another guitar. I had a deep-bodied Guild as well, so my "wood-sound" cravings could have been easily satisfied--but the limitations of creeping middle-age precluded playing her, too. Three years and many miles later, my custom s/s LX came home from the mothership last November. If I still want to satisfy the yearning for woody resonance, I can always borrow the Guild back--but somehow the hankering doesn't last too long once I pick up Jewel.
Karen and the crew:
1111-4 "Gertrude," CE868LX-4 "Jewel," Viper 1271 Natural "Blanca," maple Tornado (not yet named--"Nonnie"), Steinberger 5-string bass "Sugar," American Strat "Ivory," Galiano mandolin "Plink," Vega 5 string banjo "Twang," and one fiddle of uncertain antecedents "Shriek" |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | Hmm. in my humble opinion :rolleyes: Wood Sound..that means CEDAR TOP.. ;) |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | ..and D`addario Flat Tops EFT 16 (12 - 53 )and when your instrument has low action EFT 17 (13 -56 ) real woody and minimising finger noise :) |
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Location: Yucaipa, California | ...want wood? 2001 Redwood Collector's...now, That's wood! |
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Location: Hicksville, NY | There is no contending the playability of Taylor guitars ... they really play nice. There's something about their brightness, however, that doesn't appeal to me. Just my opinion.
Maybe in the future, I just might upgrade my one and only O ... that is if Ms don't find me first ... |
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| Stopped into one of the local guitar stores in Clifton PArk NY Parkway music. They are an Ovation dealer and the largest shop with the biggest inventory of guitars and everything. Nice shop great pro employees. Been a month since I have been in... still have one pink/purple color celeb in a shallow bowl hainging in the large acoustic room. Bet they sell a lot of the Tak's and Taylor's when the only Ovation to compare it with is...lets say... unfair competition???? They did have an Aniversary Legend hanging for a while but that sold and nothing else is there.
Perhaps this is not the norm for you guy's but this is the norm for me in this area.
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Location: Rauenberg, Germany | I've had my Taylor for a couple of years and love it. Yes, it was expensive and I thought long and hard, played a lot of other guitars, then ultimately worked out a trade with the guitar store owner. The closest I ever came to owning an ovation was an applause six string that I had in the 70s.
Another reason I bought the Taylor was for its resale value and that it would be the first American made guitar I owned. As it turns out I will probably never sell it -- lots of sentimental value: she was born in the same state as me; she's a 30th anniversary model -- 30 years from my HS graduation.
I'm afraid to take her out of the house, and when I am not playing, she stays in the case. My wife is refering to her as the "other woman".
But my dream was to own an Ovation 12 string. My Ultra should arrive soon after purchasing on Ebay. After reading some of the shipping horror stories here on the OFC message board, I hope it arrives safely.
Quick question, that I am hiding in this thread: I'm a newbie -- what does GAS mean? My wife says I got it, that's for sure, but it helps to know the OFC context.
Keep pickin everybody! |
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Location: Round Rock, TX | Guitar (or Gear) Acquisition Syndrome |
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Location: Rauenberg, Germany | Thanks wilblee. I got it allright...five guitars and counting. Not to mention the recording gear I've accumulated and other gear I need. Maybe we should form GAS Anonymous. Hi, my name is Rick and I buy guitars! |
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Location: Kingston Ontario | I tried a Baby Taylor a while back. It appeared that the neck was held on with drywall screws. The screw heads were visible on the frett board.
In order to get a big sound from a Taylor, you have to spend big bucks. Ovations may not have a woody sound but they do have a distinctive one.
I've got a Standard Balladeer that is going on 30 plus years old. I'd put it up against any woody any time. |
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Location: Pennsylvania | The main reason i got an Ovation is that... I'm too old to get a woody...:lol: |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by Cantom:
It appeared that the neck was held on with drywall screws. The screw heads were visible on the frett board. Yes that's true. To "us" Ovation fans that just seems like the craziest thing in the world. But put yourself in a Taylor fans shoes, to him a guitar with a back out of plastic is just as crazy. It all depends on your personal point of view.
I'm not trying to defend Taylor here, but to be fair you were playing their bottom the line travel guitar. It won't impress you compared to your Ovation. But compared to it's competition (Applause travel guitar, for example), the Baby and Big Baby are pretty damn nice instruments.
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Location: Chehalis, Washington | All perspective...I've played a few Taylors I like (namely 700, 800, & 900 series), and the T5 is pretty cool. One of these days I'll probably own one. However, I'd be WAY more likely to shell out $2500 for a new 1680 Adamas slothead than to pick up ANY Taylor they make. Just can't get it out of my bones...
...then again, I guess I'm too young to understand the "woody" trouble...
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