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Location: Brighty in Blighty | WOW! It's been in it's case too long. Stuck some Elixirs on there and just blown away by it's volume, presence, tone, clarity, woodyness fullness, goodness, greatness, awesomeness. Built like a tank! What a guitar! Looks pretty sexy too.
Will be re-recording Natsuhiboshi on this. Decided to part with the 06C too, lovely looks but for me the recorded tone is not what I'm after and need to make room for some others :cool: |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Aw Dweezil... Your collection of Collectors' is dwindling!
But thanx for reminding me... I hadn't lusted after a 1537 lately. :eek: |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | Originally posted by Old Man Arthur:
Aw Dweezil... Your collection of Collectors' is dwindling!
Here's now it happened. I drooled over the various Ovations/Adamas guitars and was lucky enough to own them. Then I got down to playing and recording them and to my surprise what I thought initially were my perfect guitars turned out not to be so perfect afterall. That's not to say they aren't GREAT guitars but for me didn't fit my style or the things I'm playing on them at the moment.
I'm really not into collecting for collecting sake, they have to earn their place in the harem as there are many other worthy contenders out there. Some are real diamonds for me and can hold their own against anything else and are keepers (for example the 1537).
So although the 06C and 1537 are very different, realistically I know that 99 times out of a 100 I would play the 1537 so the 06C has to make room for something else. In an ideal world I would keep them all but space, time and money (oh and SWMBO) doesn't allow for it.
As I develop I seem to be more and more critical or perhaps more aware of what I like in a guitar and with regard to the 06C whilst it scores very high on most fronts it doesn't quite cut it for me in the tone department and tone is king.
It's more than likely that the 97C will go to the same way as will the 1763. At the moment the only real keepers as I see it are the 1537, 1758, 07C and FD14. Still not bad eh?
It's worth noting that there are still a few Os/As I've yet to try but the list is getting pretty short. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Oh... I sorta understand.
My Mother, who lives a thousand miles away, cannot quite understand me with the guitars...
"You just sold the ________? :confused: Didn't you just get that?"
Uh... No. I've played it for a year, now someone else is playing it!
(But I've got another one coming in the mail! :p )
But you did have most of the Collectors' there, for a moment! |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | I'm almost cured, the only Collector left on the list is the 87. But I'm almost tempted never to get one to keep it an enigma :eek: |
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | Let me help you here Dweez! I've had it for a week now, so I'm absolutely certain you need to try a Book Elite. If tone is king for you, then the book and the 87C (and the 1537) will fight each other tooth and nail for the crown.
There! See? That helps you decide right? :p :cool: |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | You Patch of all people should know better, you know how little provocation I need to buy a guitar.
OK OK you persuaded me. There! Happy? ;) |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | 1537 is definately one of the better Ovations out there. |
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Location: Nova Scotia, Canada | There are so many Ovations I've never had a chance to try...the 1537 being one of 'em. |
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Location: Chicago | Stunning. I think we need to organize a OFC concert with acts like Dweezil, Segio Lara, Guitars of Fire and anyone else crazy enough to join!!! |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | 1537.. reigns supreme ..the Very Best that Ovation ever built ..
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Location: Sydney, Australia | Dweezil, you take such good photos. How do you manage to make the English sky look blue? Is that photoshopped? |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | No photoshop. It is sunny here sometimes ;) |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | I think I asked this before, but what exactly is it that folks like about the 1537? I've owned 3 of them and thought they sounded very nice. Most "martin like" of any ovation. Yet the neck was a big turn off and the electronics were sketchy at best.
Has anyone here had a custom built to mimic the 1537 especially the plywood facing under the soundboard? That might be a fantastic guitar with an LX neck on it. There was talk about a 25th anniversary reissue last year but looks like the factory has focussed on Guild instead.
So what are some of the reasons people like them? |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | As previously stated : volume, presence, tone, clarity, woodyness
And I like the neck too :) |
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| Bassy, woody tone; lots of volume, but responds very well to dynamics; I, too, like the neck. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Is the neck different than any other k-bar elite? |
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| It has a softer profile than my 1619, which has a deep V. My 1537 feels asymmetrical, almost like my Tak TNV340.
I my experience, the early K-bar necks varied widely in their profiles. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | OK, that makes sense. Although by 1982 I think they were all shaped by the old CNC miller so I'd be surprised if there was much variation. |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | I think it's about time for a 1537 reissue. And maybe even the 1547. Wattaya think?? But I think it should be the dreadnaught sized version. |
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Location: Jet City | I don't play the 1537 live, but I do play it quite often if I don't plan on playing past the 14th fret.
It's my fav sounding O. It's stunning to look at. It does start to weigh you down after a bit. It's got to be the heaviest acoustic I've ever owned.
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Location: SoCal | I suspect that there won't be a 1537 reissue. It would cost well over $2k and you can buy them on ebay for under $1k.
They are wonderful guitars tho'..... |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | I think WHEN I decide to get another one it will be that sunburst. They ARE stunning. But I also think i'd like to send her in and have one of those carved bridges installed, and a black saddle and nut. I have always wondered why they are so heavy? |
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Location: SoCal | K-Bar in the neck. Extremely heavy, extemely stable...... |
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All hail the 1537 !
