| ||
The Ovation Fan Club | ||
| ||
Random quote: "Ovation Guitars really don't get the respect they deserve!" - Alex Pepiak |
![]()
| View previous thread :: View next thread | |
Members Forums -> General Posting | Message format |
muzza![]() |
| ||
![]() Joined: August 2005 Posts: 3736 Location: Sunshine State, Australia | |||
| |||
Nancy![]() |
| ||
Joined: December 2014 Posts: 1713 Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota | I know that Ovation also did that kind of research, and gave that kind of dedication to the top woods (100 year old Sitka Spruce) and saving of these primeval forests too. I like when the Company's can work together to help the planet, over the promise of money. I wish the Leaders of the World could do as well. Thank you for sharing this Muzza! ![]() And I know that allot of people recycle Taylor Guitar boxes, because every Ovation I get, comes in a Taylor Box... I don't know about their guitars, but they do make good sturdy boxes! LOL!!! Sammy and the 47-RI in a Taylor Box... ![]() (Sammy and the 47-RI.jpg) Attachments ---------------- ![]() | ||
| |||
nerdydave![]() |
| ||
Joined: August 2011 Posts: 887 Location: Always beautiful canyon country of Utah | Very impressive! Thanks for sharing! | ||
| |||
Old Man Arthur![]() |
| ||
Joined: September 2006 Posts: 10777 Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | ![]() I have gotten many Ovations in Taylor boxes, and I thought that was what is good about Taylor. (Hey, I actually own a Baby Taylor ![]() | ||
| |||
mbedard![]() |
| ||
Joined: December 2005 Posts: 247 Location: Seacoast NH | Haha! My buddy just got a new Taylor a few months ago and I just noticed the box still lingering in his rehearsal space the other night! I must say that 818e he has sounds and plays wonderfully...definitely overpriced, but I've been very impressed with the craftsmanship and quality on that thing. Very, very nice wooden box, although I'll never admit it to his face since we've been giving each other hard times about our respective love for "stringed planks" and "plastic near-guitars" for 2 decades now. | ||
| |||
seesquare![]() |
| ||
Joined: November 2002 Posts: 3650 Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Yay, Bob! "Good stewards"- I will invest in this guy's philosophy, just not in one of his instruments. :-) | ||
| |||
leonardmccoy![]() |
| ||
Joined: December 2015 Posts: 287 Location: Katmandu | Thanks a lot for posting that video, it was very educational. I didn't even suspect that ebony as a resource was in such dire straits as well, even though I've heard a lot from Ren Fergusson about the equally (?) dire situation for high-quality top tonal woods. | ||
| |||
tpa![]() |
| ||
Joined: December 2004 Posts: 574 Location: Denmark | One of my 2nd hand Ovations came in a Taylor box as well. Maybe thats a common pattern. But I do own a Taylor box :-) The Ovation in the box has a fingerboard of "Ebony stained Rosewood". From a natural resource point of view I don't know if that is so much better. I have a fretless bass with a synthetic material fretboard, called "Ebonol". Another change which might affect the consumption of endangered woods in general would be if any of us only acquired the number of instruments that we actually need. But that would hardly be appraised by the instrument making industry. Back when I started playing it was like "I have an electric guitar and a bass" and we used the instrument at hand for playing country, jazz, blues, soul, pop or rock'n'roll. In present is seems common to have a specific instrument for each genre or whatever. Even I have a broken moral and have several guitars (Ovation collectors are protected in this context ;-) ) Maybe a total off topic comment, but even for a promo video appearance this Bob Taylor seems a nice person. Edited by tpa 2016-04-08 3:39 AM | ||
| |||
Mark in Boise![]() |
| ||
Joined: March 2005 Posts: 12759 Location: Boise, Idaho | I've received at least one used Ovation in a Taylor box as well, but I only kept a couple of Ovation boxes when we moved. Today something arrived in a Taylor box that got me in big trouble. My wife called and accused me of ordering a guitar for my birthday (Monday, BTW, but just send cash). It wouldn't have been the first time, but this time I didn't know what she was talking about. She said she just picked up a guitar at the post office. Then she told me it was in a Taylor box. I swore I would never have bought a Taylor and then I remembered this thread. I asked her to look at the return address, but he box was in the back of the Pilot. I shouldn't have told her that I suspected Nancy was up to something. Of course, she wanted to know who Nancy was and why she would be sending me a guitar. (She swears that it feels like there's a guitar in there, but it's been years since she lifted a guitar in a box.) She's still driving around with whatever is in the Taylor box and I'm at work, so the mystery will be unresolved for a while. Edited by Mark in Boise 2016-04-08 3:41 PM | ||
| |||
Nancy![]() |
| ||
Joined: December 2014 Posts: 1713 Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota | Nope, that Taylor box is sitting down in the shop waiting for me to drag it upstairs, then out for recycling next Thursday! If it keeps snowing like it is, I am going to cut it open, and ride it down the hill first!!! LOL!!! ![]() | ||
| |||
Darkbar![]() |
| ||
Joined: January 2009 Posts: 4535 Location: Flahdaw | Taylors have great necks, about as good as Ovation necks. Good for them, trying to save the forests from decimation. A century from now, people will scratch their heads looking at the barren land and say, "we did all this just to make some guitars, most of which sit around peoples houses, unplayed?" | ||
| |||
jay![]() |
| ||
Joined: January 2009 Posts: 1249 Location: Texas | "most of which sit around peoples houses, unplayed?"" Speaking of houses...about 25 mature pines per house. Oh...and some of those have fireplaces. More trees please. Lots of agenda's out there. People were scratching their heads in the 80's saying we would run out of oil by now. I paid 1.51 yesterday.
| ||
| |||
Darkbar![]() |
| ||
Joined: January 2009 Posts: 4535 Location: Flahdaw | Yes, but pine trees are farmed and "mature" in about 10 years. Ebony...60 to 200 years, and ain't no one farming 'em. Ditto for Rosewood. Not sure about mahogany. | ||
| |||
Jump to page : 1 Now viewing page 1 [25 messages per page] |
Search this forum Printer friendly version E-mail a link to this thread |
This message board and website is not sponsored or affiliated with Ovation® Guitars in any way. | |
(Delete all cookies set by this site) | |