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Location: Scotland | Just got back from Ovation's UK distributor with my custom order. First impressions are that it is exactly what I wanted, it is absolutely stunning. I'll get some pics posted when I've wiped off the drool. |
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Location: Back in the Valley of the Sun Mesa Az. | sure rub it in(j/k)
Congrats on your new addition bro!
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Location: Parkersburg, WV | Paul T.
Three questions concerning your new acquisition.
1. How is your mic/pickup combination working out? Better than the Optimax system?
2. Ovations responds to a lot of questions with "We can build it for you" Is this practical for most of us concerning cost/time involved etc?
3. Was there any special labeling or IDing of your guitar?
Enjoy your new guitar. I know how it feels to get a new one, but I can't imagine how it feels to get one exactly like you want. Can you sense my envy?
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Location: Scotland | Pats, It's labeled as a 6774 Folklore, which was probably the nearest model number to what it is. I've tried the pickup/mike combo in my studio & its fine, it sounds amazing, but that's in an acoustically neutral room through reference monitors - on stage may well be different. The mike goes direct out, no onboard controls & independant of the pickup/OP50, so I can keep the mike signal out of the stage monitors. I'd say it's a way better proposition than the original Optimax. I leave for a UK tour on Monday, so I'll be in a better positon to comment in a few days.
On the evidence of this guitar I'd say they can build anything you want, as long as you don't use the prices advertised in Musicians Fried (not a typo) or similar as a yardstick. The guitar was turned around in less than 5 months & despite exchange rates, tax, duty & shipping the cost to me, across the pond, was very reasonable. To a domestic buyer I'd call it a steal, bearing in mind that it's the only one on the planet. |
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | Why is it when I look towards Britain there is a bright light reflecting off of the clouds, sorta reminds me of the reflected light from an exceptionally broad smile. Glad to hear you got your baby, sorry for the rest of your guitars that won't get played again, just like old dogs relegated to a corner as the new dog hunts, and forgotten is their years of faithfulness.
Bailey (might be a little envy here) |
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Location: Scotland | I've just posted some pics in the gallery |
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Location: RI. That small State out East | The thrill of "one of a kind"! Smile until it hurts. A Paul T. "special"... Enjoy.
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Location: SoCal | I showed a pic of Paul's guitar to my wife, and her only comment was "Great, now we have an excuse to vacation in England ...... so you can go visit that guitar!"
Very perceptive woman. |
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Location: Parkersburg, WV | Paul T.
Great Pictures.
I've got to believe that the making of that "first of its kind" neck was the most time consuming part of the whole process.
Patsbro
P.S. Was the factory 100% with your ideas and suggestions on what you wanted? |
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Location: Scotland | Pats, everything I asked for was done, no problems. There was a number of discussions between myself, the UK distributor & Andy Schlosser, who is Ovation's international sales manager, to finalise everything. As the guitar was going into production I added the bone saddle on the pickup, which was a little late but they managed it. I initially asked for a carved Custom Legend bridge but they are not available with wide-neck string spacing, and a one-off would have been a fortune, so apart from that little detail it's as I specified. |
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Location: Lafayette, Louisiana | Paul T, what a beauty that guitar is! You have yourself and instant classic. The only thing I would have done different is make it a non-cutaway. I just like the look of the full body. I bet that guitar sounds awesome. Very classy, great job Ovation.....Paul Hebert |
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | Just returned from the gallery, as my wife would say, "what's the big deal, it's only a guitar". Paul, you are only going to get tired of playing it and go back to your tried and true instruments, so just pack it up and mail it to NM where it will get the home it deserves. What a beauty to be forced to learn British ways.
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Location: Alabama | What a beautiful instrument Mr. Templeman, you must be very pleased. Love the wide neck, with the ebony center piece. And the ebony tuning keys are way cool. Is the face of the peghead ebony as well? I want mine with an ebony bridge as well, what do I order, the Paul Templeman Signiture Model? | |
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Location: Scotland | Originally posted by ceres:
what do I order, the Paul Templeman Signiture Model?
Not sure, before I have a signature model I'd guess I'd have to learn how to write my name. May take a while, I'm only allowed to practice with crayons. | |
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | Paul T.
Are you going to be playing it on the tour you announced on a nother post? If so, I might jump on the Concorde and make one of the dates.
Bailey (no envy here, nossir, every British subject deserves a Templeman Collector's model courtesy of the government, then they would be cheap as dirt as the druggies swamped the market) | |
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Location: Scotland | Yep, I'll let you know how the mic/pickup combo works out. It would be nice if we had semi-competent sound engineers in UK venues, but I don't hold out much hope. | |
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Location: Scotland | Fuck!!!!!!!!!! Just got back from tonight's show with my new guitar bearing it's first battle scar. Some guy walked into Bob's music stand and toppled it onto my guitar. Fortunately it missed the top but hit the bridge and left a ding between the 3rd and 4th strings. The asshole just walked away as if nothing had happened. What is even more surprising is that I didn't beat the crap out of him. | |
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Location: Central Oregon | Bummer. Sorry to hear that :/
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Location: SoCal | Aw shit. Hire me Paul. I'll come over, track the guy down and put a ding in him.
A ding was going to happen, but so fast and sudden...
Aw shit. | |
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Location: Scotland | Paul, your right, it's going to happen. I'm not ridiculously precious about what is a working instrument, but fuck it, it's my guitar & if it's gonna get a ding, I'm the asshole who'll do it. | |
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Location: High, in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado | My sentiments exactly! | |
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | The most toughest decision facing a musician. Do I take that absolutely best instrument out there and let it be heard at the risk of some trogdolyte slobbering on it or worse, or do I get a beater that sounds OK and has no emotional attachment? I used to have a plywood top acoustic cutaway with a built in pickup that I had set up by my buddy Bill at Poway Music with good action and he, as a joke, put a brass plaque inside saying "Custom Built by Poway Music for Bailey". Many an idiot told me what a great guitar that was after seeing the plaque and ignoring the guitar, I gave it to my nephew after we moved to NM, and his dad called me once and said what a great guitar it still was. I now wonder if I missed something. Sorry about your ding, Paul, but now you can take it anywhere as it is no longer a virgin, if virginity applies to guitars. (Fortunately, we can be glad that your favorite singer, Shania, still has her hymen, I can tell that by just looking at her.)
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Location: Central Oregon | Gee, I'm sure glad she still has her Hymen. Is it a six string or twelve? :p
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | I suspect 4 string ukelele. | |
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