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August 2004
Posts: 18
Location: Scotland | Having stuck with me through some pretty dodgy musical tastes throughout my life I reckoned my leftie Balladeer deserved a decent Christmas this year - coming up for 25 years together :)
So I sent it off to Paul Templeman to have electrics fitted. After some discussion on what was available for lefties or possibly keeping the period feel of the guitar I decided on an Op 30, largely because of the built in tuner .
Well it arrived back today and I'm blown away. The Balladeer has always to my ear had a great sound - some time ago for my 50th birthday I considered buying a Legend but couldn't justify the diff in price when i heard the sound - but now I see what the people on this forum mean when they talk about Ovations coming alive when they are plugged in.
The sound is awesome; strong, consistent, yet still with the sweetness of tone that I've come to love.
I thought I'd post this to publicly thank Paul for a great job on the guitar. It's going to be a loud Christmas in our house :cool: |
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Joined:
September 2003
Posts: 9301
Location: south east Michigan | I was thinking on the same line this morning. My Balladeer is ready to make a trip to the factory for a neck re-set. While it is there why not have a pickup installed? It's not like it's a collectors item. |
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November 2002
Posts: 3651
Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Mose got the EQ-preamp treatment, too. Heck, why not? Resale *maybe* $100.00. Hellfire, it's got BIG stones now. |
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Christmas present for my Balladeer
