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Beal |
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Joined: January 2002 Posts: 14127 Location: 6 String Ranch | open it. | ||
stephent28 |
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Joined: April 2004 Posts: 13303 Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Well? | ||
Mark in Boise |
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Joined: March 2005 Posts: 12758 Location: Boise, Idaho | Took pics, tuned it and played it. Wonderful, classic Ovation sound. Haven't found any flaws, so the FRG mystery remains. SWMBO also got me a foot controller, which is way over my head. Ebay purchase that came with directions in every language but English, so I need to look for those on line. Post pictures later. | ||
Waskel |
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Joined: February 2005 Posts: 11840 Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by Mark in Boise: I don't even know which way to go with this.SWMBO also got me a foot controller, which is way over my head. | ||
gh1 |
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Joined: April 2006 Posts: 972 Location: PDX | Originally posted by The Wabbit Formerly Known As Waskel: Sure you do -- let's have it! I don't even know which way to go with this. _____ gh1 | ||
Mark in Boise |
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Joined: March 2005 Posts: 12758 Location: Boise, Idaho | I knew exactly what I was talking about. | ||
Capo Guy |
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Joined: December 2004 Posts: 4394 Location: East Tennessee | |||
ProfessorBB |
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Joined: January 2006 Posts: 5881 Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Hey Mark, are you sure that foot controller is really that difficult to figure out? It only had two on/off buttons! | ||
Mark in Boise |
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Joined: March 2005 Posts: 12758 Location: Boise, Idaho | Thanks for your help with that, Brad. It works fine and looks like new. The one I'm having trouble with is a Behringer FCB 1010 programmable (supposedly) MIDI controller. They are a bit difficult, even for people who know what they are doing. I thought it would sync with my Behringer amp, but apparently I need version 2.4 to do that and mine is 2.3. | ||
Waskel |
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Joined: February 2005 Posts: 11840 Location: closely held secret | Always a version short and a day late... Mark, which is version 2.3, the amp or the controller? | ||
Mark in Boise |
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Joined: March 2005 Posts: 12758 Location: Boise, Idaho | The controller Eprom is 2.3. I'll get an upgraded chip someday. Meanwhile, back to the plain old acoustic, deep, shiney, bowl. Love it: | ||
Waskel |
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Joined: February 2005 Posts: 11840 Location: closely held secret | Mark, that's a beautiful guitar. Here\'s a site where you can not only buy a new eprom for it, but he's fixed the bugs in the original firmware. Those FCB1010's are nice units for the money. | ||
marenostrum |
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Joined: August 2007 Posts: 1008 Location: Tuscany, Italy | Congrats Mark. Indeed a beautiful and a very distinctive guitar. It's on my wish list. | ||
stonebobbo |
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Joined: August 2002 Posts: 8307 Location: Tennessee | Damn, Mark ... that looks like a Dewey Weber creation! You sure got the luck of the draw with that top. Lemme know if you want to trade. Seriously. You can see the three boards in mine but I don't have The Stripe. These are really nice handmade guitars. Fit and finish was fantastic. The attention to detail is phenomenal. The aged ivory binding is really well done ... very close in color to the original Josh White. I'm a big pearloid fan (tastefully done, of course) so the rosette on this guitar knocks me out. It is always interesting how the neck just feels different on these guitars with the smaller headstock and 14° angle, even though the profile (this one has a bit of a V to it) is distinctly Ovation. The Kluson Deluxe tuners are a nice touch. This guitar rings like a bell! So much that when it first got here, it sort of barked when played hard. Definitely had never been played except for maybe a strum to two in QA. It is loosening up and getting all the parts working together now that it is getting played almost daily. I think you have to get a lot of vibration into a guitar before the mojo starts oozing back out. These are the best brand new $700 guitars on the the planet. | ||
Mark in Boise |
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Joined: March 2005 Posts: 12758 Location: Boise, Idaho | They had one more on ebay and it looks like the offer expired without being accepted. Someone should snap it up. | ||
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