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K-Trey
Posted 2008-12-18 6:57 PM (#6073)
Subject: My First Ovation


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Location: Vestavia Hills, AL
After a long time of deciding what kind of Ovation to get, I decided on getting an Ovation Celebrity CDX24 in Deep Transparent Red. I listened to your advice about looking for a used USA Ovation, but I couldn't find one in my price range that I really liked, so I bought a brand new CDX24 with a hardshell case for about $500.

The guitar has a beautiful Deep Transparent Red finish, mid-depth body, OP-Pro preamp, and a solid top. And most importantly, it sounds amazing - like all Ovations do.

Two stories about my new guitar:
I bought my guitar on Monday night, received a confirmation email, and heard nothing since then. After three days with no news, I emailed the store I bought it from today, asking where it was. Fifteen minutes later, UPS arrives with my guitar. Talk about good customer service :D

I tested my OP-Pro preamp to make sure it worked. I removed the preamp and put in the provided battery. The preamp didn't work :eek: . I started panicking, about to curse my bad luck. Then, I checked the power of the battery. It was dead. I replaced the battery, and all is good now :)
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G8r
Posted 2008-12-18 7:05 PM (#6074 - in reply to #6073)
Subject: Re: My First Ovation


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Congrats, sounds like a beauty! Post pictures if you can, when you can stop playing long enough to do so ;)

BTW are you on the Takamine Forum ? Many of us also own (and love) Taks.
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Trader Jim
Posted 2008-12-18 7:10 PM (#6075 - in reply to #6073)
Subject: Re: My First Ovation


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Location: South of most, North of few
Way to sell it Serge! Welcome K-trey. Stick around, you'll have more than one guitar soon. ;)
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Old Man Arthur
Posted 2008-12-18 7:15 PM (#6076 - in reply to #6073)
Subject: Re: My First Ovation



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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR
Yeah, Pictures!

A quick look-up tells me that that looks like a good choice.
I has an OP-Pro and nifty fret markers...
And a Solid Top!
I have owned many Celebrity's before I became a solid-top-snob.
Give us the Professional Review.
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K-Trey
Posted 2008-12-18 7:20 PM (#6077 - in reply to #6073)
Subject: Re: My First Ovation


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Location: Vestavia Hills, AL
I'll post pictures as soon as I find my camera.

g8r, I'm not on the Takamine Forum. As a side note, I got my Tak as a gift. It's a 12-string and sounds great, but frankly, I felt limited on what I could play on it, so I looked for a 6-string acoustic/electric. Then I met Ovation :)
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K-Trey
Posted 2008-12-18 7:24 PM (#6078 - in reply to #6073)
Subject: Re: My First Ovation


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Location: Vestavia Hills, AL
Oops, I meant "Deep Red Transparent" in my original post.
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PEZ
Posted 2008-12-19 12:23 AM (#6079 - in reply to #6073)
Subject: Re: My First Ovation



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Posts: 3111

Location: Nashville TN.
Play it in good health
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dweezil
Posted 2008-12-19 3:48 AM (#6080 - in reply to #6073)
Subject: Re: My First Ovation


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Posts: 2336

Location: Brighty in Blighty
Originally posted by K-Trey:
so I looked for a 6-string acoustic/electric. Then I met Ovation :)
That sound familiar! Welcome. Since owning an Ovation (well OK several :rolleyes: ) I have made more progress than in any time over the last 25 years of playing the guitar. There is something really quite special about Ovations.
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Captain Lovehandles
Posted 2008-12-19 7:06 AM (#6081 - in reply to #6073)
Subject: Re: My First Ovation



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Location: GA USA
Congrats on your first Ovation. Betcha love it.
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twistedlim
Posted 2008-12-19 8:19 AM (#6082 - in reply to #6073)
Subject: Re: My First Ovation


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Location: Michigan
Congrats, you will be hooked!
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FlySig
Posted 2008-12-19 9:51 AM (#6083 - in reply to #6073)
Subject: Re: My First Ovation



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Location: Utah
Congrats. That looks from the pictures to be a really nice looking guitar with great features.
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Auriemma
Posted 2008-12-19 10:06 AM (#6084 - in reply to #6073)
Subject: Re: My First Ovation



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Posts: 639

Location: NW of Philadelphia
Welcome and play it long and hard. I too started with a Celebrity, then a Balladeer 12-string, and now an Elite-T (my fave). Its a hard addiction to break.
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