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Post by yotonic on Jul 21, 2015 17:54:40 GMT -6
I forgot how good these things can sound. Great George Benson track.
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Post by b1 on Jul 21, 2015 18:04:31 GMT -6
I understand they are making a comeback with the Ovation.
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Post by Ward on Jul 23, 2015 14:17:25 GMT -6
If I never see one ever walk through the doors of the studio again, it will only be too soon. IMHO, the most atrocious sounding excuse for an acoustic guitar in human history... but that's JUST MY OPINION!
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Post by mobeach on Jul 23, 2015 16:42:36 GMT -6
I think the good ones sound pretty good, the cheap bar models are good just for that, bars.
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Post by mobeach on Jul 23, 2015 16:49:01 GMT -6
The Ovation in this video sounds like it has no low end, crisp highs but no bottom.
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Post by ragan on Jul 24, 2015 1:30:34 GMT -6
Sonics aside, this reminded me of mine and the way it came to me.
I was about 15 and had already been obsessed with guitar for a few years. I was saving up to buy something and my dad and I were walking downtown (in the small town I grew up in). We went into a pawn shop to look at gear (for me, he's not a gear head, he's a pastor and a classically trained singer, but not a "gear guy" by any stretch). I found a 70s Ovation that I just fell in love with. Played it for awhile in there and wanted it badly. It was more than I had saved by a couple hundred bucks and my dad sort of vaguely asked if it was something I would want to spend my money on. I was ALL YES. Christmas was coming up and though the difference between the price and what I had saved was WAY more than they would typically spend on a gift for me, he (unbeknownst to me) decided he would get it for me for Christmas. I guess he went back a couple days later to buy it and it was gone. Sold. He was heartbroken.
Christmas Day though, he presented me with a different 70s Ovation. Even nicer than the pawn shop one. Turns out he had scoured the classifieds all around and found one in Spokane (WA). He drove 3+ hours (one way) and got it for me. I loved and played the living shit out of that thing for YEARS. I haven't gotten it out in awhile but I will never get rid of it. It's one of my most prized possessions.
And I think it's about time to get it out and take it for a spin.
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Post by jimwilliams on Jul 25, 2015 9:50:04 GMT -6
Made from helicopter blades, I thought they would make a great canoe paddle while camping.
They almost sound as good as those old plexiglass Dan Armstrong guitars.
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Post by RicFoxx on Aug 1, 2015 19:11:11 GMT -6
Sonics aside, this reminded me of mine and the way it came to me. I was about 15 and had already been obsessed with guitar for a few years. I was saving up to buy something and my dad and I were walking downtown (in the small town I grew up in). We went into a pawn shop to look at gear (for me, he's not a gear head, he's a pastor and a classically trained singer, but not a "gear guy" by any stretch). I found a 70s Ovation that I just fell in love with. Played it for awhile in there and wanted it badly. It was more than I had saved by a couple hundred bucks and my dad sort of vaguely asked if it was something I would want to spend my money on. I was ALL YES. Christmas was coming up and though the difference between the price and what I had saved was WAY more than they would typically spend on a gift for me, he (unbeknownst to me) decided he would get it for me for Christmas. I guess he went back a couple days later to buy it and it was gone. Sold. He was heartbroken. Christmas Day though, he presented me with a different 70s Ovation. Even nicer than the pawn shop one. Turns out he had scoured the classifieds all around and found one in Spokane (WA). He drove 3+ hours (one way) and got it for me. I loved and played the living shit out of that thing for YEARS. I haven't gotten it out in awhile but I will never get rid of it. It's one of my most prized possessions. And I think it's about time to get it out and take it for a spin. good story bro!! |
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Post by yotonic on Aug 1, 2015 19:22:21 GMT -6
It's a sound that fits well in the progressive jazz palette. Obviously not something for a Ray LaMontagne song but funky and almost direct sounding which I really like on this George Benson tune. It falls in the genre of the DX7. Its a specific sound for a specific genre.
Certain guitars are just peculiar enough to give a song a memorable character. Always liked this acoustic with all the room noise on "Drowning".
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