Ovation Acoustic Guitar Love Them Or Hate Them
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They don’t slide off your leg, they have a rubber, non-skid pad to prevent that (missing on this guitar, incidentally). I’ve been playing Ovations since 1972 and love them dearly. I’ve heard of problems with them but never personally experienced any issues. Great neck and great projection, amazing sound through the pickup. Also they’re great guitars to learn on and really inexpensive used, perfect for beginners.
I’m on team Ovation. My dad had several when I was growing up, including one that looked just like this. Always sounded good and was easy to play.
I have a 1976 Ovation Legend model. Still plays great.
A common problem (two actually), is the top splitting and the top (wood) separating from the bowl (glass).
This is due to the top expanding and contracting with temp and humidity, while the bowl does not.
I have this exact model. I think I bought around 15 years ago. Fates Warning No Exit album is why I always wanted one. If you are sitting just put on a strap. Adjust strap til guitar balances.
I have an old Ovation Baladeer. It has a regular round sound hole. Plays well. It does slip, i use a strap with it
I have a Melissa Etheridge 12 String model. I like ovations. Thanks! ✌️🙂🎻😎
I had an Ovation with a hard plastic neck with aluminum frets ?!? Playing was a little bit of a chore. Yet the sound was absolutely amazing ! It was great for outdoors . A deep bass sound and loud .
Bought a Balladeer this year and I love it. Super easy to play and it sounds pretty good. I’ve got a 1972 Guild D50 and 84 Martin OM 21. They’re amazing but
With the Ovation I can leave it on the guitar stand all day and don’t have to worry about the dogs knocking it over. Can take it on the road and not be terrified of it getting stolen.
Perfect for me.
I have a 1973 Ovation i got for my 18th birthday. i love the thing. its a balladeer electric it has a conventional truss rod with cover and easy to adjust. plays great sounds great through and amp or not. this is a ovation you got thats the cheaper ones from the 90s after making a good guitar left ovation and making a cheap guitar became their mainstay. love mine for 51 years
I do too. I was 14. I have played it so much I have trouble playing a regular guitar really uncomfortable on my right arm. I picked up a 12 string a few years ago. I love 'em.
I had one in the 80s. It sounded glorious, but I could never get the set up right. I sold it in the end.
They are divisive. But they stay in tune, are tough as hell, are the loudest guitar in the circle, and work perfectly fine if you stand up to play. I can't sing sitting down, so it works for me. Currently own 4 different models including a Thunderhead which was one of their semiacoustic electric models back when they made the full line of guitars in the 70's. Also, the necks are light and fast; more like and electric guitar than an acoustic. If you make a living on the road, they are your tool of choice.
I have an old Ovation that has a solid aluminum neck. It stays in tune, never drifts! Plays great.
APPLAUSE GUITARS! I HAD ONE TOO
I had one with an aluminum neck after years of playing the frets wore out. Had to replace the neck so I ordered one! Could not get another aluminum neck. The neck they sent was crap. Never again an ovation!!
I love Ovations...but the snowshoe thing was funny! (I'm gonna steal that)
I spent a year looking for a decent used Ovation or Applause guitar. Every one I looked at had cracks in the top. In my opinion, that’s an unacceptable failure rate. They are beautiful when new, but not for long apparently.
I like mine, it has a grip strip on the body. Doesn’t slide off my leg.
you get used to the shape after a bit, but the necks are where they really shine imo. stock electronics are pretty solid too. not a fan of that particular top. prefer the balladeers.
I have the 12 string and I have had to fix top splits 2x and top separating from the lower bout once, so far. I got it new in 1990 and it has held up pretty good otherwise. The best part is that it was also the same time of my life that I was employed as a luthier and have the tools to repair it when it decides to explode again.
Lets make a guitar that is really difficult to get to the truss rod.
I have that very same ovation guitar. I like my Chinese Bathtub. Sounds good, plays good.
I feel that Ovations are a bit like Queen. You either like or hate them.
When you buy a new one , it comes with a 2"x2" allen wrench truss adjuster. Big for leverage in that confined space.
with a Large arm fuk you.i'm a skinny guy and still get scratced
I was an Ovation warranty center for over two decades. They certainly have their quirks.
Their pickup system is one of the first really usable stage acoustic pickup systems that didn’t sound terrible.
It one of the only models that I would use epoxy to glue on the neck.
A guy named Al DiMeola didn’t do too badly with a OVATION
I got nine of them
Glen knew what Charles Kaman had designed a parabolic dish in shape of a guitar
Radical and beautiful guitar they are
A small preamp like a Presonus really eases the "quack" on my Custom Legend
I’ve still got two ovations. One acoustic I’ve had since ‘76, and a 12 string deacon electric. Love em.
I put some skate board tape on mine to keep it from sliding off when sitting down..now all my pants wear out on the thigh from the skate board tape!😊
You mean griptape
I like Ovations. But one of the ground rules is that you need to wear a strap at all times. Then they won’t slide off your lap, and will instead sit at a really comfortable angle facing just slightly upward.
I have a cutaway full bowl legend. Bought it new 35 years ago and it sounds great acoustic or in a band mix.
I have others (godin, Eastman, guild), but still compare them to the big crunchy sound of the ovation, which has a classic balanced sound to my ears. Although the Eastman comes close.
I love the High End Ovations , I have 3 of them. I don't know why so much hate for Ovation Guitars. As far a slippage , I put a strip of Rubbermaid rubber bath tub non skid tape on mine . If Ovation is such a badly designed guitars , why is it so many Pros use them ??? Perhaps the problem is you simply can't afford one.
They are PAID to play them.
Also back in the day they had a good pickup system which worked for live performances
James is a smug elitest saying maybe the reason someone doesn’t play Ovation is because they can’t afford one. Really? Maybe it’s because someone doesn’t like them, just like some prefer Martin over Gibson or Taylor over Martin. A guy with a $5000 Martin surely can afford an Ovation.
Been waiting for this one. Great channel
I think these are great, I have three of them
"Snowshoes!" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I agree!
Solo has shipped my order that included the pickup height tool, cheers David!
A length of that split dark gray foam pipe insulation tubing might be good to keep around
I never thought of using mine as snow shoes!! Btw, I do love mine!
That is a great acoustic guitar.
I had a Glen Campbell model long ago. It sounded really good. Stolen.
On mine I use a ratchet with a long extension so the handle is just outside the hole.
I have a Balladeer from 1973, way before they became famous by players like Jim Croce, Glen Campbell and some other earlier players. Has always played great and in 1980, Harry Chapin played it in an impromptu concert in Germany while I was in the Air Force. He told me it was one of the finest guitars he's ever played. I play it regularly and will always keep it. Sounds as great today as it did when i bought it back then.
Since Campbell was playing one on his TV show in 1970 and Croce had been quite famous for a couple of years when he died in Sept. of 1973, I'd have to say Ovations were well known before that 1973 Balladeer was built.
I have one collecting dust (not a fan), but my wife loves it and she also plays. Oddly she plays my D28 more. Such is life!
CS257. I’ve got a pink sunburst like this one. Mine is from 2001 or sometime back then. It sounds great acoustically and is a short scale. I removed the shims from the bridge to lower the action. The action is ok. Not great but ok.
RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES> Way To Go!
Always discharged when you need them 🙃
My pickup height is on the way . Like Dave says , shipping is shipping. It’s a tool I will use on my collection of guitars .
I was standing in line just the other day at the grocery store and the end cap has batteries. I too was astonished at the price.
Costco is the answer for batteries.
got a Celebrity Std Mid as a present back in 2001. Never liked it amplified, so I took out all EQ electronics, sealed it with auto-body filler, refinished & light textured paint to match everything. It's kind of grown on me over the yrs, but Ovations just don't sit well while slouching, so....
They could've made that hole in the back a little bigger so that it's much more manageable to turn the truss rod without risking in cutting around that wrist.
Or just made the neck with conventional, headstock truss rod access. There's a few such 'could'ves' going on here.
I once owned an Ovation and I'll never own another one_THE END !
Hate them. I had one back in the 1980s. I couldn’t wait to get rid of it.
I've owned a few Ovations, both guitars and a mandolin.. they play well enough, sound... fair.. but, when you live and play in extreme temperatures, they stay in tune like nothing else ;)
9v battery around €5 here in Europe. That's too much too.
I never cared for their tone, but that’s subjective preference. I have had friends who love them though.
I have an Ovation UKII electric. Check those out, they're insane.
Maybe a ratchet socket with extension would reach the truss rod bolt?
The shipping to and from Canada is so expensive these days.
It’s murder.
Use a 1/4" drive with whatever length of extension necessary, you do not have to be at the mercy of a fixed length of allen wrench !
good luck
I love the smell of burning epoxy and fiberglass in the mornings
Did Glenn Campbell really play a snowshoe? 🎸 If you play electric the location of that output jack is gonna whack you in the nutty sack with the cord. 🎸
They were a thing in the day. Piezo under saddle with space age lyrichord plastics. Wood Tops split and cracked with humidity. The piezos were quickly out dated. Kaman parent company made a fortune off Takamine in the 90s with the same peizo technology with traditional wood designs. The ovations remember had really stable necks. I doubt Glen Campbell, Al Dimeola or Cat Steven’s would play one today. Stage instruments of the 70s.
Good job Dave!
getting the height adjustment tool quebec city....cheers
1999, against my own good judgement, I bought an Ovation acoustic bass. The other option was a Fender 30 or 32" scale. Playing the Ovation was like my pregnant wife bumping bellies in bed. Often that turned out well. The Ovation's belly against my belly did not turn out well. It was like play a bass that was across the room.
Had a few of their acoustic basses, just ok, nothing that makes you want to hold on to them. Access hole is just a pain to remove and reinstall.
I often wondered if Glen Cambell sold his soul to play one of these so called guitars. What do you call a person who comes to a jam session and decides not to play his Ovation Acoustic....................A Gentleman.
Never understood the “slide off your lap” thing. I’ve played ovations for 30years and i’ve never had that issue.
try wearing clothes and get back to me :)
Love them.
I can feel the old, crusty, dry strings that ALL Ovations have on them...
I have an Ovation Balladeer Glen Campbell that was built in 1973 and that I have owned since 1975. It always has good strings, the neck is perfect and it still plays like a dream after over 50 years. No crusty strings here.
The best thing to do with an Ovation is to give it to a beginner.
I had an Ovation many years ago (someone gave it to me), and irritated the crap out of me that the back was smooth-(ish) and round. I happened to have some stuff that was for spraying on camping sleeping pads to keep a sleeping bag from slipping around on the pad.
I sprayed it all over the back, and it worked great!
Unfortunately, it still sounded like an Ovation. And then my luck changed! Some poor idiot STOLE it!!! Joke's on him!!!
What is the advantage of not puting the truss rod adjustment on the headstock?
Whatever it is. This is not worth it.
Great video.
I never could like one yet
"I have a big long wrench..." TMI Dude...
Can’t wait to get the pickup height tool whoop. Shipping was an extra $12.00 USD.
buy more things next time :)
I hate those Ovation snowshoes, always slipping off your feet.
They sound like they were made by Mattel.
Would a socket set with extensions hex bit and ratchet let you do that trussrod without having to get hands inside ?
Why don't you use a ratchet with an extension?
why don't you?
The fix is to glue a piece of sandpaper into the slippery part on the guitar, then a matching piece on the knee of every pair of trousers you own. Of course, that's silly and impractical; a better way is to always wear shorts and simply glue a SINGLE piece to your actual knee. And move to Hawaii so you don't freeze in wintertime, of course...
Comment about putting new strings on before taking the guitar for adjustment. I get it, it’s like women who wash their hair the same morning they go to the hairdresser.....
I never could stand an Ovation. I wanted to add that I bought myself a pickup height tool from Solo as a Father's Day gift to myself. The shipping is really not that bad considering it's coming from Canada. I can't complain.
To stop these slipping, Velcro! Stick the spikey part on the bottom of the guitar, job's a goodun
Best quote: Shipping is shipping, put other stuff in the envelope.
;)
I agree about ovations, they aren't sit & play guitars
All you have to do is use a strap when sitting down. It holds the guitar right in place.
or hate to love them ..
My dad had an Applause guitar, which I think was Ovation's budget brand.
I don't care for the round body back on my beer belly. You ever try to balance a beach ball on a beach ball?
Just use a strap when sitting. Holds it in place even with a gut. 😁
Costco for batteries
weren't they made with ROCKET SCIENCE?
By an actual scientist?
I want one...
but I want an OLD one.
Bill Kaman actually owned an aerospace company and was a guitar player.
Kaman made helicopters
What days are you at Solo?
none lately health stuff
Snow shoes lol
Is there a link to Solo?
www.solo.com
The harshest sounding guitar on the market. Period.
Hate them. Never owned one. Played a few, but yeah, they slide off your leg. Makes no sense ergonomically.
Amazon...tiny worm camera hooks to ur phone. Cheap
I've never seen a guitar with a built in gloryhole... interesting.
🤣😂🤣🎸
Hate them.
I had an ovation breadwinner. Worse instrument I have owned.
Hate, hate, hate, not for the sound but I can’t play one without a frigging strap. That stupid round back just rolls and rolls.
spaz
GFO
Thats good quality plywood tho
I had one. It was an expensive guitar that sounded like a cheapo. Lookes good though. Sold it.
I thought these sounded great, but were slippery.
Snowshoes!!🤣🤣