Please go on my web site and read about Ovation...at
http://jordanriversguitarforum.blogspot.com/If you want the best Acoustic sounding guitar in the world...Ovation is it.
Here's the truth about Guitars........Every Company makes thier Top End Guitars...they also have their Mid road guitars for people who can't afford top dollar......next...every company has cheap guitars....even Martin and Taylor as well as Ovation.
So..........what are we talking about here...........you want a great Ovation Guitar..........well............you can get a $1999.00 Ovation LX 1777.....now for only $1395.00 at Musicians Friend, which is part owner of also the Guitar Center.......so you might want to talk to the Guitar Center also, because I got mine at the Guitar Center 3 years ago.
Here's what you get........without doubt....Ovation LX 1777 is the worlds fatest playing guitar...(
Besure to have the strings of choice you want put on the guitar and have the store set the guitar neck for those strings)....anyways...this Ovation LX 1777 is the best neck on any guitar bar none.....next, forget what people say about the rounded back....these guitars only fall off your lap if you're FAT !!..................yes I said fat.....that's no inslut........I have done tons of concerts with my Ovation....and when I play acoustic..I never use a strap I sit on a Bar stool.....and for 25 years of owning 2 top Ovation guitars.....I never had one fall off my lap.........I never put a strap on it....and I would never junk up a guitar like this with a strap....Look at Eric Clapton ..when he plays his Martin, you never see a strap...acoustics are really meant to be played sitting down.....The Ovation is slick and fast...the tone is awesome......besure you use Martin light Light Gauge - .012 to.054 and these strings are also called 80/20 Bronze guitar strings.They give the best balance and full sound of any strings on the market.
Also...the strings that come with the new Ovations are not the best strings, so it may be hard for you to figure out what string to use........well I just told you.
....... Here's the scoop.....Ovation records better than Martins or Taylor Guitars.
The price is half as much. The sound from the guitar I mentioned is better balanced than Martin or Taylor.......sure I know what guitar players here will say........Martin is the best....... NO NO NO....
Here's why.........Ovation guitars get better with age.........the sound starts to Deepen at about 18 months after you buy it.........next at about 3 years out, your guitar sounds so good, you could stack it up against the best Martin Guitars, even 20 to 30 years older........I have owned my first Ovation a Deep Bowl Back since 1983.....I still have it........it records great.....I have ..Never seen a Martin Guitar...or a Taylor out play my 25 year old Ovation........I bought it new, I have seen the Guitar age and get better with age.
Now lets go back many years ago, when Jim Croce played, he used deep bowl Back Ovation Guitar, to this day, I have never heard a better sounding guitar.........now Jim wasn't the greatest player in the world by far, but what I am talking about, is the sound of his Ovation Guitar....Jim also PLayed Martins.....and in his concerts years ago he'd would change guitars.....his Ovation was 30 % better sounding than the Martins he played.
Now get this.....his Ovation recordings are... still better recorded years ago, than 99.9 % of all top end recording studios today that use digital....the reason why, the Ovation was just that much better.
Now here's my take on the sound of a Top Ovation and a Top Martin ...brand new, it's possible the Martin may sound slightly better during the first year....... but I am telling you, after 3 years, the Ovation comes to life !!....something happens and it ages.....at 3 years out, an LX 1777 will hands down be better than the Martin by 25 %.....because the Ovation has better over all Balanced sound from all the strings, and once the wood starts to age......look out........I know the Martin will age also, but ....just not as perfect as the Ovation LX1777.
I have to tell you, when I buy a new Ovation, I take it home for 3 years, break it in, then I'll use it in concerts, people always ask how did I get my sound........secret is, I use no Chorus's, No Flange, just a Peavy Eq Unit, and very small touch of reverb...so small is the Reverb you can hardly hear it......and plug into my Fender Tube amp.....or sound system.
But.....the main secret behind, my acoustic sound......yes...you guessed it OVATION.......
Go on my site and read how I record the Ovation guitar.....
http://jordanriversguitarforum.blogspot.com/Now I know this is getting long winded my writing,but I want you to think about getting a great guitar... forget about the cheaper Ovations, you will not be happy with a Celebrity made by Ovation, they are too shallow, get a deep bowl, and hold out till you find one.
It's worth saving your money, to get a great Ovation...........I remember 27 years ago, I was broke and on the radio with my music, I only had a Epiphone guitar, YOu'd think I'd get rich with my music playing in 33 states in the USA...right....well, I had a little money, but it covered the bills,so.....I spent 2 years saving every penny to get my first Ovation..........It WAS WORTH THE WAIT !!.........If you want that dream guitar, SAVE.....SAVE....Save....because in the long run , you will not be happy with anything less.
Also don't buy the Applause, you will not be happy, they do not play the same.
OK....I know all the Martin and Taylor guys will go nuts reading this........so be it........But Ovation Top End GUitars are AWESOME......The eletronics are the best, I have seen a Martin guitar at Guitar Center going for 3600.00 , and I'd still take my LX1777 over that Martin.
In other words......you someone walked up and said to me.......I'll give you a FREE Martin 4000.00 guitar, or you can buy the Ovation LX1777.....but you mjust take one guitar only to play for the next 25 years.........it's a NO Brainer............I'd pay for the Ovation LX1777......I hope Martin Guitar Company read this !!....they make a good guitars, but still they are not good enough.... and they charge too much for the name.
C ya... GW Williams The ex...Jordan Rivers.......Ok people go at it..........tear apart my message.....But a few years ago if you didn't own a Ovation, studio's wouldn't record you......I wonder how many people remember this !!
I think Ovation will make a huge come back soon, it just needs a few famous people playing them in concerts and on CD's again. The young kids all want to be like the stars of today, and they try and find those types of guitars to be like he stars.
Most people think of Glen Campbell playing an Ovation or David Cassidy of years gone by......and todays young people don't know who those old timers are now.
Maybe some one reading this will rediscover the Ovation.........
Because....It's a Dream to own
