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I asked about this fairly recently and got this exact advice and I'm truly glad I took it. On paper it seems like a perfect fit for me as an electric player playing mostly metal who like flat thin necks but I found that I actually didnt really get on with them at all. They sound "ok" via PA but I found I could get a more fully featured preamp and a better acoustic sound with a better feeling neck looking at traditional acoustics.
In the end I went for a yamaha CPX1000 narrowly pipping the entry level Martin (mostly because of the whole real wood vs composite argument).
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I have had a Washburb D12n for years and didn't really get on with it, playing it was like throwing my right arm over a log and trying to tie my shoelaces. I recently bought a Yamaha Apx 500II and I keep playing this guitar more and more, my electrics are starting to collect dust. Played in a room it sounds fine, play in a bigger room, just plug it in. I'm even thinking about getting the 12 string APX too.
Just go to a store and try one, in fact try several guitars till you find one to your liking.
this still needs a new home, mike b.
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try as many different types of acoustic as you can within and outside your budget. don't feel under pressure in the shop(s) either. they want you to be happy and are glad to see you try loads out
If its size and comfort that's the issue, try a Faith Venus ( I just sold one of these) they are light, very comfortable and although not parlour size,they are around the size of an ovation, they have a beautiful tone and are solid wood back and size, quite a lot of guitar for the money tbh.
I doubt, therefore I might be!
"I would strongly advise you to try one before buying. They're very different from standard acoustic guitars. Personally I find the tone tinny and artificial, and the way they sit against your body awkward - they have a tendency to slip down and outwards, even sitting down. Older ones and cheaper copies also frequently have problems with neck joints and playability - the way a wooden neck is joined to a plastic body just doesn't seem to work as well as wood to wood."
I couldn't agree more ICBM! I had an Ovation like this, years ago and they are a pain in the arse for their tendency to slip away from your body, especially when standing up, in fact if you let go completely, it used to flip itself completely around so the strings end up against your body. Also the neck came away from the body at the heel, and was uncomfortably slim and, our local luthier told me that he'd seen one that had been left in a car on a hot summer's day and the fibre glass back had softened in the heat and completely caved in. Finished, unrepairable and f*cked for good. OK, most of us aren't going to leave our precious instruments in our cars, let alone on a hot day, but nonetheless....
I really like my Lag parlour guitar....I've gone off dreadnoughts for their sheer size, and that, for me, makes them awkward and uncomfortable to play. As I understand it, they were designed big for volume, so that they could be heard above the drums when playing in bands in the early 20th century, before the pickup was invented.....Now we can amplify acoustics, I see little point using them.
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"They are strings. They reach from one end of the guitar to the other"
Yes agree about awkwardness etc. I sold mine about 8 years ago. I had it however, for about 25 years and feel I should have kept it for sentimental reasons. It certainly didn't improve with age though I can tell you that and I never felt comfortable playing it. I was just seduced by seeing all my guitar idols of the 70's/80's all playing themStupid boy I was
A mate who insists on playing one had come up with a novel way of stopping the capsizing though, stick some Hook velcro to the bottom edge and his stays where you put it. Still a rather nasty sound to my ears, but each to their own.
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I would personally like to know a bit more about the history/conception of the bowlback guitar.
I played some more recently, and borrowed one a few years ago, a mate's, and it's by far the most uncomfortable and crap sounding acoustic I've ever played. Not even kidding. Even a dread made of plywood that you can buy for 20 quid in Argos sounds better than the majority of Ovations out there ...and plays better too!!!
Feel the anti-Ovation in the air??
Just try to sit down on a stool and play a bowlback, you'll not be bowled over to be honest! Pun intended.
There's bound to be some Ovation lovers on here though, I mean, after all if there wasn't they would have gone out of business years ago haha!
Like has been said about the bodies... wood neck onto plastic body, what the heck?! Avoid like the plague!!
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