TAK vs Ovation
DWang24046
give me some suggestions? How would you campare TAKs with Ovations?
btif...@pbs.org
> give me some suggestions? How would you campare TAKs with Ovations?
Generally speaking, Ovations are very rugged (they're made out of high tech
plastic), but they don't sound as good as Takamines (as I said, they're made
out of high tech plastic). Play plenty of each, of course, when deciding.
An Ovation may sound OK plugged in (a matter of taste), but in general when
unplugged the acoustic sound will not stand up to that of a nice wooden
Takamine (or any other decent wood guitar).
There may be exceptions -- I've played some Takamines which were dogs, and
one Ovation which sounded exceptionally good unplugged (and *only* one -- the
rest were pretty bad unplugged) -- but if you're going with generalities,
then the Takamines will sound better unplugged and probably plugged in as
well.
-- Bruce Tiffany
Murray Macaulay
>From: btif...@pbs.org
>Subject: Re: TAK vs Ovation
>Date: 16 Apr 96 15:30:51 EDT
>-- Bruce Tiffany
I've purchased a Ovation - 1995 Collector's Edition. I was looking for a
guitar that sounded good unplugged as well as pluged in.
The guitar is just great, I tried a number of solid wood guitars, all within
the same price range, and this particular instrument sounded the superior.
The other thing is the play of the guitar, does it feel good for you, is it
a thick neck, fat, quick etc. This plays an important role to you as a
guitarist.
The basic thing is, you should/must, go out and play a number of guitars
and get the one you think sounds great and feels great. However, after all
is said and done, I have eight guitars, and I'm still looking for more (GAS).
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their Taks, but if your goal is to apmplify, go with the OVI.
Linda Dunn
wrote:
>I don't know if Kaman puts the same electronics in their Ovations and
>their Taks, but if your goal is to apmplify, go with the OVI.
On what basis?
aa...@dial.pipex.com
>I don't know if Kaman puts the same electronics in their Ovations and
>their Taks, but if your goal is to apmplify, go with the OVI.
I don't understand this comment. Takamine's name was made with
acoustic guitars made with built in amplification and IMHO Takamine is
superior to the Ovation.
James H. Choi
>> give me some suggestions? How would you campare TAKs with Ovations?
I have done this comparison recently.
In the end, I bought an Ovation Custom Legend.
Most Ovations I played sucked. All those lower end models
had one problem or another, mechanically or acoustically.
But when I laid my hand on this Custom Legend, I knew that
I found the right guitar that I was looking for.
I have also gone through most Takamine models. I even own one
classical model as well. On lower end models (under $800), I
think Takamine is superior acoustically. (But I never found a
Takamine that had flat response pickup.)
I am extremely happy with my Ovation Custom Legend. This
thing is so playable! Low action, very comfortable neck,
etc. Now I can play tricky passages with far less mistakes.
And it sounds wonderful plugged in.
So, I would like to state that taking about "Ovation" guitar
is not right. It covers such a broad spectrum of instruments.
Low end Ovations suck. High end Ovations (at least mine) are
great. I paid $1300 for Custom Legend. Far more than what
I was planning to spend, but there was no turning back once
I played that guitar. It is that good.
James Choi