Opinions on Ovation Adamas vs other acoustic guitars?
gr...@ix.netcom.com
Can anyone tell me how they think the sound of the Ovation Adamas
compares to Santa Cruz, Collings, Olson, Martin and other quality
guitars?
rmca
The last time I responded to this I started a flame war by accident.
Everyone has his or her preferences. If this is a set trap, I don't
want to fall into it. There are some people who actually prefer
Ovations to Collings and other solid wood, hand made guitars.
Let me give you the advantages of Ovations, as I see them:
They are fairly indestrutible.
They will not make enemies of your friends who own handcrafted
solid wood guitars (like Collings and Goodalls and Breedloves).
That's a good thing. It's easy to lose friends when your
guitar sounds better than your friend's. Also Glenn Cambell
plays them.
But then so does Adrian Legge. I respect Adrian Legge's
playing -- in fact, I dig it, not that he needs my approval,
but he'd be the first to say his is an "electric" approach.
Think of an ovation as a choice for an acoustic electric, but
it's hard for me to see it as comparable to the high quality hand mades.
Not when you consider it for use as a primarily acoustic guitar.
However, I have lots of friends on RMMGA who disagre with me
and who play Ovations. Let me say now, good music can be made on
an Ovation. It is a possible, and even common phenomenon.
By the way--this question has to be flame bait.
Have I been diplomatic? Have I exercised admirable restraint?
Robert
je...@juno.com
In article <58qd2d$8...@dfw-ixnews3.ix.netcom.com>, gr...@ix.netcom.com wrote:
>Can anyone tell me how they think the sound of the Ovation Adamas
>compares to Santa Cruz, Collings, Olson, Martin and other quality
>guitars?
If I believed that if I looked under a bridge, I'd find a troll....
Jeffrey
rmca
>If I believed that if I looked under a bridge, I'd find a troll....
>
>Jeffrey
You're right You're right
He got me, too!
I recant. I never said anything about
Ovations!
That was my evil twin who
commandeered
my computer.
Ignore his comments.
Robert
bel...@primenet.com
I have a Collings 0003, an Ovation 1763 nylon
string cutaway, and an Adamas 12 string.
These are different guitars for different functions.
My Collings is my "lifetime" investment. It sounds
good, plays good, and is beautiful to look at.
My Ovation and Adams guitars are easy to amplify,
play well, and are pretty much indestructable. I
feel compelled to play my Collings most of the
time. But, when the need arises for a cutaway
or a 14 fret fingerboard, or amplification, I will
use one of the Ovation/Adamas guitars.
Is one better than the other? Not really, unless
you are trying to use one for a function it is not
well-suited for. I don't want to install a pickup
system in my Collings, preferring to leave it "pure".
So, the Collings is not my choice for an amplified
guitar. On the other hand, I would not compare
the Ovation/Adamas guitars to the Collings for
unamplified sound or aesthetic beauty. I don't
feel "connected" to the Ovations as I do the
Collings. The Ovations are functional guitars,
like a machine, whereas the Collings has sort
of a life and personality of its own. It has warmth,
beauty, etc.
Tony
O. J. Anshus
gr...@ix.netcom.com wrote:
>
> Can anyone tell me how they think the sound of the Ovation Adamas
> compares to Santa Cruz, Collings, Olson, Martin and other quality
> guitars?
10 years back I had a Martin D35 (Brasilian Rosewood), a Dobro No. 36
and an Ovation Adamas (w/extra wide neck).
Today I just have the Adamas. When I sold the Martin and the Dobro I was
sure I would regret it, but I did not want to put up with the necks
warping and the frets popping and cutting my fingers (mind you, I live
in Norway and we do heat in the dark long winter days and nights).
Today, many years later, I don't regret a thing.
However, in order to get a good sound I found that I had to change my
playing style when switcing from the Martin to the Adamas. The Adamas
responds (to me) much better when I don't hit it so hard as I did with
the Martin. I also found that I got the best tone when using (much)
lighter strings.
In my opnion the Adamas also works very well as a bottleneck guitar. It
has a good slide sound and the stable neck allows me to retune on the
fly and have the guitar keep the tuning.
Otto
JHberger
I'm with Otto. Having had a load of guitars up and down the price scale,
the Adamas still pleases me. The thing I like most is the incredibly
strong and clear low end. Not many players have ever encountered an
Adamas, and tend to lump them in with the low-priced import Ovations. They
are worlds different from wood top Ovations. I'd suggest to anyone in the
market for a $2K+ guitar to give one a try.
Of the rest, the Collings is the stand-out IMHO. The most powerful and
pleasing dreadnought I've encountered and the only one worth the
outrageous price.
Jeff H
btif...@pbs.org
gr...@ix.netcom.com writes:
> Can anyone tell me how they think the sound of the Ovation Adamas
> compares to Santa Cruz, Collings, Olson, Martin and other quality
> guitars?
Oh boy, here we go again! :-(
-- Bruce Tiffany
Tom Loredo
Somebody PLEASE reassure me that this is a Christmas troll....
8-)
-Tom Loredo
Blind Dog
Singing loudly and off-key ... "We wish you a merry Christmas..."
You know it really depends how yer gonna use the guitar. I'll bet if you
are gonna play your acoustic guitar in the rain, plugged into a tube
amp, the Adamas would sound better! Of course you'd want those
GoreTex strings too ...
>
> Somebody PLEASE reassure me that this is a Christmas troll....
>
> 8-)
> -Tom Loredo
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btif...@pbs.org
rm...@tenet.edu (rmca) writes:
>>Can anyone tell me how they think the sound of the Ovation Adamas
>>compares to Santa Cruz, Collings, Olson, Martin and other quality
>>guitars?
> [...]
> By the way--this question has to be flame bait.
> Have I been diplomatic? Have I exercised admirable restraint?
Not too bad, but you would have done better not to answer at all.
-- Bruce Tiffany
rmca
In article <1996Dec19...@pbs.org>, btif...@pbs.org says:
>Not too bad, but you would have done better not to answer at all.
>-- Bruce Tiffany
You are so right.
Robert
Timothy Kelly
Hi All,
Any of the Ovations with built in pickups/mics for recording work
very well plugged into tape decks, mixing boards, etc.
Any models will no electronics, make great salad bowls or hall
hanging plants.
They may sound a lot better than some other acoustics, may sound a
lot worst. Use your ears, play on them, also listen from across a room
as someone else plays on one.
Happy Holidays to All
Timothy Kelly
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haro...@swbell.net
On 23 Dec 1996 23:13:40 GMT, mid...@ix.netcom.com(Timothy Kelly)
wrote:
> Any of the Ovations with built in pickups/mics for recording work
>very well plugged into tape decks, mixing boards, etc.
> Any models will no electronics, make great salad bowls or hall
>hanging plants.
Without fear of serious contradiction:
A non-electronic Ovation will sound better, much much better, than a
salad bowl or a flower pot -- especially when fingur picked.
Ho, Ho Ho
Harold
rmca
>A non-electronic Ovation will sound better, much much better, than a
>salad bowl or a flower pot -- especially when fingur picked.
>Ho, Ho Ho
Are you sure?
Have you evr strung and fingerpicked
a salad bowl?
Robert
haro...@swbell.net
I tried but kept getting spinach on the strings. I think that an
Ovation guitar would make a better salad bowl than a salad bowl would
make a guitar. Ok, most any guitar would.
Harold