Ovation Coming Back?

[lreese]

Saw on the Acoustic Guitar Forum Ovation has a new owner and will be putting new models on the market.

I'm intrigued, but having never played one (other than tightening the truss rod on a cheapie), I dunno.  Anyone played one of the higher end ones?

[idsnowdog]

They are acoustic guitars for electric players and aren't known for having great timbre and tone. Their main selling points are ergonomics, electronics and aesthetics.

[Big Flannel]

I have. I really liked it.

Snowdog got it right. The ergonomics were great (IMO).

I will say that the one I played had a deeper "bowl" so it had a nice depth to the sound.

[Oinkus]

The whole start of the run it through the PA acoustic game , I have played some that sounded great both ways and the exact opposite also. Had a Yamaha APX 500 for 20 years or so was a pretty dern spiffy Ovation wannabe with a bigger body too. Ease of play with the slimmer necks and ability to plug it in was what they were designed to do.

[Snake Aces]

I liked it plugged in but unplugged I was never impressed.

[idsnowdog]

In the old days your only options were to mic a guitar, use a magnetic soundhole pickup or modify a guitar to take a piezo. Putting a mic on a guitar was awkward because the sensitivity of the microphones caused feedback issues onstage. Magnetic soundhole pickups were awkward because you had a cable running out of the soundhole which reduced mobility. Lastly modifying a guitar to take a piezo wasn't the greatest solution because you often didn't have room for an oboard preamp and you would get a weak low fi signal that was hard to amplify. The Ovations addressed a lot of these problems, but to an extent they have been technically superseded and there are plenty of guitars today that have superior acoustic properties and have built in electronics.

[lreese]

It was the ergonomics part that attracted me. That and nostalgia. Those Adamas guitars look quite spiffy.

[Securb]

I would love for them to start their electric line back up

[LesStrat]

Ergonomics?

I despise the bowl. It makes the guitar turn at an odd angle.

[Oinkus]

I almost pulled the trigger on an Ovation electric CL deal last year , but was a bit short on cash as always.