I did this past week. In the process of condensing down on stuff, I fully intended on selling my Ovation 1771LX. Reading too many forums worth of acoustic stuff, I figured I'd sell it because everybody talks about how they sound like "plastic" and this and that. I had mine in an odd tuning and never really used it much (I was using an old factory 2nd Alvarez).
After listening to tons of Tom Petty and R.E.M. lately, I figured I'd bust it out, re-tune it back to standard and mess around with it. I'm glad I did. There's such a full, clear and polished sound from it that I couldn't believe I had dismissed it this long. The Alvarez had a mid scoop to it that bothered me after a while of using it and writing material on it got frustrating.
So, after all this time, I finally realized that this is the acoustic for me (atleast until I can afford a D-18 Martin RI). The neck is medium chunky, the guitar simply won't go out of tune, it gets a really nice balance of frequencies and I can strum really odd chords without it losing the notes.
Sometimes it pays to just stop listening to other people and play.
After listening to tons of Tom Petty and R.E.M. lately, I figured I'd bust it out, re-tune it back to standard and mess around with it. I'm glad I did. There's such a full, clear and polished sound from it that I couldn't believe I had dismissed it this long. The Alvarez had a mid scoop to it that bothered me after a while of using it and writing material on it got frustrating.
So, after all this time, I finally realized that this is the acoustic for me (atleast until I can afford a D-18 Martin RI). The neck is medium chunky, the guitar simply won't go out of tune, it gets a really nice balance of frequencies and I can strum really odd chords without it losing the notes.
Sometimes it pays to just stop listening to other people and play.
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