The new love of my life

Garp · 14 Mar 2006 at 22:02

It finally turned up, having ordered it back on the 16th of Feb, all £740 (RRP £1000) worth of it.

It is gorgeous, plays like a dream and has an amazing tone to it. Sounds good plugged in too. That silver panel on the side of the guitar is the pre-amp, with integrated tuner, which is actually modular, so at a later stage I could consider replacing that module if a much better version is released.

TriedandTested · 14 Mar 2006 at 22:14

Love the colour on that middle pic! :cool:

Andelusion · 14 Mar 2006 at 22:18

*Dribble *

I love Ovations.

cleanbluesky · 14 Mar 2006 at 22:27

Personally, I prefer wood

Belmit · 14 Mar 2006 at 22:29

A cheeky little number! My next guitar upgrade will be my electro-acoustic, but could be a way off yet the state my bank balance is in.

Integrated tuner must be extremely handy.

Phalanx · 14 Mar 2006 at 22:37

wow, is that the same guitar Al Di Maeola plays?

Garp · 14 Mar 2006 at 22:48

cleanbluesky said:
Personally, I prefer wood

The photographs don't show it up that well but the top is a wood grain, just in a gorgeous autumn burst colour.

A5H · 14 Mar 2006 at 22:57

Hows it work then?
Like, where's the pickups?

Nix · 14 Mar 2006 at 23:28

That looks lovely if not slightly odd without a scratch panel

I hope you have many happy hours playing.

Nix · 14 Mar 2006 at 23:28

A5H said:
Hows it work then?
Like, where's the pickups?

I assume the pickups are inside the body. I could be well off the mark though.

Andelusion · 15 Mar 2006 at 00:22

Phalanx said:
wow, is that the same guitar Al Di Maeola plays?

Al Di Meola plays Ovations yep afaik

Locrian · 15 Mar 2006 at 01:05

Each to their own i guess, but what does it sound like, thats the only important question.

Garp · 15 Mar 2006 at 09:38

A5H said:
Hows it work then?
Like, where's the pickups?

Same as on most electro/acoustic guitars, it uses a piezo electric pickup that sits under the bridge.
Vibrations from the strings transmit down through the bridge onto the pickup, which is (IIRC) in vague terms two magnets of opposite polarity, seperated slightly with a wire running between them. When the magnets move it induces a small current in the wire, that is the same as the vibrations.

Phalanx said:
wow, is that the same guitar Al Di Maeola plays?

Same brand, but mine is a few models down the line, so not quite as high quality components as his. His signature model would have cost me around £1500~£1800!

Locrian said:
Each to their own i guess, but what does it sound like, thats the only important question.

Gorgeous, very distinctive. Little more mid than treble or bass, but not an unbalanced sound. Plugged in sounds very good too, almost identical to when unplugged. I'll still run it through my 504 acoustic pedal but only for its ambience 'air' effect than for any form of EQ/Modelling.

Sic · 15 Mar 2006 at 09:40

*jealous*

i love those. any chance of some mp3s Garp?

Skilldibop · 15 Mar 2006 at 11:48

Very nice. However i'll still take the GIbby Les Paul with Fishman bridge ta

Garp · 16 Mar 2006 at 13:33

quick little recording, needs normalising and stuff, but I might tackle that later:

New Guitar

Nix · 16 Mar 2006 at 13:51

Garp said:
quick little recording, needs normalising and stuff, but I might tackle that later:

New Guitar

Nice sound, sounds very leccycoustic

Is that Street Spirit I hear?

Garp · 16 Mar 2006 at 14:09

Nix said:
Nice sound, sounds very leccycoustic

Thats factory set EQ (flat) and with none of the three frequency shift buttons pressed, plenty of mileage for fiddling

Is that Street Spirit I hear?

Yup, in and amongst the mix. Wanted to have three different playing styles so it goes from:
Brand New Start - Paul Weller (strummed)
Street Spirit - Radiohead (fingerpicked)
You're Beautiful - James Blunt (picked using a pick)

IceAx · 16 Mar 2006 at 14:15

id love to be able to play the guitar

/looks over at acoustic that set me back over 200 notes
and is just a feature of my lounge

Andy

lemonkettaz · 16 Mar 2006 at 14:18

-=BAF=-AXE said:
id love to be able to play the guitar

/looks over at acoustic that set me back over 200 notes
and is just a feature of my lounge

Andy

learn a few chords...

then learn american pie.. nice easy strumming song, its good to learn too

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