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Korean Ovation...
My impression after 72 hours with this guitar.
Things I like:
1. The sound plugged in is great, unplugged it is a bit weak, but improves when you upgrade the strings (from factory Adamas to D'Addario EJ46C) and with time when you play it (even in 72 hours!).
2. The neck is very playable, if you prefer a flat fret-board, and easy to adjust if it starts to warp.
3. Neck came adjusted nicely to straight and lowest recommended string-height.
Things I don't like:
1. The craftmanship is not perfect (compared to my American Ovation Legend 1867). I.e. the binding is not fitted precisely to the bowl, and there is a small nick in the soundhole's edge that has been fixed with filler and before lacquering. The Ovation sticker in the bowl was halfway fallen off when it arrived.
2. For some odd reason Ovation decided only to put one dot at fret 7, nothing else. Very annoying when you play fast passages and don't have time to count the frets, or do math!
3. The equaliser. The buttons are really plastic-like and do not move smoothly, and the equalizer is far to effective (too large range).
4. The D-string (Adamas) broke after 48 hours. On the other hand this let me upgrade the strings:-)
5. The neck warped slightly when changing to D'Addario EJ46C (hard tension) but was easy to correct.
6. There was no manual for the guitar or the electronics in the box. There was a manual for a Celebrity (the cheapest Ovation series...).
Things I like:
1. The sound plugged in is great, unplugged it is a bit weak, but improves when you upgrade the strings (from factory Adamas to D'Addario EJ46C) and with time when you play it (even in 72 hours!).
2. The neck is very playable, if you prefer a flat fret-board, and easy to adjust if it starts to warp.
3. Neck came adjusted nicely to straight and lowest recommended string-height.
Things I don't like:
1. The craftmanship is not perfect (compared to my American Ovation Legend 1867). I.e. the binding is not fitted precisely to the bowl, and there is a small nick in the soundhole's edge that has been fixed with filler and before lacquering. The Ovation sticker in the bowl was halfway fallen off when it arrived.
2. For some odd reason Ovation decided only to put one dot at fret 7, nothing else. Very annoying when you play fast passages and don't have time to count the frets, or do math!
3. The equaliser. The buttons are really plastic-like and do not move smoothly, and the equalizer is far to effective (too large range).
4. The D-string (Adamas) broke after 48 hours. On the other hand this let me upgrade the strings:-)
5. The neck warped slightly when changing to D'Addario EJ46C (hard tension) but was easy to correct.
6. There was no manual for the guitar or the electronics in the box. There was a manual for a Celebrity (the cheapest Ovation series...).
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