John Hentsch wrote in a message to Casey Tompkins:
JH> I didn't know some folks got their feathers up over this
JH> subject. I'm a very causual visitor to this echo and I
JH> thought it was a fair question. If it upset anyone, gee I'm
JH> sorry. Are their any more guitar related matters that are
JH> not allowed? Perhaps "Fuss" pedals are a no-no?:)
I wuz pulling your leg, just a tad.  Ovations _are_ mentioned in the 
conference rules (rule #4, see also rule #2 ), but it's really all in 
jest.  Me, I like Ovations.  A fair number of folks here (professional 
guitarists) don't, for very specific reasons; mainly to do with tone. I've 
actually had some enjoyable conversations about the pluses & minuses of 
Ovations with a couple of the regulars.  These days I mostly lurk, not having 
had much time these days to practice.
Picking on Ovation owners, here, is kinda like picking on Kurt Cobain; it's 
just too darn much fun! 
JH> That's what I have lived with for the last 18 years. I
JH> understand the bracing is different with port sided guitars.
JH> Also, the action can get screwed up when you switch the
JH> string around. The fat E on my Ibanez has a tendency to buz
JH> on me.
Urk.  I was afraid that might be the case.  Come to think of it, the piezo 
pickups on my Ovation 12 are of varying heights, according to string.  I know 
you can pull the entire unit out & put shims under it, but I don't recall, 
offhand, if you can reverse it or not...
CT> be around $1200, and the asking price (everything half off, closing out 
a
CT> was in the $6xx range)...
JH> So they have that much profit margin to work with?
Oh, hecky darn, yes.  From my understanding, just about any guitar company 
works off of a huge profit margin.  Modern electronics are almost as bad...
--- timEd-B9
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