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Guitar chord forum - chordie → Acoustic → Ovation or Martin?
Which would you prefer?
Ive got an Ovation Celebrity but I want to swap it with a mate who has a Martin, and his is a feckin awesome guitar, just not sure as I bought the Ovation because I always wanted one, and its originality was a significant factor when i bought it, the Martin doesnt look much at all but holey crap does it sound amazing!!!
So what are your thoughts on this?
Ovation puts every year a kind of COLLECTORS guitar in limited edition.
They started, if I am not wrong, about 30 years.
I had an Ovation,
COLLECTOR'S SERIES Collector's Series
Collector serie made in 1997. The headstock looked strong like a Spanish Guitar giving the opportunity (I THINK) to put nylon strings too.
There was a problem with this guitar, and she has been 5 times back to the store to fix the problem. She played pretty good, but an ovation for me is a guitar YOU NEED TO PLUG IN AN ACOUSTIC AMP, when you play a, ovation without an amp, the sound is definitely weak.
About Martin: I have an electro-acoustic dreadnought, the sound is "fantastic", AND if you don't use an amp, you still have an "unplugged" sound, a lot better than an ovation.
My personal choice is a MARTIN D1 , (AFFORDABLE), but I just read that this model is discontinued. I also believe that this Martin D-1, is probably the only Martin, using "laminated" sides. TOP: Solid Sitka Spruce BACK MATERIAL: Solid Genuine Mahogany
SIDE MATERIAL: Laminated Mahogany. Overall rating: Product Rating: 5.0=best rating, 5 stars.
My Martin D-1 has electronics on board, and with or without an amp, this beauty plays real loud.
I tried to compare prices: at www.musiccenterinc.com 889$ (probably without the pre-amp, to play electro-acoustic. I just found an acoustic guitar, the name of the brand is MATON.
Are there chordians who are familiar with this MATON? It is not a very cheap guitar, and they produce different guitars.
Martin makes THE finest acoustic guitar on the face of the earth, no questions asked. I Played an Ovation celebrity that my buddy had, it wasn't that great, and ironically enough he ended up trading it in for a fender amp. Man if you can get a Martin, go for it.
As long as the instrument makes the right notes, the rest is all a matter of preference. However, given that choice of trading an Ovation Celebrity for a Martin, I'd jump on it. Assuming of course that they're relatively equal value on the used instrument market. Both companies make a fairly wide assortment of guitars. Ovation makes guitars from the mediocre to the truly mind-blowingly expensive, Martin starts at the better than average and goes on up from there. I'd think twice about trading a super-amazing Ovation Celebrity I could sell for $1,500 to get a Martin I could buy for $450. But if we're talking roughly equivalent guitars, I'd jump all over that deal in a heartbeat.
- Zurf
I got a martin d-16 a year ago and it just sounds better and better it looks as plain as can be but its the sound that gets every ones attention.. gotta be the martin
Guitar chord forum - chordie → Acoustic → Ovation or Martin?
