Watched this earlier in the evening. Celtic type harp apparently,about 4-5 foot tall, I think, wasn't paying much attention to the size,was engrossed in watching the buy make it. He's a lot better thaneither Norm OR Roy, he only took a few minutes to make it, not a halfan hour. LOL I knew the basics of marking a harp, but all the plywood used in itreally surprised me. Not that I mind, plywood has long fascinaed me,just seing it used like that in making such a really nice harp was asurprise. By the way, for all you guys that put som much time inpicking out the perfect finish, the finish kinda surprised me too.Varnish. That's it, nothing exotic at all. They didn't say what brandor anything, but I would imagine it's a quality brand. But apparentlythat's all that was used - and lovely looking it was too. So looks likesome of you guys need to lighten up on your finish wes. Very intersting show. I'd highly recommend watching if you havethe opportunity. A week ago they show how wooden recorders are made.Not kiddy toys, but big buck high quality ones. Neat.JOATCustom philosophizing done. No job too small; must be indoor work, withno heavy lifting.

(J T) wrote in news:25505-46009C6D-1342@storefull-Hey, that's an exaggerated claim! It takes them 23 minutes... (hmm, maybe 21, I forgot to discount for the intro and finish segments...)-- Kurt

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J T 19 years ago

Wed, Mar 28, 2007, 11:21am (EDT-3) snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com doth sayeth: Indeed! While a true master can finesse the Pieta from a lowly lump of rock, or a symphony from a long neck Schlitz bottle, mere mortals need the crutch of good acoustic tone. To that end, the 'plastic' body of an Ovation is not lacking, IMO.

For my trip to town today listened to my CD, Power Tool Classics. Nothing quite listing In The Hall Of The Mountain Kink, or Ride Of The Valkyries, WITH power tools. I skipped the ce cream tho, and bought a pack of bananana (I know how to spell it, I'm just not sure where to stop) flavored popsicles instead.

I's sure a music connysewer such as yourself will truely appreciate this site.

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JOAT Custom philosophizing done. No job too small; must be indoor work, with no heavy lifting.

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Swingman 19 years ago

To take that one further, and as one who made a good deal of his living in years past getting an "acoustic guitar sound" worthy of recording in the studio, an Ovation is one of the easiest guitars to mic and get a nice acoustic sound quickly and without a lot of fuss ... AAMOF. they will often sound better miced than the most expensive of Martins, which are generally difficult to mic without much fussing with mic placement and EQ.

The term "Hammered dog s*it" comes immediately to mind when you plug one in, though! ;)

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Jedd Haas 19 years ago

Unfortunately, Ovations sound like crap.

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ls1mike 19 years ago

Just a guess - you once lost a "Battle of the Bands" to a band that used an Ovation as a lead instrument, right?

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ls1mike 19 years ago

That was actually a response to Jedd's 'crap' comment. Evidently, I was a bit too aggressive in my snipping.

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