Bilbo Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 [URL=http://s283.photobucket.com/user/bilbo230763/media/DSC_0131_zpsyeecqq7m.jpg.html][IMG]http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk287/bilbo230763/DSC_0131_zpsyeecqq7m.jpg[/IMG][/URL] I am sorry. I did a bad thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Mmmmm, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassnut62 Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Hnnnhh? NOthing bad here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Custom Balladeer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Proco Rat. Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted March 28, 2017 Author Share Posted March 28, 2017 Custom Legend. It's chuffing lush.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary mac Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Very lush. I was working on a similar looking Balladeer for a customer yesterday, impressed with the quality but not so much with the dirt on the fret board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 [quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1490733610' post='3267570'] Custom Legend. It's chuffing lush.... [/quote] Very nice indeed. Would you like to borrow my Al Dimeola guitar tuition book? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandelion Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Music stand.. With the score to Moondance on it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted March 29, 2017 Author Share Posted March 29, 2017 [quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1490788528' post='3267968'] Very nice indeed. Would you like to borrow my Al Dimeola guitar tuition book? [/quote] I already have several Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted March 29, 2017 Author Share Posted March 29, 2017 [quote name='Dandelion' timestamp='1490789313' post='3267974'] Music stand.. With the score to Moondance on it.. [/quote] Or a Pastorale by Scarlatti ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 [quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1490789982' post='3267978'] I already have several [/quote] Hope you've had better luck with them than I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftybassman392 Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted March 29, 2017 Author Share Posted March 29, 2017 [quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1490790186' post='3267984'] Hope you've had better luck with them than I have. [/quote] My favourite is the Cielo De Terra book. I can only play one track all of the way through (Enigma of Desire) but the bits I can execute are getting longer and smoother. I guess it is about realising that you don't have to be able to do the whole thing for it to be a valuable learning experience. I also have some of my own transcriptions of his stuff that I revisit occasionally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 [quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1490800822' post='3268167'] My favourite is the Cielo De Terra book. I can only play one track all of the way through (Enigma of Desire) but the bits I can execute are getting longer and smoother. I guess it is about realising that you don't have to be able to do the whole thing for it to be a valuable learning experience. I also have some of my own transcriptions of his stuff that I revisit occasionally. [/quote] Have you got the Al Dimeola guide to chords, scales & arpeggios book? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted March 29, 2017 Author Share Posted March 29, 2017 Yep. And the picking technique book, three different books of solos and several Piazzolla charts. Hours of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted March 30, 2017 Author Share Posted March 30, 2017 After playing it acoustically for a couple of days, I plugged it in. Dead as a dodo. Changed battery. Nothing. Different leads and Amps. Nothing. XLR connection. Nothing. It appears that my electro acoustic guitar is entirely acoustic :-D Buggery bollocks. It's now got to go back to Germany for a holiday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 [quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1490865498' post='3268570'] After playing it acoustically for a couple of days, I plugged it in. Dead as a dodo. Changed battery. Nothing. Different leads and Amps. Nothing. XLR connection. Nothing. It appears that my electro acoustic guitar is entirely acoustic :-D Buggery bollocks. It's now got to go back to Germany for a holiday. [/quote] What a pain in the arse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted March 30, 2017 Author Share Posted March 30, 2017 I have me more option to try courtesy of the interweb but I have emailed Thomann for advice prior to asking for a replacement. I understand that replacing the preamp is easy so that may also be a possibility but, yes, it's a ball ache. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted March 30, 2017 Author Share Posted March 30, 2017 Naah. It's a deader. Off to Deutschland it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted April 1, 2017 Author Share Posted April 1, 2017 Just dropped it off at a DFS place. Won't go until Monday but that's OK. Thomann have agreed to replace without any problems so I just have to wait a little while longer for the dream guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted April 11, 2017 Author Share Posted April 11, 2017 And we're off again. This one works!! [URL=http://s283.photobucket.com/user/bilbo230763/media/DSC_0133_zpsixwj2e7r.jpg.html][IMG]http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk287/bilbo230763/DSC_0133_zpsixwj2e7r.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Marvellous! Happy with the amplified sound? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted April 17, 2017 Author Share Posted April 17, 2017 That's when it comes into it's own, RhysP. I tend to think of electro acoustics for recording rather than live but I may be going out as a duo playing guitar as well as bass so it's all good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 It's certainly a looker. Is this one of the ones with the contouring on the bowl? I haven't played an Ovation for years but they look like they'd be more comfortable than the older round back versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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