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You get what you pay
This is my first Ovation style guitar. Ordered the black one and received in August 2022. Delivery worked quickly - less than 5 days as far as I can remember.
The instrument is made of exceptionally cheap materials and components that began to break even before I changed the stock strings.
First of all, a piece of decorative lining around the holes broke off - it is glued pointwise and in some places "hangs" above the surface. In the same way, the wooden parts are glued to the plastic inside the case. In my case, this was not critical and did not affect the sound.
Very soon, the wire inside the case (from the EQ to the output) began to hang out and rattle with almost any movement. The output jack nut spins simply from vibration, even if you do not connect the guitar. In the end, it got lost during the play.
The pegs fundamentally refuse to keep the tune. After six months of use, almost any touch to them breaks the tune. Just like any bend. It looks like the teeth just wear out quickly and start to slip. Had to change.
The neck is glued in incorrectly - with a classic production defect - a hump at the 14th fret. You can even see how the edging cracked and was re-glued. Also, the freeboard is not 100% even along the entire length. I'm trying to do fretworks now (in the moment of writing), but this definitely the defect, so I do not expect much more...
In general, trying to perfect this guitar can easily cost more than the cost of the instrument itself.
Electronics - little use, but it definitely works. Because of the disgusting connection, there is a lot of extraneous noise, but it works. The equalizer is working.
The best thing is the body. It's plastic and seems to be unbreakable. In general, the guitar looks good from a distance.
Conclusion: Only if you're in extremely tight quarters and need a camping guitar. But it is by no means a serious instrument.
The instrument is made of exceptionally cheap materials and components that began to break even before I changed the stock strings.
First of all, a piece of decorative lining around the holes broke off - it is glued pointwise and in some places "hangs" above the surface. In the same way, the wooden parts are glued to the plastic inside the case. In my case, this was not critical and did not affect the sound.
Very soon, the wire inside the case (from the EQ to the output) began to hang out and rattle with almost any movement. The output jack nut spins simply from vibration, even if you do not connect the guitar. In the end, it got lost during the play.
The pegs fundamentally refuse to keep the tune. After six months of use, almost any touch to them breaks the tune. Just like any bend. It looks like the teeth just wear out quickly and start to slip. Had to change.
The neck is glued in incorrectly - with a classic production defect - a hump at the 14th fret. You can even see how the edging cracked and was re-glued. Also, the freeboard is not 100% even along the entire length. I'm trying to do fretworks now (in the moment of writing), but this definitely the defect, so I do not expect much more...
In general, trying to perfect this guitar can easily cost more than the cost of the instrument itself.
Electronics - little use, but it definitely works. Because of the disgusting connection, there is a lot of extraneous noise, but it works. The equalizer is working.
The best thing is the body. It's plastic and seems to be unbreakable. In general, the guitar looks good from a distance.
Conclusion: Only if you're in extremely tight quarters and need a camping guitar. But it is by no means a serious instrument.
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J
Happy Harley
Cheep and cheerful sums up this guitar. Good pre amp and pick up with little background hum. The instrument is comfortable to play and the intonation and tuning are good. One or two flaws in the finish and the frets are unpolished which means you cannot bend strings without a scratching sound. The satin neck is slightly chunky but better that than so thin it warps. Machine heads are good quality and the nut well adjusted. As supplied the action is average, there is no battery for the pick up but it did come with a lead.
I fitted mine with ball end nylon strings and it sounds rather nice, jazzy rather than classical which is just what I wanted. The sound is reminiscent of the early Ovations as used by John Williams on his Sky albums.
I fitted mine with ball end nylon strings and it sounds rather nice, jazzy rather than classical which is just what I wanted. The sound is reminiscent of the early Ovations as used by John Williams on his Sky albums.
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R
Poor mans Ovation?
You ain't getting Ovation at this price, but, what you get is a beautiful crafted low end electro acoustic with a twist... resonation... resonation.... it isn't in the ovation sound league, but sounds as good, if not better than you're average starter guitar... a lot of product for ridiculously low price 👍 hot chocolate ' everyone's a winner'
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G7
Looks good but...
Looks really good but to many issues with it. Horrible setup, fret buzz, strings are worthless and I needed pliers to remove the 6th string, with new strings sound improved a little. Machines are loose and of low quality. Pick up is very silent. I'll take it to my luthier and see if he can do something with it. My 3rd Harley Benton and 1st that doesn't get 5 stars.
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MK
Good and bad
If you want to buy you first guitar, you can buy it and you will be satisfied. But if you want good instrument and you understand some guitar things, you will be disappointed, because quality of that guitar is not high (traces of glue in holes, clang of strings on half of neck, weak bridge and so on). Sound is not bad, its interesting and nice, this is main plus of that guitar.
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