My Guitars!

Hi,

My name's Maggie and I'm kind of a musical gear junkie. :)

I thought I'd take a moment to talk about some of my gear, since I'm a total geek like that!

The first "real" guitar I owned was an Ovation Celebrity CC-24. This thing was terrible. I'm told that the Ovation design was inspired somehow by helicopters. I don't know about you, but I've never seen a helicopter and thought "boy, wouldn't that make an awesome guitar!" Probably because it really doesn't make an awesome guitar... If you know nothing about Ovation instruments (there's also an even cheaper version under the name Applause), instead of having a wood construction, they have a hard plastic bowl for the back and sides. They also sound like they're made of plastic... Some people dig the sound, but it sort of hurts my soul. The CC-24 also featured a laminate top, high action, a really uncomfortable neck, and a sound that could be rivaled by Walmart's famous First Act brand. I owned this guitar for a couple years, used it to learn how to play, and traded it in on my last day of high school.

You hear the Ovation in some of my really early recordings and Youtube videos..... I'm sorry.

When I just couldn't stand to play the Ovation anymore, my dad bought me a Blueridge BR-140. I love this guitar. It's a 2002 model, bought off one of the admins. on the Blueridge Guitar Forum. It's basically a Chinese-built copy of a D-18. Solid Sitka top over solid mahogany back and sides. Plays great, sounds great. It's kind of been hot-rodded out at this point. I added an LR-Baggs M1A pickup, changed the tuners out, plus there was quite a bit of work done to it before I got it. The guitar has some slight buzzing on the low E string, but other than that it's fabulous. I get a lot of compliments when I play out with it.

A couple years of the Ovation gathering dust while I played the Blueridge went by, and finally I was done with high school, so I decided to give myself the gift of getting rid of the Ovation to acquire a 1972 Yamaha FG-75. This guitar is currently for sale, so talk to me if you're interested! It's a great guitar with an old sound. I just don't play it very much. I have experimented with several different strings on this instrument, which has been fun. The action is quite high, so it would make a good project guitar. It's still playable; just takes a little bit more work. I honestly don't mind it.

My most recent guitar purchase happened around Christmas. It's a Recording King RAJ-126SN. It's pretty much a copy of a Gibson Advanced Jumbo: slope shoulder dreadnought with solid sitka spruce over solid mahogany back and sides. I'm pretty sure this thing is my guitar soul-mate. At least for now. I also bought it just over $300 on Amazon. It's usually in the $700+ range! Woot Woot!

Any Questions?

-MB