Playing Ovation 1578-4BC Acoustic Electric Guitar By Bobby Boyles

Bobby from Oklahoma Vintage Guitar doing a demo of the Ovation 1578-4BC Guitar. Call us at 1-888-422-0788 or email Bobby at BroBobbyb@aol.com

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Music

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• Ovation
• Guitar
• Guitars
• 1578dLX
• 1578
• Playing
• solid
• Bear
• Claw
• Top
• Acoustic
• Electric

[evonai]

I really am amazed 44 years playing guitar.. wow really brings me up to keep on playing haha i've barely taken 2 years or so of guitar classes.. hope to play like you someday :D

[BroBobbyB]

@evonai You may be a better player than me a lot faster than I have been. I am not extremely talented like some are. Talent determines the amount of work it takes to get to a certian level. Highly Talented people can get to where I am in just a few years and not 40 or 44 years like me. It has taken a lot of long hard work for me but it has really been fun also. Maybe you will be one who passes me next year. Keep up the good work.

[BigCanOfBeans]

I think Ovation needs to make a 12 string guitar. just a thought, considering 12 strings sounds twice as good and and combining that with the ovation would be magic.

[BroBobbyB]

Ovation has made 12 string guitars for over 40 years now. They are great 12 string guitars. They made one of the first 12 string guitars that was relatively easy to play and has a great sound. We have the Ovation 12 strings today at OklahomaVintageGuitarcom at several price ranges.

[100percentguitarded]

honestly im not one for country at all, but i like how you played that country riff.

[BroBobbyB]

Thank you! I have been playing for 44 years. Started off with Zeplin, and Grand Funk, James Gang etc. Learned to play classical, jazz and more because someone once told me, the best professional musician is one who plays whatever the many with the checkbook needs. Funny, I go through moods of ...Classic Rock, Chet Atkins, Gospel, Blues, Jazz. Ain't life good.....

Thank again for your kind comment.

[nelette]

i swear to you ovation guitars if made in the USA are the best acoustic guitar to spend youre money on. they were designed so that sound would not get trapped in the corners of the guitar, and i assure you there is not a better guitar to buy! i have a washburn d10sce made in china. had it for about 6 months and i like it lots, but the next guitar i get is an USA Ovation.

[BroBobbyB]

The Applause guitars are great guitars for the money and lots of people love them. I sell a lot of them. However, in my opinion a solid top guitar, not laminated, (plywood) always ages better and sounds better when it comes to wood top guitars and the appluase guitars to my knowledge do not have solid tops. That doesn't make them bad guitars and lots of people earn a living with an applause, but my preference is a solid top Ovation.

[BroBobbyB]

Amazingly enough they sound great. The best sounding guitar I ever heard, including Martin, Taylor, Collings and all, was a guitar made by Ovation. Ovations can have a huge acoustic sound. I am a Martin Freak. I love them, and they sound awesome, but just because Ovation is different doesn't mean they can't be great also. Solid Top Well made Ovations have a great acoustic Sound.

[Marhalut]

I love the designs of the Ovations and the body seems just perfect but I gotta ask... How does it sound unplugged? I don't have an Acoustic Amp and was wondering if I could play it without the Amp (And have it sound good)?

Thank you, :)

[stayaliveplayer1]

im buying an ovation applause series AE148 super shallow cutaway acoustic electric and looks just like yours but it is black, i like both(yours and the black) in your opinion which is best?

thanks

[BroBobbyB]

HI,

The 1578 is the model, the 4 after the dash, is for natural on all Ovation model numbers and BC just stands for Bear Claw Spruce. So the 4BC just gives a bit more detail to the model and says Natural Bear Claw Spruce which is what your guitar is also.

[djmonnette]

I bought a 1578 Ultra Deluxe from you ---looks like one in video---spruce top---What was the differance between 1578 and 1578-4 BC

[BroBobbyB]

Let us know when you are ready. They are well within reach.

[BroBobbyB]

Thank you very much. Hope you can come and see our store one day. It is really a great place. It is cold winter time now and snowing and the fireplace in the store is so warm and cozy and playing great guitars gets to be even more fun.

[BroBobbyB]

My first two serious guitars as a teenager were a Martin and an Ovation. My old 1967 Brazilian D35 Martin has to be way up there. The Adamas old #47 is the best sounding guitar I have ever heard. I have a new Taylor Cocobolo Build to Order Jumbo guitar that is awesome. I should have it on the website before two long. Anyway, it is hard to nail it down to just one.

[BroBobbyB]

We don't use heated Humidifiers because we don't find them Necessary in Oklahoma. I discovered today that our Walmart stores here in OKC have the Sunbeam Coolmist 24 hour run time Humidifiers that will do a room easily but and whole house is also possible with these and it is on clearance here for only $59.

[BroBobbyB]

No, we no longer have the Mahogany top 1578. I do have one last 1578 Bear Claw top guitar that was found at the factory a few weeks ago. Toll Free 888 422 0788 $699 plus shipping.

[ovationpdh]

Hi Bobby, do you still have the mahogany top version of this guitar in stock? Those are really nice.

[Denvermorgan2000]

Hi Bobby are ultrasonic humidifiers ok to use or is it better with the type that uses heat. thanks

[MyDadsAMailman]

hmm.. what is your favorite guitar ? :)

[mathiasdisco]

You're a legend, if I didn't live the other side of the atlantic I'd totally come to your shop

[BroBobbyB]

We have only one left, New in the Box with the Ovation Gig Bag Case and it is $599. It would have been gone but someone put it on layaway and never paid it out and after a year we sell them. It is the last one and now everybody's going to know about it. Call us at 888 422 0788 if you want it. 10 AM to 6 PM central Time.

[hizzo1189]

@BroBobbyB is this still available please provide detail

[BroBobbyB]

The Hygrometer will tell you what your guitar already knows and it will tell you if your room is good for your guitar or if it is damaging the guitar, simply by showing you how far off you are from 47.3%. I keep the store at 50% because the guitar can never quite come up to the level of the room, nor can it totally dry out if the room is totally dry, but it can dry out enough to crack and cause damage.  Hope this helps.

[BroBobbyB]

A piece of wood seeks the humidity level of 47.3% for optimum health. This is perfect for a guitar. All you have to do is go to Wal-mart and get a hygrometer, usually a thermometer with Hygrometer together for about $15-20, Acurite is the brand we use. Place it on the wall in the room where your guitar is and when it drop below 45% run the room humidifier until it gets up to 50% and if it goes up to 55 or 60% it is not a real problem unless it is above 60% with full sting pressure for weeks.