Originally Posted by
Trakhak
"Shock" mostly referred to passage-of-time whiplash from being abruptly reminded of how old I am.
I hear ya. They say that "vintage" can mean anything that's 30 years old, but to me 30 years ago was 1972, not 1992.
Originally Posted by
Trakhak
I believe John Hartford endorsed them even earlier. Some of the local New Haven folkies were pretty catty about that - "They couldn't pay me enough to give up my D-18!" and so on. The moderates among those guys gossiped that John H. used the Ovations on stage but never otherwise.
Given his background in bluegrass, that's kind of surprising. Those guys are usually such purists.
You've probably seen the online battles on the guitar forums even today -- Ovations don't get a lot of love, but their fanbase is quite enthusiastic.
(Apologies for the digression, OP)