The whole of the top of the guitar was covered in sticky insulation material and the tuning pegs were rusted and gritty when I turned them. The strings were rusted and broke as soon as I tried to get the guitar in tune.
I have to say that 19 years in the heat and cold had not been kind on the poor old Applause. Taking pity on it, I pulled it out of the loft and brought it down to see how it would sound after all those years (noting as I did it that I also have an Eko Ranger 6 in the loft as well!).
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Apparently, they were made by Ovation as a cheaper alternative to the full Ovation models and were an attempt by the company to make sure other companies didn’t produce cheaper versions of their trademark bowl back design – in effect they got into the cheap copy market for their own product!īack to my particular example and many years have passed since the guitar was purchased and for the biggest part of them, certainly since 2000 when we moved into our current house, the Applause has been laying in the loft forgotten.Ī couple of weeks ago I was in the loft putting away our cases after a weekend away and I saw the head of the guitar laying on the insulation material. I found this catalogue which includes the AE-32 which dates it from the late 1970s. There are volume and tone controls fitted to the side of the bowl, and a jack socket on the back. They were made in various colours although mine is the rather staid and boring looking natural finish. I know I used to own a Ranger 12 and traded it for another acoustic somewhere along the line so the Applause was probably the one.Īs an aside, to give some information, the Applause AE-32 is a round backed guitar with a body made of Lyramold (think plastic or fibreglass), a 20 fret rosewood fretboard, a mahogany neck, no cut away in the body and a pickup fitted under the bridge saddle. I can’t remember now what I paid for it, but I don’t think I bought it new and I have a vague recollection I may have traded an Eko Ranger 12 for it. This message board and website is not sponsored or affiliated with Ovation® Guitars in any way.Ovation Applause AE-32 Tone and Volume controls Jump to forum : Search this forum Printer friendly version E-mail a link to this thread I tried an Applause, and it had a nice sound, but not what I was looking for. You might get your question answered there. Posted 7:52 AM (#398641 - in reply to #398636) Subject: Re: Applause AE138īreger, there is also a group on the OFC Ning site that is dedicated to Applause owners. Ovation has not and does not track the history/serial numbers of the Celebrity and Applause lines. Posted 6:13 PM (#398638 - in reply to #398636) Subject: Re: Applause AE138ĭecember 2006 Posts: 6268 Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast Someone should be along shortly who will. Sorry I can't help you with your question other then this link. October 2007 Posts: 2711 Location: Vernon CT Can anyone shed any light on general reviews and more info? Thanks. Just acquired the above guitar but cannot seem to track down any info on that model (even on the Ovation site ).
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