I own an Ovation super shallow body that I purchased about 10 years ago. I purchased my Ovation, in black, for my participating in a New Standard Tuning guitar workshop. NST is used by Robert Fripp, Guitar Craft and affiliated students. The music played in this tuning ranges in style, but much of it is what I describe as "post classical" and highly mathematical with unique sound and movement patterns. The Ovation is the preferred guitar of this course for a number of reasons. Its super shallow body makes the act of playing guitar easier on the body and one can restrict picking movements to the wrist as there is less need to reach around the guitar body. The Ovation guitar’s bowl-shaped back also fits against the body better (although this is less true for women and is a bit of a notorious subject with my fellow female guitar friends), again making it more comfortable to play with a minimum of movement. The sound of the Ovation guitar is unique and something I often compare to a harpsichord. I have heard traditional classical compositions played on these guitars a number of times and I have always been awed by the authenticity the Ovation guitar sound lends to the piece. - Bass Guitar Chords -
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