We're all "Session-Killers"!

[Cowgirlie]

We get session killers at our Jams, too, but we don't name them so because their guitars are loud, it's because they play or sing badly, and it kills a listener's and a player's desire to be at the session. Bad banjo players are session killers too, as are fiddlers who don't play in tune or in time...and players who do not want to take turns and play something that compliments the session are killers too. You can spot them as they arrive, usually with enough chips on their shoulders to throw a party, and the dip is right between the chips.

Too bad this poor person does not know WHY he does not fit in. 

[Daddyo]

"Session-Killers" - that's supposedly the term used by bluegrass guitarists at their festival jam sessions. That's because of the Ovations tendency to be somewhat louder than their Martins, old Gibsons, etc...

I say "Take THAT you banjo twangers!" With all of that piercing banjo, mandolin, and fiddle (violins are INSANELY loud) it's nice to be able to cut through that stuff if we have to. Now we just have to practice some restraint when we're backin' ya up. But, if you don't give us a little bit o' room now and then - then LOOK OUT! - we'll clear our own path!

Having said that, I actually love bluegrass, and have the utmost respect for those players. I would hate to think that those guys would be rolling their eyes at the mere sight of an Ovation at one of their jams though.

It's nice to know that, if we HAVE to, we can be a "SESSION-KILLER"!

Doncha jus' love it!

Edited to add:

"ALRIGHT NOBODY MOVE! I HAVE AN OVATION LEGEND AND I'M NOT AFRAID TO USE IT!"



tragocaster,
an ovation guitar owner and a proud member of www.ovationfanclub.com

tragdjames@yahoo.com
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1137 Matrix
1117 Legend
CS257 Celebrity

Only when amped. Acoustically, they sound like rubber bands stretched across Ma's Tupperware. But if another hurricane hits, you can kick out the top and rest your fanny in the body and use the neck to paddle to safety :D

[Tycho]

It's interesting to note that our friend started exactly the same thread over at his "home" forum.  The first response was literally, "Yeah, whatever", following which they had a perfectly polite and reasonable discussion about bluegrass vs. newgrass, with no slamming of other guitar brands. 

I'm not sure our friend is the ideal representative of his home forum.

[jwu53]

I've read some of his threads over there (esp. read the thread "Computer Help").  On the theory that you can't be two places at once, sounds like they'd be glad for any time he spends here!

[Jackwr]

The sad part is he thinks the people calling him a "session-killer" are refering to his guitar.

[wyodeb]

The sad part is he thinks the people calling him a "session-killer" are refering to his guitar.

:GRN> :GRN>