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Location: Warwick, RI | I was looking at a real nice Balladeer--model GCS771C, if I remember right. It had a satin finished cedar lid on it instead of the usual spruce top, and it also sported an abalone ring around the soundhole-not the leaf pattern "O" ring, but purfling, like a Martin D-42.To settle a dispute, does anyone know if this is a decal, or is it an inlay? Also I've been away from Ovations for a while--how do these 2 piece necks hold up compared to the 5 piece neck. If these are replay questions, please excuse-I'm new to the board....Thanks, Ron |
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Location: The Shop | I can tell you for 100% certianty that it is not a decal.I should know,Iam the one that does the inlays.It is 6 pieces of binding and 8 pieces of abby inlay. |
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Location: Warwick, RI | Thank you cms-man. That is just what I wanted to know.The work is so clean and smooth that it looks too good to be an inlay, and if you done it, you done good.--Ron |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | I have a GCS771-C with that inlay rosette and I agree, cms-man does GOOD work..... :)
Roger |
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Location: The Shop | THANK YOU !Take the tour and you can see me do it in person. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | CMS, Love what you all do!
Throw in a suggestion about alternatives to abalone and MOP - a little silver, turquoise, semi-precious what-evers and Mt. St.Helen's volcanic ash can be used on occasion!
Give everyone a hug fo me! |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | cms-man, hopefully some year I will. This year, I have a 92-year-old father who will get my company on Father's Day weekend......
Roger |
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Location: The Shop | That is much more important if you ask me. See you sometime. |
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Cedar top rosette