Applause CC012 repair question

Bill Bain Posted 2006-05-07 5:48 PM (#255744) Subject: Applause CC012 repair question Joined: October 2005 Posts: 16 Location: Atlanta, GA I do a great deal of airline travel and it's usually for week long trips so I picked up an Applause CC012 (the 1/2 size one) on eBay for travel. I strung it up when I got it and the bridge appears to be lifting from the rear, which is a bit odd since there's two bolts to hold it down. Out comes the mirror and I peer inside. The bolts don't go through the bridge plate -- the nuts sort of catch the edge but shouldn't the bridgeplate be deep enough for the bolts to go through it? Otherwise they're just waving out in the breeze when the strings tension the top. Repair thought: no regular repair shop wants to bother with the repair to a "cheap" guitar, and to be frank, I don't want to spend beaucoup $$ on the repair either. I'm almost to the point of removing the bolts and gluing a block of wood behind the bridge and drill new holes so the bolts will have something to bolt up to. I don't have a lot of experience with Ovations, so any other ideas welcome. It's exasperating to have the guitar sitting there not able to be used as I pack for another trip. . . . Paul Templeman Posted 2006-05-07 5:57 PM (#255745 - in reply to #255744) Subject: Re: Applause CC012 repair question Joined: February 2002 Posts: 5750 Location: Scotland Not sure about the Applause travel guitars, but until the LX guitars Ovations did not have a bridgeplate. Pop the dots covering the bolt heads, drop in some longer bolts and put a couple of repair washers inside. If you take the dots out carefully enough they should just push back in.