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Location: Milwaukee Wisconsin | I recently inherited a 1987 Ovation Collector's series. It was sitting in my mom's closet since 2000 w/o strings. I took it to get some strings put in at a local music store only to be told that the fingerboard needed repairing. Since I don't play guitar, I would like to sell. If you are interested, please email me and I can send you pictures. It's a beautiful guitar. It comes with the Ovation hard case. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Email sent. |
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Location: Tampa, FL | Queue forming |
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Location: SoCal | What repairs does the fingerboard need? |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Paul, he sent me some pictures that I'll try to post if I get time tonight. The fretboard on the high E side is lifting, separating from the neck. I've never seen that before. I thought that if his dad bought it new, the factory might fix it under warranty. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I forgot to send the pics to my home computer, so I can't post them tonight. I sent them to Noah, so if he's watching and has a chance, maybe he can post them. Other than the fretboard, the guitar looks nice, but I don't have a clue about how to fix the fretboard or the cost. |
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Location: SoCal | Here you go...
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Location: SoCal | and here are the rest...
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Location: Tidal Mudflats of Virginia | Just an observation...but, no strings and either temperature or lack of tension caused the neck to pull away from the fretboard? Isn't the tension of the bar always pulling the neck away from the strings to keep the neck straight? |
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Location: North Idaho | A convincing example to never remove all the strings for any length of time without releasing rod tension. Is it just the abalone and binding or the ebony as well?
Edit: still a great looking instrument. awesome bridge |
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Location: SoCal | Whatever the reason, looks like an expensive trip to the factory. Maybe a replacement neck. Maybe they could repair the neck they took off Moody's.
Course, maybe a little CyA and wood screws would work :eek:
In all seriousness, this could be a VERY expensive project. |
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Location: SoCal | If it got to the Mothership...
Wouldn't they be able to release the tension, pull the neck and glue/clamp the fretboard back down. There does not appear to be any other issues.
We all know how great Factory neck resets are when we get them back. The guys in CT do this stuff in their sleep. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | It all looks fixable, those were great guitars! |
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Location: SoCal | They wouldn't be able to use the neck off my guitar as I have the headstock of it sitting on my desk.
Offer the seller $500 and budget another $500 for the project. Hope it comes in at $300 and be happy when it costs $400.
What number is the guitar? |
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Location: SoCal | Paul, Shouldn't that headstock be sitting on Tony's or my desk? :confused: |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I've suggested to the owner that he check with the factory to see if it was still under the original warranty. I'll see if we can make a deal that works for both of us. If not, maybe someone else on the board would be willing to pay more money or take more risk than I would.
Oh, thanks, Noah, for posting the pictures. |
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Location: Chehalis, Washington | Sent you a PM! |
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Location: SoCal | So what happened with this from February to May? |
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Location: San Bernardino, California | Another drive-by. |
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Location: Chehalis, Washington | Mark was in communication back and forth, and recently beat me to another '87, so he referred this one to me. |
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1987 Collector's Series