Posted 2014-05-18 8:30 AM (#486817) Subject: Hi all ... I just joined and I'm new to Ovation world
Joined: May 2014 Posts: 5
Wow am I impressed with the info on this site. I just purchased my first Ovation guitar. It is a satin finish (spruce top? not sure?) model S778 s/n 555527 made in USA.
It was from a pawn shop so it has a few problems and I may have paid to much. I had never played an Ovation before and when I picked it up and played it a little I had to have it. What a sweet sound!
It has the OP24+ electronics and is missing a couple of knobs. Also has a small piece of wood missing from the sound hole decoration.... I didn't notice that until i got it home. The action on this guitar is a little higher than I like. I cleaned the guitar up a bit and I put a new set of 0.12 gauge Elixir polyweb strings on it and while doing that I gently lifted up the saddle and found the pickup is part of the saddle. The neck is in good shape just checking via strings depressed at fret 1 and 14.
So my first questions are.... Is there a process to lower the saddle height? On other guitars I was able to just sand down the saddle or remove shims. So this is a new adventure for me. Is there and Ovation parts place where I could buy the 2 missing equalizer knobs for the OP 24+?
Posted 2014-05-19 1:40 PM (#486879 - in reply to #486817) Subject: Re: Hi all ... I just joined and I'm new to Ovation world
Joined: December 2006 Posts: 6994
Location: Jet City
Hi Larry,
If you've looked under the pickup assembly and there are no shims, there's not much that can be done other than a neck reset or some have been successful with a 'bowl bend'
I'd return the thing if possible. There are lots out there for reasonable prices.
Posted 2014-05-19 8:34 PM (#486904 - in reply to #486817) Subject: Re: Hi all ... I just joined and I'm new to Ovation world
Joined: May 2014 Posts: 5
Hi Damon67
Thanks for the response.
The action is not that bad just a little higher than I like. I didn't remove the saddle completely. Just enough to see the pickup was attached. Never having seen this before I stopped. I have an Ibanez that sanded down the saddle and the pick up just lying under the saddle.
So I guess I need to pull the plug in the back of the bowl to get the saddle completely out of the bridge without damaging any thing?
Posted 2014-06-11 8:30 PM (#487740 - in reply to #486817) Subject: Re: Hi all ... I just joined and I'm new to Ovation world
Joined: May 2014 Posts: 5
I finally got serious about adjusting the action. A piece of cake However I got it a little to low with a few buzzing frets. I have put a shim back.
Thanks for the help.
Larry
Posted 2014-06-11 8:30 PM (#487741 - in reply to #486817) Subject: Re: Hi all ... I just joined and I'm new to Ovation world
Joined: May 2014 Posts: 5
I finally got serious about adjusting the action. A piece of cake However I got it a little to low with a few buzzing frets. I have put a shim back.
Thanks for the help.
Larry
Hi all ... I just joined and I'm new to Ovation world