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| I bought my Anniversary a few months back. I was in pretty good shape, the gold tuners have small pitting, and the frets were quite worn. I had the first 14 frets re-fretted, the ones remaining were not used hardly at all, so I couldn't see the extra headache of adjusting the action based on that. I also had the nut and bridge saddle replaced with genuine bone. The nut was custom filed from a bone from the local meat shop. This guitar sounds much better now that I had these repair/improvements done. This came off of Reverb.com from a place called Coyle's Richboro Music.
'78 Ovation 10th Anniversary . Some honest playing wear, plays great, sounds warm & mellow.
I bought it for $399. Had it refretted and new saddle for $25 from a guy that is my brother's best friend. I had the nut done for $20 from one of my good friends.
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| I also replaced the tuner buttons with perloid from Stew Mac. Looks like the ones that come with a Custom Legend
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | Well done! I had the nut and saddle of my Patriot replaced with bone at the factory several years back. It does make a difference. It sounded darn fine before, now it sounds tremendous! |
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Location: Muenster/Germany | Why are the bracings often visible on older Ovations? You can clearly see the A-braces on the picture. |
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Location: Tuscany, Italy | very nice. like it so much and want it badly.....uhmm one day...... maybe.. 
@Detleft .....maybe the super-glue used in the ovation heydays ? |
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Location: Jet City | DetlefMichel - 2015-01-22 3:08 AM Why are the bracings often visible on older Ovations? You can clearly see the A-braces on the picture. I don't know, but I have noticed stained and burst finishes seem to show it more. I do love my Anniversary. It's the deep bowl, A-braced, non-Kaman bar, hand laid Legend I decided to keep. Very different than all the other Legends that came out. They seem to sell cheaper than a 1619 Custom Legend from the same era which makes absolutely no sense to me. They're every bit as beautiful, and have every bit of bling, it's just a different bling.... The bridge and truss rod cover of a Custom Legend meets the veneered headstock and heel cap of an Adamas, then add herringbone trim, snowflake position markers, and the stain on the top, so unique! Really, it sounds like something Patch woulda had the factory make... except he would have added a redwood or some other exotic top.
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | Or maybe I would go for a vintage look with vintage attributes? Here's the last build they did for me, mere months before Fender nuked it all. 
And here's a link to the original post. I love this guitar! |
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Location: Yokohama, Japan | Took a look at the original post too. Absolutely stunning... |
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Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota | It really is, I about ruined my keyboard drooling over it!!! Absolutely Gorgeous!!!!
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| I am thinking about an acoustic pickup that doesn't look like there is one installed. Something like the LR Baggs Lyric . Has anyone tried one? It is an internal mic with a preamp. |
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | I had a Martin once with a Fishman in-line that sounded great. John Budny might also have access to a direct out style pickup they used for the FD-14 Folklores. They sound fantastic as well and are completely invisible fromt he outside except for the jack. |
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Location: United States | I have the same type of pickup you are asking about on my martin and it works and sounds fantastic. |
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