Balladeer 6751 Top Sinkage
googoobaby
Posted 2010-09-05 7:00 PM (#2925)
Subject: Balladeer 6751 Top Sinkage
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I have a 12 string 6751 that I bought used from a local music store a while ago in apparently mint condition. As I was just playing it I noticed that the top is sucked in (concave) between the rosette and the bridge. It's not a very expensive guitar and I'm not the 1st owner so I don't have warranty coverage. Any advice re a fix? It does sound and play magnificently for me so I'm reluctant to let it go.

Thanks in advance,
Jeff
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PEZ
Posted 2010-09-05 7:41 PM (#2926 - in reply to #2925)
Subject: Re: Balladeer 6751 Top Sinkage



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Posts: 3111

Location: Nashville TN.
Can you post a picture?
Someone here likily seen it before.

Ovation Service department can be reached via
email off thier website.
http://www.ovationguitars.com/support/customer_service

btw
6751 was not a inexpensive instrument.
Street price new was $1050 5 years ago.
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googoobaby
Posted 2010-09-05 8:05 PM (#2927 - in reply to #2925)
Subject: Re: Balladeer 6751 Top Sinkage
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I tried to image it with my cellphone camera but it really doesn't come out clear.

Image stored at:
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m154/jmkatcher/IMG00003-20100905...

It looks a little like the rosette is raised in the space between the 1st three string pairs. It's really that the top has sunken in that space. I also notice that the cables are loose inside. The clip that held them in place is no longer glued to the side or top.

I'd never done this before but I looked at the materials I'd received from the dealer and it looks like it was sold to me new (and they're authorized too). I just succeeded at registering it online which I hadn't thought about before.
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Weaser P
Posted 2010-09-05 8:36 PM (#2928 - in reply to #2925)
Subject: Re: Balladeer 6751 Top Sinkage


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