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Location: Texas | In the old days, Ovations did not have a strap button on the neck side of the body. Ovation was nice enough to send me their button and molly nut assembly, but it is not exactly intuitive. In comparing it to a CC-13 (I'm so ashamed) I think I get the general idea, but the bolt does not reach the threads in the nut assembly, so I don't understand how to get it started. Can anyone give me some insight?
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Location: Carle Place, NY | Big Red:
How old is your ovation? If the neck has a truss rod, you don't need the molly. In old truss rod models there's a wood block in the body where the neck joins it. The button is screwed into the block. Drill a pilot hole and use a thin 1" wood screw with a small head. I have a bunch of these screws and I can send you one. On my old Legend it is attached under the neck joint, but I think it can go above it too. |
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Location: Converse, Texas | Welcome, BigRed. What part of Texas are you from? |
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Location: SoCal | I had the same problem. Go to a hardware store with the screw you have and just ask them for a longer one with the same threads. Piece o' cake. Welcome to the board.
You don't happen to own a llama do you? |
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Location: Texas | Mitchrx,
It is a 1972 Balladeer ... serial number is 001697. Not many frills, but it's served me well. I must confess, however, I didn't buy it until '75. I just peeked inside, and sure enough there is what appears to be the block of wood you are referring to. Looks to me like it would have made the "molly nut" solution pretty tricky to install. I'll get a ruler out and figure out where the inside block relates to the outside and go from there.
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Location: Texas | Mitchrx,
It is a 1972 Balladeer ... serial number is 001697. Not many frills, but it's served me well. I must confess, however, I didn't buy it until '75. I just peeked inside, and sure enough there is what appears to be the block of wood you are referring to. Looks to me like it would have made the "molly nut" solution pretty tricky to install. I'll get a ruler out and figure out where the inside block relates to the outside and go from there.
Thanks for the reply! |
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Location: Texas | HMMM ... I seem to have gotten carried away somehow sending that last message ... sorry 'bout that ...
Hizzoner ... I'm from Plano, which means I'm close enough to take my Ovation to the Garland Square Bluegrass Jam every Saturday night! You sound like someone I might get to meet if I was in too big a hurry driving through Converse ...
Moody ... a llama? Why do you ask? If it's because you're wanting to buy one, I bet I could own one pretty quick!!! What if I have a stuffed one ... you know, a Dolly llama ... would that count? |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | A new member with a sense of humor.
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by stephent28:
A new member with a sense of humor.
He's gonna fit right in! Yeah, it's ironic, the twisted ones fit better... |
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Question - Strap Button