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Location: chattanooga tn | think I'm finished, complete electronics upgrade,routed cavity, fret polish, oiled fret board,removed epulautes,they used superglue on them, a bit of a pain to remove the glue, put onblack diamond strings, think it turened out well, and I did it myself, thanks for all the replies, helpful and amusing alike
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Location: Midland, MI | Certainly changes the look, doesn't it? Congrats on a job well done. |
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Location: the BIG Metropolis of TR | **NICE** looks like you did a fantastic job!
(Ovation ought to make more guitars without the epaulets!!)
Does it sound any different? :p |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Nice effort Matt!
I agree about loosing some of the epaulets. A natural top with the "MOB" shaped soundholes would be cool as well. |
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Location: chattanooga tn | I lost alot of volume after installing the preamp, and the coated strings dropped even more, plugged in I love it, and the strings make a big difference plugged in, I'm happy, removing the epaulets was actually really easy,pillow case, iron, and a putty knife, same procedure you would use to remove a bridge,the glue on the other hand,was a major pain, they used superglue, nafta,goo gone, wouldnt put a dent in it, took about 4 hours of carefully rubbing acetone over it , dont want to do that again anytime soon, I really like the look of it though |
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Location: England | thats inspired! how did u remove the epaulets or however thats spelt.
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Location: Valparaiso, FL | That looks awesome! Might have to do that to my Elite Std. instead of buying a Tangent. :) What did you do with the battery box? |
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Location: chattanooga tn | just heat them up with an iron, put a pillow case on top of the guitar to help prevent scorching the finish, I set the iron just below the steam setting, check every few muinutes till they get just hot enough that you can only touch them for a second or two, then slide a sharpend putty knife underneeth and they pop right off, be careful if you want to reuse them, they break really easily, I secured the battery box to the underside of the preamp housing with electrical tape,all I have to do is remove the rear cover and I can pop the battery out with one hand, not as conveinent as having on the outside, but close enough for me |
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