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Location: St. Louis Mo. | I've got an older Model 1615 12 stringer. She's a rattling something awful anymore. just wondered if anyone here can tell me if it should go to Ovation for rework or just take a chance locally? St. Louis area. Thanks in advance. |
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | Thumbpicker
Hang loose, I suspect that you can get some advice here that will help you make adjustments to correct your problem. It sounds like a simple neck adjustment.
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Location: Ct./ USA | check for loose braces |
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Location: St. Louis Mo. | Thanks to both Bailey and Paul, I did a little more drifting over to the Ovation Site and downloaded their spec sheet/manual.It lead me through some of the setup stuff and "I done it myself".The major culprit was the truss rod. I've owned the guitar for 30 years and was told when I purchased it that it should never be tuned to E always D and use a capo.Recently I e-mailed Ovation and they said it could be tuned to E. I did it and was shocked at all the buzzing.The truss rod cleaned it up a bunch.Now all I need to do is re-install the shim that I took out from under the saddle at the last string change and It'll be perfect.LoWWWW Action and no buzz. This is great! |
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | Good Work Thumbpicker
How in line with the philosophy here, use the available resources, I hope you are enjoying your guitar. Sometimes that personal input makes the guitar a little more a part of a person's life, the only drawback is they slowly become irreplacable.
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Location: St. Louis Mo. | Yeah, I wouldn't sell this old girl for anything.After 30 years or so they kinda grow on ya!The truss rod afjusted every 30 years isn't all that bad I guess. LOL
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Factory setup?
