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Location: Saratoga | The pickups corroded in my guitar. I had to have them replaced. They do not have the same features as the original and the dealer did not save the old one. Does anyone know if this will drastically affect the value of my guitar? :rolleyes: |
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Location: SoCal | This is an interesting question. First, you have to realize that Ovation electrics are very undervalued in the marketplace. Second, over the next 2-10 years, if they pick up steam, then you might have lost value someday. But if you're happy with the guitar, then why worry about it? |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | It could depending on the guitar. I feel if a guitar does not have the original parts (or at least replaced with original parts) it's not the same guitar. As example, there are a lot of Breadwinners and Deacons that have had the pickups swapped... If all else is original I won't pay more than a couple hundred (for the parts) as it's NOT a Breadwinner without those pickups. Same as Viper, Preacher UKII etc... The basic reasoning I have is not only the sound, but as the Ovation pickups are not standard sized.... modification must be done to mount just about anything else... that's the rub. If I knew I could always put the originals back if I found some... that would be different.
Now something like the GP or GS or GTX guitars... those are standard sized pickups and if they weren't original, one could hope to find the originals or in the case of the GP I believe they are still made by Dimarzzio.
So to answer your question... To me, if it's not original... it's not the same guitar and worth only it's weight in parts. Now I know others feel different. The only "custom" guitars I have hold special meaning because of who did the work, or maybe I did the mod for me. I have a Viper with a Kahler trem and Carvin pickups.. to me... it's the best guitar made... But I doubt I could sell it, and I certainly would not have bought it that way. |
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Location: puerto vallarta, mexico | down here south of the border, little shops still fix instead of replace things. pickups dont seem all that complicated to me, perhaps due to total lack of experience, but it would be interesting to see if a motor rewinding shop might be able to rebuild some of the odd sized pickups out there.
does anyone have some dead pickups they are willing to donate to an experiment? |
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Changing pickups affect value?
