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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | No, I think he plays Gibsons. Nothing wrong with an OLD Gibson. It's just the newer ones that have dragged the Gibson name down. Kinda reminds me of the Norlin years when no one seemed to know how to make a good sounding, playable guitar. It's a shame. I used to have several older Gibsons. Now, when I want to play a wood box I play one of my Morgan Monroes. Great workmanship, great sound, and so easy on the fingers. But for the jazz stuff I usually play, it's either and Adamas or an Ovation because NO ONE can duplicate the beautiful sound of an O or A with just a touch of chorus through a Crate acoustic amp.
Come to think of it, maybe the troll googled "Gibson illegal rosewood" and found the thread on this forum about it. I think the troll might be Henry himself! From everything I've read and heard, he is a borderline nut-case. Trolling on other guitar forums sounds right up his alley. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | It looks to me like the bridge is turned a couple degrees clockwise, looking at it in your birdseye view picture. The strings aren't perpendicular to the front of the bridge. The angle at the top of the picture is more than 90 degrees and at the bottom is less. The saddle seems OK, but that is hard for me to measure. |
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Location: On the Coast - Halfway between SF & OR | bugeyed -
Original question was VERY valid in my opinion; if one of my guitars was skewed as your photos show, I would also wonder if that would affect the sound quality.
The comments asking how it sounds are absurd to me. Can any of those members pick up a guitar and know if it's "right" without having another of the exact model without an offset bridge on hand to compare it to?
As for the visual aspect - I'm afraid that would simply drive me crazy. Although others say that only the sound is important, I enjoy the look of a guitar as well as the sound. I've played a number guitars that sounded wonderful, but I would never own one simply because I didn't like the way they "looked." I believe that's true for most people. Do I "listen to my guitars with my eyes?" No, but the overall package IS important -sound, look and feel all come into play with me at least.
I'm glad you found the problems shouldn't make a difference in the sound; you can now sell it in good conscience and get another Ovation that more care went into during construction.
I know that's what I would do. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | I bet the neck is mounted cockeyed and the bridge is placed in line with the neck, so the whole thing is a bit off skew.
I wouldn't worry about it. Especiially 16 years after the fact. Ovation builds a lot of guitars and sometimes are a bit "off" in certain ways. If you had the original "QC" hang tag I would LOVE to see the initials on it. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Couldn't have been one of mine. I was long gone by '93. But even if you saw the hang tag, it wouldn't have initials. We each had our own stamps with numbers on them. I was "75". |
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Location: On the Coast - Halfway between SF & OR | Hey all,
Just heard from bugeyed that he's no longer able to post! The message partially read, "the board administrators have removed your ability to post to this board."
I assume this is only an administrative snafu?
Or was there something he said in this thread that would cause a vacation? Al, Miles you have always seemed to me to be clear and public if someone steps out of line, can you check and see what the problem really is? |
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Location: Conroe, Texas | Originally posted by Gallerinski:
I bet the neck is mounted cockeyed and the bridge is placed in line with the neck, so the whole thing is a bit off skew.
I wouldn't worry about it. Especiially 16 years after the fact. Ovation builds a lot of guitars and sometimes are a bit "off" in certain ways. If you had the original "QC" hang tag I would LOVE to see the initials on it. Ok, I'm back! :confused:
Yes, you got it. I tried to say that all along, but many denied the possibility. I would have thought, though, that Ovation would have taken a bit more care building a Collectors Edition. Anyway, we move on & I have certainly been entertained by all the lively discussion. BTW I looked at all the hand tags & didn't see a QC tag. Darn!
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | FYI... I'm closing this topic as I think it's run it's course.. all opinions are in etc... |
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Ovation bridge is not centered on top.
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