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Joined: December 2006 Posts: 6995 Location: Jet City | Standing, Most all have the wood spacers. Miles, I'm pretty sure it's the original. It's one of the first ones, actually it's one of the first Ovations period according to the serial number. You'll also notice the straight end on my fretboard. The Tornados I've seen from this period are pretty much the same. No blocks, flat end on fretboard, no logo. Here's another example off g-base:  And another:  | ||
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Here's mine:  [list] [*]Scrolled fingerboard [*]Wooden blocks under pickguard [*]Etched pickguard [*]Early serial # Bxxx [*]Bigsby Trem Bar [*]No cutout for pup adjustment screw [/list] | |||
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Joined: December 2006 Posts: 6995 Location: Jet City | |||
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Joined: December 2008 Posts: 1453 Location: Texas | I removed my Tornado pick guard tonight to make a modification, so I took a quick photo to illustrate the wood blocks discussed earlier in this thread.  I removed those two blocks (intact) and replaced them with shallower homemade versions to lower the pickguard. I'm extremely happy with the setup now, but for future reference, would anyone like to explain exactly what/how the neck adjustment (under the neck plate near the neck bolts) on the Tornado works? Does it raise and lower the neck/fretboard parallel to the body or does it adjust the neck angle, or what? | ||
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standing - 2011-01-13 2:39 AM The only other thing I might want to do to it is adjust (or remove) the pick-guard. It's pretty high and comes closer to the high E-string than I'd prefer, and it's not as simple to adjust as some other semi-hollow bodies. I haven't even attempted to remove it yet, but it looks like it's screwed (and hopefully not glued) into two small blocks of wood. I can probably save those (since they're original) and make substitutes that better position the pg. Anyone have any experience with that, or have the same situation with the pick-guard on a Tornado? Bumping this necro as I have similar pickguard question... I just recently acquired an Eclipse in very good shape:  I, too, am not happy with the height of the pickguard and want to lower it. It would appear mine as two blocks of angled wood that the pickguard sits on (and screw go into this). I am also guessing the wood blocks may be glued to the surface. I'd like to drop the pickguard about 1/4". Has anyone else attempted lowering their storm series pickguard similarly and what did you find with trying to remove the blocks if so? @standing , did you have to do anything special to get the underblocks off on your tornado? Also, who much did you lower it with the new fabbed blocks? Thx. Chris Edited by bartidge 2016-01-19 11:32 AM | |||
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Joined: December 2006 Posts: 6995 Location: Jet City | bartidge - 2016-01-19 9:22 AM I am also guessing the wood blocks may be glued to the surface.
Have you tried to remove the pickguard? It's an easy thing to do. I don't believe they're glued. FWIW, My Tornado is very old and they did not have wood blocks under the old ones. The top sits on the pickup rings, and the bottom rests on the guitar body. The pickguard is screwed directly into the body without the wood spacers. I'm pretty sure that's how the old original ones were done, so it shouldn't be too much of a job to change yours. Just whittle those down to what you like/want.
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Damon67 - 2016-01-19 1:41 PM bartidge - 2016-01-19 9:22 AM I am also guessing the wood blocks may be glued to the surface.
Have you tried to remove the pickguard? It's an easy thing to do. I don't believe they're glued. FWIW, My Tornado is very old and they did not have wood blocks under the old ones. The top sits on the pickup rings, and the bottom rests on the guitar body. The pickguard is screwed directly into the body without the wood spacers. I'm pretty sure that's how the old original ones were done, so it shouldn't be too much of a job to change yours. Just whittle those down to what you like/want.
I haven't yet but I will give it a try... Just wanted to make sure I wasn't in for some unforseen issues first. I have a scratchy volume pot as well, so going to DetoxIt that this weekend. Thx. | |||
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