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Location: Sun City, California | First and foremost, it is beautiful! and has dead strings...what's new!
Question, do the Ovations come with a truss rod tool? can the neck be adjusted?
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Location: Orange County, California | Oh Yeah!! Slap some new strings on'er and post pics. You *should* have been given an allen wrench (in the little box inside the case maybe). If not, contact john.budney@kaman.com
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Location: Sun City, California | Shouldn't the seller have it? or am I dreaming?
So, the neck can be adjusted! I didn't see where though. |
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Location: Orange County, California | Yup. it's just a 5/16" allen bolt under the truss rod cover on the head stock. There are two graphite rods in the neck, so the adjustment is really only going to affect the relief in the first 7 frets or so. It's very responsive, so only make 1/8 of-a-turn adjustments at a time. The other action adjustment (string height) is accomplished by taking out or adding shims under the saddle(also easily done).
Drive west and I'll help you do it. We also have a members in Yucaipa & San Diego. |
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Location: Sun City, California | I feel really stupid now...I'm so used to adjusting my Larrivees inside that I forgot about the cover on the headstock! :rolleyes: |
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Location: Sun City, California | Let's see if this will post a picture.
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Location: Sun City, California | The other action adjustment (string height) is accomplished by taking out or adding shims under the saddle(also easily done).
HUGE! Thank you.
So, there are shims under it that I can take out? Because it looks like it could stand to come down. |
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Location: Sun City, California | One more question, which way do you turn the rod to straightned the neck? |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Sounds like you didn't get a manual with it. Print one off the Ovation website. They say how to adjust the neck and string height. |
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Location: Sun City, California | Oh boy, I forgot about the manual! What else didn't I get? |
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Location: Reno, NV | Nice guitar, it looks just like mine. Although, your case is different. I wonder if Ovation changed it recently, or if you have an upgraded case.
BTW, did you get the keys with it?
Looks like you have a set of EJ16's or EXP16's on there, I can't tell for sure, but it looks like your ball end on your "G" (green) is crooked in the bridge? Not a big deal, just looks strange to me.
You can lower the action real easy, just loosen up the strings about an inch or so and pull them up at the bridge and pull the pickup/saddle straight up and out. You'll probably have 2-3 shims in there. I had 3, I took out one. With 2 shims Im right at 3/32(E)-2.5/32(e). Perfect for me.
When you wear out your D'addarios. Try some Martin SP 4100 12-54. They are my favorite on that guitar. |
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Location: Reno, NV | Originally posted by guitarmanrrg:
One more question, which way do you turn the rod to straightned the neck? Depends on the current condition of the neck.
Looking down the neck, from headstock to bridge. Clockwise will tighten the truss rod, and pull the neck back towards you when in playing position, removing relief. Likewise, the opposite does the opposite. Counter-Clockwise , loosen , neck pulls forward, away from you in playing position, adding relief. |
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Location: ranson,wva | thats the cheaper cases that comes with celbs i do belive...jason |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | Cool Case....I would n`t mind having such..
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Location: Sun City, California | Thanks for all the info guys. I changed the strings to the Martin MSP4100 (my favorite too)which made a big difference in the tone.
I think I'll spend some time in the next day or so and remove the shims and adjust the truss rod to taste...
Just as I remember, the plugged in sound is nice!
I really like the built in tuner on this guy, very handy and accurate. |
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Location: CT | Here's a link to the manual.
Ovation Manual |
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Received my 1771LX and have a dumb question
