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| My buddy Al... aka slydog(currently in Daytona for bike week... Lucky Dog) has gotten a really bad case of Ovation gas lately, and I have been helping him tag a few.
just finished cleaning and repairing this one... had to solder the covers back on, re-attach 1 lead at the switch, dress the frets, scrub the fretboard, and set the intonation... which was completely out of whack... sounded like an out of tune sitar...
All better now, everything's adjusted and working...
threw it on the big buffing wheels at Brett's shop.
it cleaned up really nice.. and sounds great!!
I still say these weigh too much... play nice tho.
Glenn |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | Looks really good Glenn! I was thinking about chambering one of the bodies that I have just for laughs. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Chambered Viper body with a Koa board laminated over all of the unimportant part? Hmmm...
Good job Glen! I wish I had a friend with a big buffer wheel, cool. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | looks good |
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Location: CT | Looks nice. How do these sound compared to the active ones with the notch switch? |
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| I like the sounds and variety on the active ones but due to their age and unavailability of replacement components.. these are easier(and cheaper) to maintain... finding some of those old mil-spec parts can be tough if not impossible.
the viper and preacher pickups are pretty nice on their own... but the preamp/notch/phase/split does add a lot of different colors.
a lot here have figured out workarounds and alternate if not original setups on them.
Glenn |
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Location: East Tennessee | Very nice looking guitar.
The strap looks rather nice also. :cool: |
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another solid-body refreshed.... preacher
