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Hal Jordan
Posted 2005-09-24 1:23 PM (#136024)
Subject: govers w/ebony upgrade pics...


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hey gang,
i still hate ping tuners :D but love the new grovers. no mods/new holes were needed they fit perfect. added the ebony buttons that actually have more of a ping/schaller look. check 'em out!

Originally posted by cliff:
Nice Tuners/Buttons!


(but I STILL hate those damn LX TrussRodCovers . . .)
thanks...
what do you prefer for a t.r. cover?
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Jeff W.
Posted 2005-09-24 2:28 PM (#136027 - in reply to #136024)
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Cliff likes these...
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cliff
Posted 2005-09-24 3:53 PM (#136028 - in reply to #136024)
Subject: Re: govers w/ebony upgrade pics...


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It's not the covers, per se . . .

It's the "LX" typography that irks me.

It's kind of a "LetterHead"-thing, and really doesn't mean a whole hell of a lot . . . except in my feeble, little demented world . . . .


(btw, Jeff: can't see the pic - get a real computer;-)
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Standingovation
Posted 2005-09-24 4:23 PM (#136029 - in reply to #136024)
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The LX TRC's are just plain fugly. Here's what my LX guitar looks like now:



I couldn't fit a standard TRC on the slothead U681 so I modified the one it came with:



Dave
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moody, p.i.
Posted 2005-09-24 4:33 PM (#136030 - in reply to #136024)
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The term "anal" comes to mind.....
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Standingovation
Posted 2005-09-24 4:57 PM (#136031 - in reply to #136024)
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I've been called worse. Dave
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TexasDoc
Posted 2005-09-24 5:46 PM (#136032 - in reply to #136024)
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Although it did still reference the same part of the body. :D
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cliff
Posted 2005-09-24 5:57 PM (#136033 - in reply to #136024)
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. . . and a Dutch woman(?) named Hans . . .
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Hal Jordan
Posted 2005-09-25 9:24 AM (#136034 - in reply to #136024)
Subject: Re: govers w/ebony upgrade pics...


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Originally posted by Standingovation:
The LX TRC's are just plain fugly. Here's what my LX guitar looks like now:




Dave
:confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:
...Fugly?? ...ebony?? is it the font on the thing, the size or the number of screws? or do you like the bezeled B/W look?

BTW- i do like the TRC on your LX...
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Standingovation
Posted 2005-09-25 10:20 AM (#136035 - in reply to #136024)
Subject: Re: govers w/ebony upgrade pics...



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I hate the text and font on the LX covers.
I hate the plain ebony on a black gloss background. The screw is OK. I just think the whole thing looks like a complete afterthought. Like at the last minute somebody realized the truss rod hole was not covered so they just grabbed a scrap of wood from the bin and stenciled on some bad looking font and slapped it on. To each his own. Ovations for years and years sported the plan b/w/b triangulated TRC and that's what I like to see on them even today. Dave
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fguki
Posted 2005-09-25 11:03 AM (#136036 - in reply to #136024)
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@Hal Jordan

I love the ebony buttons too! I have them on my customized `95 Les Paul Studio.

But, why putting Shaller kind of tuner buttons on grover machines? no no no ... impossible! ;)
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Hal Jordan
Posted 2005-09-25 11:54 AM (#136037 - in reply to #136024)
Subject: Re: govers w/ebony upgrade pics...


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Originally posted by fguki:
@Hal Jordan

I love the ebony buttons too! I have them on my customized `95 Les Paul Studio.

But, why putting Shaller kind of tuner buttons on grover machines? no no no ... impossible! ;)
they are authentic grover buttons...just happen to be shaped like schallers.
i'd like to see the ebony buttons on your paul too. sounds sweet.
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Old Applause Owner
Posted 2005-09-25 5:05 PM (#136038 - in reply to #136024)
Subject: Re: govers w/ebony upgrade pics...


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I'm with Cliff and Dave on the LX TRCs....I don't like the font they used for "LX". Doesn't fit. It's also strange that the 1771LX and 6778LX TRCs are rosewood; it looks weird against the black headstock.

A more appropriate font on a black TRC would look good, IMHO.

Roger
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MWoody
Posted 2005-09-25 5:20 PM (#136039 - in reply to #136024)
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Could be on a subliminal level why I keep replacing mine:
Little Woody\'s

I never liked the scripty little font either. A perfect place for a little inlay though.
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