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Location: California | This morning my Ovation Celebrity underwent its first string change. I also planned to file the bridge down to improve playability. I had done this in the past with other guitars. The problem I encountered was the pick-up under the bridge. The bottom of the bridge was metal. How do you file down the bridge on an Ovation?
Help!
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Location: Boise, Idaho | No shims? |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | File the top of the saddle (not for the faint of heart). Dave |
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Location: California | I didn't know Ovation put shims underneath the bridge. There could have been shims, I just was not looking for them. Thanks.
Filing the top is not something I would not fell comfortable doing.
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Location: Upper Left USA | Christian,
My Wife has taught me that its Ok to ask directions!
Here is the link to the Owner's Manual:
Owner\'s Manual |
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Location: Paris/France | Hi,
I've had this question from some people here in France.
That's why I've made 2 weeks ago a small tutorial with some pics. It's in french but I'm sure that the pics will help you to understand:
FILE THE BRIDGE DOWN
J ;) |
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Location: Scotland | The problem with some of the imports (and some of the domestic product for that matter) is that the neck set is sometimes too shallow. That means that the action can remain high when all the shims are removed. As Dave said you can re-profile the top of the saddle (only possible with the thinline, not with the OPP) but you need to be very careful, if you get it wrong you may have to replace the whole assembly, pickup and all. The best way to lower the action if all the shims are out is to have a competent tech rout the saddle slot a little deeper. It'll probably cost about the same as a replacement pickup and will be a much better fix. |
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Location: NJ | Who WAS that Masked Man?? . . .
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Location: California | Thanks for the help. I just took the bridge out to take a closer look. There was one shim left that I took out. The action is just like I like it now.
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Don't you love it when things work out the way they are supposed to? |
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Location: NJ | I'm still waiting for that t'happen . . . |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Me too, Cliff. This is more my normal: I had been under our cabin, trying to fix a broken pipe, laying in mud, rocks and porcupine quills with boiling water dripping on my as I tried to solder the pipe. I think I have it done and yell up through the floor to my wife to turn the water on so I can test it. She yells back and I hear her scurrying around. I ask her if it is on and she says yes. I turn on a valve near me, wait and, to my surprise, there is no water coming from the joint I just soldered.
It takes me about 30 minutes to pack up all my stuff, get off my muddy coveralls and walk back into the cabin, saying, "I hope I never have to do that again," to which my wife responds, "Good, can you turn the water on now?" After a lot of cussing and yelling, I tell her how she should have turned it on the first time and there's water spraying all over under the cabin.
That's how things usually work for me. I get to try it again this weekend. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | I've always wanted a nice relaxing vacation cabin in the woods! That would be the life... |
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Location: Orlando, FL | After a couple of unfortunate (but eventually successful) plumbing projects, my wife has forbidden me from attempting any plumbing repairs, ever.
works for me. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I have more than one plumbing disaster in my history, but I hate paying that much per hour for a plumber. They are almost as bad as lawyers.
MWoody. Come on over. I have all the tools you'll need to relax--drills, hammers, saws. |
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Location: Tampa, FL | MiB,
WHAT ARE YOU DOIN' MAN!!!!! :eek:
You've never seen the MWoody-man's efforts with solder. This is not a person you want to thoughtlessly tempt in this fashion. Trust me. |
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Good thing Chat hasn't seen me braz'in brazing or immortal mortering!
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