|
|
Joined:
September 2002
Posts: 806
Location: Seymour, Tennessee | "Vintage Glen Campbell Ovation 12-String 1118-4 W/OHSC"
This one is on E-bay, and before anybody gets mad about no photos, I don't know how to do it. Anyway, the guitar apparently plays ok, there is a little video on the auction page, but the finish is cracked all over the place.
Ballpark, what might it cost to have the top refinished on something like this.
It's a real shame because it could be a beautiful gutar again.
The bidding is at $150 right now.
Just curious if something this cracked would even be worth bothering with. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
October 2005
Posts: 4081
Location: Utah | Finish cracks on those old ones are common and cosmetic only. As long as the cracks don't go into the wook they will have no effect on sound or structure. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
September 2002
Posts: 806
Location: Seymour, Tennessee | Yeah, I knew they didn't really affect the playability, I was more curious about how cost prohibitive it might be to get it refinished at MS. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
September 2006
Posts: 10777
Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | I saw that... And Yes, it has a few cracks. :p
But most of them are going against the grain...
That is an Amazing number of cracks! :eek:
This one, Right? |
|
| |
|
Joined:
September 2002
Posts: 806
Location: Seymour, Tennessee | Yup.
Wild isn't it?
I've never seen one like that
Looks like broken glass only worse.
I'm kinda tempted to get it anyway (I won't though), $152 and 13 hours left...... |
|
| |
|
Joined:
January 2009
Posts: 29
Location: Citizen of the Galaxy | Factory would grind off the original bridge and finish, assuming no wood cracks, then refinish and put on a new bridge. For less than $500 you'd have a great guitar. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
November 2007
Posts: 1486
Location: Cincinnati | It looks like the neck really bows down starting at the 13th fret. Is that normal? |
|
| |
|
Joined:
June 2006
Posts: 7307
Location: South of most, North of few | That's fairly common for the 12 fretters. So are the cracks. I hear Ovations do that a lot. :rolleyes: |
|
| |
|
Joined:
May 2008
Posts: 4996
Location: Phoenix AZ | Yes, fretboard humps and lacquer cracks are very common on old ovation guitars. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
December 2006
Posts: 6268
Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by Gallerinski:
Yes, fretboard humps and lacquer cracks are very common on... ... old guitars, especially 12ers. No lifted bridge...? |
|
| |
|
Joined:
May 2008
Posts: 4996
Location: Phoenix AZ | Knock on wood (topped guitars) I have never had a bridge problem. I will probably regret saying that. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
December 2006
Posts: 6268
Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by Gallerinski:
I will probably regret saying that. Oops... Dave, I was asking in reference to the GC referenced. |
|
| |
|
Joined:
September 2002
Posts: 806
Location: Seymour, Tennessee | It's just a shame for the thing to end up like that.
I guess I can consider myself lucky (also knocking on wood feverishly) that my Dad's oldie is in such good shape. |
|
| |
Glen Campbell 12 on E-Bay
