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AdamasW597
Posted 2012-02-01 4:24 AM (#448921)
Subject: Shims and pickup



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Location: Northwest Arkansas		I took out the shims on my Celebrity and the pickup came apart. The white thing with the silver and gold things in it need to go in it how? I'm putting it back together as I'm posting this. I could use the help.
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Monttexan
Posted 2012-02-01 5:43 AM (#448922 - in reply to #448921)
Subject: Re: Shims and pickup


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Location: NW Montucky		Being new here, I'm not sure if this will help or not. On the Ovation site in the How-Tos section there is a video on adjusting the action which shows a little about removing the saddle/pickup. Maybe watching it quick will help you figure out how it goes back together?

http://www.ovationguitars.com/soundroom/category/how-tos
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jay
Posted 2012-02-01 1:53 PM (#448923 - in reply to #448921)
Subject: Re: Shims and pickup



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Location: Texas		mymartind35 you have a pm
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Old Man Arthur
Posted 2012-02-01 5:42 PM (#448924 - in reply to #448921)
Subject: Re: Shims and pickup



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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR		I am guessing that your saddle looks like this:


If you have separated the "White thing" from the "Silver thing", the white saddle goes back into the silver housing like that.
The gold thing is the actual piezo pickup and should be connected to the wire with solder.
If the gold pickup is not connected, you may have fatally injured your pickup.

This is a replacement alternative:


That is by acquiring a proper-sized saddle and an Artec pickup.
BUT! I have only done this repair to guitars with OP cans.
If your guitar has an OP4BT preamp or an OP24, you would have to check how the pickup attaches to the preamp.
I have never worked on them so I do not know if the pickup just plugs-in.

I hope that is helpful.

-edit- I guess you have to "click" to see the photos.
Sorry, I don't have a photo of a dis-assembled "Thinline" pickup...
I just hunted those pics down from my ancient archive...
That was one of my rebuild projects.
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jay
Posted 2012-02-01 5:50 PM (#448925 - in reply to #448921)
Subject: Re: Shims and pickup



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Location: Texas		Thanks Arthur...saved me from pulling my sons apart this evening.
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AdamasW597
Posted 2012-02-01 6:55 PM (#448926 - in reply to #448921)
Subject: Re: Shims and pickup



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Location: Northwest Arkansas		Arthur. The pickup looks just like that. It plugs in with an 1/8 jack into the preamp. I do not recommend taking out the OP4BT preamp. I got it back in, but man was it difficult. I'll give it a try. I appreciate your help. I'll tell you what happened, either way. Cross your fingers.
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KKeller
Posted 2012-02-01 7:27 PM (#448927 - in reply to #448921)
Subject: Re: Shims and pickup


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Location: Jersey near NYC		Mymarty,
If you are looking for the proper pickup to replace the one in your guitar, call the Mothership and order a CP-100.

KK
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Patch
Posted 2012-02-01 7:41 PM (#448928 - in reply to #448921)
Subject: Re: Shims and pickup



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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent		Unless your jsut happen to be big on DIY, as many here are, Kim's (KK) suggestion is by far the easiest with the greatest chance of success.
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AdamasW597
Posted 2012-02-02 4:27 AM (#448929 - in reply to #448921)
Subject: Re: Shims and pickup



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Location: Northwest Arkansas		I guess I'm going to have to buy the pickup. Can't get the other one to work.
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Old Man Arthur
Posted 2012-02-02 4:33 AM (#448930 - in reply to #448921)
Subject: Re: Shims and pickup



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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR		Wow! Thanx Kim.

I will remember that for future reference.
Plus, I have an S771 that has a Thinline.
Might need to get one Just-In-Case.
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AdamasW597
Posted 2012-02-02 6:11 AM (#448931 - in reply to #448921)
Subject: Re: Shims and pickup



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Location: Northwest Arkansas		Thanks a lot Kim. I'll probably buy it tomorrow.
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AdamasW597
Posted 2012-02-04 3:53 AM (#448932 - in reply to #448921)
Subject: Re: Shims and pickup



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Location: Northwest Arkansas		I got a better pickup for it at an awesome price. My music store is awesome. I just started going there a few months ago. These guys are A1. They go beyond most music stores. They are about 15 miles from my house and they have some great Ovation guitars. It's a small store that specializes in lessons and the stuff every musician needs. Thanks Greg, Adrian, Jimmy and Tom.
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AdamasW597
Posted 2012-02-15 12:19 AM (#450313 - in reply to #448921)
Subject: Re: Shims and pickup



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Location: Northwest Arkansas		The pickup I got didn't work. We ordered one from the factory, got it today and man was it ever hot. I don't know if the p/u was bad to begin with but it will work out well for my acoustic gigs. Of course the Adamas will be my main instrument, but my luthier set the strings perfect. No buzz, but lower than I ever thought it could go. One of the younger guys in the store played it and he called it a shred guitar. Not by me, fingerstyle almost exclusively. I was gonna sell it. Not now. SSB GC 057 Great little guitar now. We put pearl tuner buttons on it too.
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AdamasW597
Posted 2012-02-18 6:47 PM (#450586 - in reply to #448921)
Subject: Re: Shims and pickup



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Location: Northwest Arkansas		Thanks a LOT Kim. We did call the mothership and the guitar is better than the day I bought it.
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