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| I just bought a new CC48 and have a problem with it. The bridge is too high. I took out the only two thin shims underneath the pickup but I still have .025 of excess height. I noticed that this CC48 (I have another CC48 in Minnesota) has a different bridge with individual "steps" for each string, making milling it down difficult.. Has anyone else had a similar problem?
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Location: Sydney, Australia | Next thing to check is whether the neck is straight. The easy way is to sight down the strings and see if the next is bowed upwards. If so, a 1/4 turn of the truss rod (located inside the bowl) should fix that. For more info on how to do this, search these forums. |
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| Neck is straight... It's just made with too much height.
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Did you buy it NEW new? If possible, return it.
You should not have to go through a bunch of crap with a New guitar.
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| I cAn't send it back for a refund, so I'm left with repairing it. I emailed Ovation customer support and they told me to order the replacement bridge part. I guess I'll order it and have it trimmed down. |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | If you search the archives here, someone once took a router to the saddle groove as a way of lowering the saddle height. You'd want to be very confident in your ability though. |
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| A router sounds a bit "over the top", to me, the solution is to machine the bridge insert down a bit. I'll order a replacement and since I have a "machinist friend", have him take the desired distance off the bottom of the insert... It seems a shame, since it's new...
But you look at things, it's the first "lame" Ovation in several that I've owned, and (some) still wished I had...
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| I guess I'm going to the acoustic guitar forum, where I can post and really get onto the forum... This is lame where you can only post in the the welcome section..
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Location: Jet City | JR, lame as it is, we try to keep bots and spammers out.
Feel free to post in the main sections. |
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High bridge on CC48
