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Joined: April 2007 Posts: 60
Location: Sun City, California | Has anyone put a pickguard on a 1771LX?
If so which one? Thanks. |
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Joined: January 2002 Posts: 14127
Location: 6 String Ranch | no |
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Joined: November 2006 Posts: 3969
| Originally posted by Mauvais Beal:
no Take that as an answer and an imperative. |
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Joined: April 2007 Posts: 60
Location: Sun City, California | I really hadn't thought of it until I was cleaning my guitars today and saw all the scratches on the pickguards of my other guitars...then I started to worry that the top of my Ovation was going to take a beating. |
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Joined: March 2002 Posts: 15664
Location: SoCal | Putting a pickguard on an Ovation's kinda like giving a bicycle to a fish. It's just not supposed to be...... |
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Joined: July 2004 Posts: 812
Location: Hicksville, NY | Or you can customize your own removable/reusable pickguard. Put it on when your gigging with it to avoid them scratches on the finish, and then take them off when you're not playing your guitar.
It works like a window decal where you can apply and remove as your please, and I think they're for sale on ebay. You'll have to do the trimming yourself to make it fit nicely. Just don't leave it on the guitar for a very long time, as it might also harm the finish in some form or another.
Good luck. |
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Joined: April 2007 Posts: 60
Location: Sun City, California | Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
Putting a pickguard on an Ovation's kinda like giving a bicycle to a fish. It's just not supposed to be...... I dont know...after watching Nemo, anything is possible. :D |
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Joined: February 2004 Posts: 1634
Location: Warren,Pa. | I don't know why other guitar makers haven't caught on to Ovation's finish. Don't go by what you see on other guitar finishes; Ovations are tough! Eventually you'll get some slight surface abrasions...they'll buff out. Somebody here can tell you how to do it. My Ovations never got to that point...including my 1115 which has been around since '79.
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Joined: November 2006 Posts: 3969
| Originally posted by guitarmanrrg:
...saw all the scratches on the pickguards of my other guitars...then I started to worry that the top of my Ovation was going to take a beating. Raised rosette, right? It deflects your pick and keeps it from striking the wood, unless you have an odd attack. John's right, too. Ovation finishes are darn tough and can take what most other guitar finishes can't. |
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Joined: November 2003 Posts: 11039
Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
kinda like giving a bicycle to a fish. Are you sure you don't do acid, Paul? |
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Joined: August 2005 Posts: 3736
Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Having no pick guard didn't bother Willy.
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Joined: June 2006 Posts: 7307
Location: South of most, North of few | That sling setup will keep your Ovation from rolling when playing standing up... Only takes a couple of drywall screws to install. |
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