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| I just bought a Celebrity Elite (spalted maple top, beauty to behold!) In the past I had an Ovation electric bass, the Magnum with the slider eq. Coming back to music after a long absence. I do find the action is higher on the Celebrity than what I like; 3/32 at the 12th on the high E (actually more like 7/64") All the shims are out. I know this isn't terrible by acoustic guitar standards but I do like it a bit lower. Maybe I should just get an electric... Anyway if there is a practical way to get a little closer to the fretboard without doing anything drastic I'm all ears! Been a fan of Ovation for quite a long time. Glad to be getting musical again!  | |||
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Joined: September 2006 Posts: 10777 Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Is it NEW? (you could return it) Otherwise many Celebrity's just come that way. I bought a used Celebrity CC29S with a Thin saddle... The previous owner had cut slots in the saddle to lower the strings.  I would only do this if you had a replacement saddle for it. (contact Ovation if you want one) The previous owner of the CC29S had bought it for a one-shot studio deal. They wanted the sound of a Cedar Topped Ovation on an album.... So they just carved-up the saddle, then sold it to me on eBay for cheap. But slotting the saddle did lower the strings. I have also seen where people have sanded the whole top of the saddle top to lower it. That may or may not be helpful.  | ||
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