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Location: Virginia | I recently got a really great deal on a celebrity at a pawn shop. $210 w/OHSC....just a few minutes ago, I plugged it in. Well...the Low E and the A don't have much voice at all. The rest of the strings have that Ovation thunder we all know and love. What could be wrong, and how do I fix it?
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Location: NJ | maybe the pickup is bad but change strings first and see if that helps |
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Location: Virginia | I kinda figured the pickup as the strings are fairly new, they have a lot of brilliance left. The guy must have tried new strings before he sold the thing. How much is the pickup gonna run me, and can I do it myself?
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Location: Back in the Valley of the Sun Mesa Az. | Might be just the wayit is. My 1711 Balladeer sounds crisp and clear, but it doesn't have much lower end sound, mostly highs.
I switched to medium grade strings, and that has helped give her a little more punch, but still not booming.
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Location: Virginia | This is a very pronounced difference. I maxed the low eq and still just barely audible over the natural acoustic sound. I would like to fix it soon because I have the time right now and I know I won't later.
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Location: Back in the Valley of the Sun Mesa Az. | I wish you luck with it, but this is where my expertise bows out to others on the board! Good Luck bd!
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Location: Virginia | Thanks Norseman,
I have been reading some of the other posts and noticed that Photogazer is somewhere in Virginia, maybe I can enlist his expertise.
Thanks again,
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Location: NJ | if it is the pickup the swap is relatively painless |
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Location: Virginia | Al,
I am going to assume it is the pickup. Can you hook me up with one?
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Location: St. Louis Mo. | Hhave you checked the saddle? Sometimes the saddle isn't touching on the thinline strip under certain strings which makes them not ring out like the rest.Maybe just a little sanding of the bottom of the saddle.Of course this varies with the style of piezo pickup you have in that model.
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Location: Scotland | On the thinline pickup the piezos & saddle are a integral unit, so you can't just sand the bottom of the saddle. The most likely culprit is that the bottom of the saddle slot is uneven. Re-routing it pefectly flat is pretty easy if you have the tools and skill. |
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