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Location: Milford, MI | I have been wanting to send my 1866 in for a neck reset but never got around to it. Then the top cracked so I thought I would give it a shot at home.
Thank you KS_Daddy for the help and info. It took about 1.5 hours(it would have taken less time but I was scared)and it turned out really good.
No new scratches and the Rosette came off in one piece. Now I will take it in to get the top fixed. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Did you remember to take step-by-step photos? :eek: :D |
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Location: Milford, MI | No, but it was easy enough that maybe I should take it apart and take photos. My biggest fear was breaking the rosette. |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | "No, but it was easy enough..."
Wait-a-minute, aren't those glued-in necks?!
How did you adroitly remove the neck, with little difficulty.
Inquiring minds REALLY want to know! |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | oops :eek: |
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Location: Milford, MI | The 1866 is a bolt on. The only thing glued was the finger board extension. I will take photos when I get home from work today. |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | OK, now I get it. It would be helpful, for those folks like me, to have reference list of neck joint-types. I tend to rehab the bolt-on types, cuz the disassembly, and reassembly, is much easier to accomplish.
Anybody got a (reasonably) comprehensive list of model #'s? |
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Location: Milford, MI | I have the pics on ning but can't remember how to ad them to a post. I hate getting old. lol |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | They are here, take your pick of which you wanna see...
Here are a couple...
     
I like the use of the spatula. |
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Location: SoCal | Was that an official Ovation spatula? |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | What? You couldn't tell from the A-pattern in the tool design? |
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Location: Flahdaw | Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
Was that an official Ovation spatula? No, the Ovation model has a rounded back...useless for this particular proceedure. |
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Location: north coast ohio | Thought about doing the same job, but I took the mothership route for my 1866 neck reset after a music store in Marietta Ga. stuck it to me.
"Mint condition does not mean it doesn't need a neck reset". Direct quote from the store owner. Hmmm! |
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Location: Milford, MI | The wife just shook her head when she saw my tool selection.. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Originally posted by mgbgt:
"Mint condition does not mean it doesn't need a neck reset". Direct quote from the store owner. Hmmm! Did you tell him that he needs to take English lessons? |
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Location: Utah | So what did you do after taking it apart to change the neck angle? |
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Location: Milford, MI | Thank you OMA. I forgot to say that in my last post. |
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Location: Milford, MI | FlySig: I used pieces of a business card on the top part of the neck pocket and a couple under the fretboard extension.
Not Hi-tech and I know it should have been wood but I used what I had on hand. |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | And, nobody's gotta see it, anyway. But then again, cat's-outta-the-bag now! |
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Location: Milford, MI | Lol, yes it is. Cat is running wild... |
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Location: Milford, MI | I will say. It takes very little to change the neck angle. A lot less than I thought. |
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Location: Whitecourt, Ab | Did you use steam before the spatula? |
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Location: Italia, Zianigo di Mirano (Venezia) | hey red,may you want to try to fix the" hump under the fretboard" of your CL? |
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Location: Whitecourt, Ab | No it plays like butter up to the 12th fret, which is as far as I ever go. I have a plywood topped Ultra that some day I would like to install a solid top on |
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I did a neck reset.
