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Joined: June 2012 Posts: 2316 Location: Pueblo West, CO | Hi Jay! You're not making it easy for me here. LOL! I think you are correct. The addition of the tone bars on the 1111-4 will limit the response to a certain respect. There's no doubt in my mind that the original simple x-brace top, along with the hand-laid, vacuum-bagged, male-mold bowls, such as #485, are the best that Ovation produced. But, based upon my playing of the guitar, the response of the 1111-4 is still pretty darned respectable, even though it is a 2nd gen hand-laid bowl. WRT to bowl technologies, IMO, the thinner the fiberglass, the better. But, in all fairness, a good lay-up man can produce a hand-lay-up that is as good (minimal resin) as a vacuum-bagged setup. So, in terms of the amount of resin used, I'm seeing that the 1111-4 I'm rebuilding has as good of a lay-up as #485. Now, the A-brace is a different animal entirely from the X-brace guitars and should not be compared with the original X-brace guitars. As I understand it, the 1960s X-brace guitars were pitted head-to-head against the Martin HD-28 Brazilian rosewood guitars and they succeeded, as you know from playing #485. The A-brace was an attempt to mellow the strong bass response of the X-brace to produce a more balanced response from bass to treble. In the end, it'll be interesting to compare this guitar to 1111-4.  jay - 2016-10-20 5:25 PM Dan, I dont think it will exceed 485 in acoustic response...I just cannot see how that is possible. I am not sure if you remember, but we talked briefly about going the A route, but you convinced me otherwise....and I am glad you did. How much difference will the bowls play, do you think? | ||
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Joined: June 2012 Posts: 2316 Location: Pueblo West, CO | New frets are done. I'm going to set this neck aside for the time being while I concentrate on fixing the 1111-4 headstock.
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Joined: June 2012 Posts: 2316 Location: Pueblo West, CO | 2wheeldrummer - 2016-10-21 3:15 PM You'll have to post some audio samples for all of us to drool over,I'm a big A-brace fan and would love to hear how it compares to the newest 20077-AV50 as well as to the traditional balladeer tone,Please and ThankYou!!! I'm sure I can post something. | ||
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Joined: June 2012 Posts: 2316 Location: Pueblo West, CO | I decided to start finishing the top on this guitar while I'm finishing the neck of the 1111-4. Here's the first sealer coats of clear. It's a nice looking piece of spruce that has lots of silking and character.
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Joined: June 2012 Posts: 2316 Location: Pueblo West, CO | Top finishing is all done and polished.
Neck aligned and mounted. Waiting for fret board extension glue to cure. Then, it's time to glue rosette.
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Joined: June 2012 Posts: 2316 Location: Pueblo West, CO | Rosette is mounted.
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Joined: June 2012 Posts: 2316 Location: Pueblo West, CO | All done. I will say that it sounds every bit as good as it looks.
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Joined: June 2012 Posts: 2316 Location: Pueblo West, CO | d'ovation - 2016-11-23 10:49 AM Wow she's gorgeous! Congrats on another great project completion. I hope we will get some sound samples as well. Thanks.  Yes, once I get the 1111-4 done, I'll record it and this one and maybe the 50th CL, too. Nothing fancy. Just my video camera. | ||
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Joined: June 2012 Posts: 2316 Location: Pueblo West, CO | moody, p.i. - 2016-11-23 11:14 AM Beautiful. I need to come over this weekend, return your movie, and give this Legend a spin.... The bambina, she's ah-all tuned up and ah-waiting for you. | ||
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