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Location: Philadelphia | Hello, I am pleased to find this site and join. I happened upon your site while researching my guitar.
I have a model 1651 Legend Limited which appears to have been manufactured in either 1980 or 81, I seemed to have gotten conflicting information on the date. The serial number is 212477 which would make it 1980 according to one chart I found. It is a sweet old guitar,, gold tuners, stereo, etc...
It has had a crack on the face since I have owned it, never gotten worse or affected the playability but I was sorta looking around online to see if it was repairable or even worth doing. as I said, it has never affected the playability. So, any input or information would be appreciated. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Welcome J.
Y'know we would love to see pics of your guitar.
That way we could tell you if it is a finish crack or a real crack, and give you proper advice.
Plus... We Like Pictures. :D |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | Welcome J.
The Mothership (Ovation Factory) has been known to work wonders on top cracks, if they're only in the finish and not through the wood.
The thick finishes on the older O's are notorious for thier cracks from the bridge to the back of the git.
My 1617 has one... I don't worry about mine. |
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Location: Carle Place, NY | Leave it alone. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | First of all,  to the "Ovation Nation".
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Third, do a bit of searching for repairs here and you'll find that the MotherShip (Ovation) does incredible restoration work.
BTW, is that your only Ovation? Regardless, it's the one before the next; if we have anything to do with it! ;) |
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| Welcome! That is one sweet guitar you have.
A finish crack is no big deal, unless it really bothers you. If it does, I'll echo what the others have said about Mother - they are absolute magicians with restorations, and I speak from multiple experience in that regard. BTW, they're the only guitar manufacturer that does that kind of work.
We want pics! |
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Location: Tennessee | Welcome, J. You've got a good one there. Don't worry about that crack, it's sort of "normal" for that era. Besides, it matches that bell you've got there in your fair city. ;) |
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Location: Philadelphia | I will add pics in the very near future. This is the only ovation I have, I have had her for about 15 years. I had one in the mid seventies that I bought new and had to sell a few years later so I could eat while in grad school. I have a five year old american strat, a 69 les paul studio custom I bought a few years ago from goodwill (she was in bad shape}, a no name classical, an Oscar Schmidt acoustic/elec. , and old Pennco acoustic circa 1978 a les paul copy, and a few other old no name copies. |
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Location: New South Wales, Australia | Welcome from Downunder J.... :) |
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Location: Vernon CT | Welcome J., seems like a lot of folk joining from PA lately. Stick around you will learn alot and meet some great people. |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | Welcome, J., from one of the female-folk here on the board. My 1111-4 from the early 70's has an extra "sound vent" from an unfortunate incident years ago. The Mothership repaired her, and did a marvelous job. It has never affected her tone or playability, and she is an extra special ol' lady of a guitar. I was going to have Mother replace the top, but was talked out of it because it was reparable (a straight line from the bridge to the purfling.)
This is a great place to visit--you'll learn lots about Ovations, and just about everything else guitarish as well.
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Welcome, J. There's a few of us original owners (and some new owners, too) who continue to love our old 1651 models. Stick around. We'll have you loaded up with guitars in no time. |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | Another welcome J,
If you look through some of the recent posts you can even see before and after pictures of some factory repairs. I have one that they'll be looking at today with a simular issue. |
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Location: East Tennessee | Welcome J.
Glad you're here. Pull up a chair and play a few.
If the crack hasn't gotten any worse I would leave it be. Adds character.
Oh yea, we still like pictures. |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | Hey J,
Welcome from South Jersey. I have an older Custom Balladeer that had some cracks and dings. The mothership made it look better than new! |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Here is the culprit... (Just being helpful)
And Yep... That is a real crack...
The rest of Jim\'s pics here... |
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New member with my old model 1651
