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Location: Maine | How many here do your own work adjusting the neck on your Ovation as opposed to taking it to a technician. |
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| I do. Get out the old half-inch ratchet driver and CRANK that mother down! |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Not really a 'poll' is it?
I reset my own 1778T...
But I sent the 1115-4 to the MotherShip for a neck reset, and it came back a 1115-HB! :D
I've beat down a fret or two on my 1778T-OF.
And glued the headstock on my 1121.
Adjusted a few Truss-Rods...
If at all possible, I will do it myself. |
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Location: Maine | You're right, Arthur, it's not a poll. My Bad. |
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Some simple appearing repairs are surprisingly complex and vice versa. Having built a few solid bodies, I'm not unfamiliar with most of what needs to be done, but acoustics scare me. I do set ups and minor things, particularly electronics. But if it involves the top or neck joint, out to the shop it goes.
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Depends what you mean by "adjusting the neck" ...
I adjust the relief myself but anything other that goes to the shop I've got a really good guy close by who appreciates the work. |
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Location: North Wales, UK. | Just straightened the neck and lowered the nut string height action to 14thou" at the 1st fret on my Collectors 1986-6:-
E... using a 1.5mm drill bit as a reamer.
A... 1.2mm
D... 1.mm
the other 3 slots were done with 'worked' feeler guages of the correct thickness for each slot.
The height for these strings is 12 thou".
It has made a huge difference to the playability of the neck. |
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Location: Tuscany, Italy | Originally posted by Gallerinski:
Depends what you mean by "adjusting the neck" ...
I adjust the relief myself but anything other that goes to the shop I've got a really good guy close by who appreciates the work. +1 |
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Location: Utah | I'll tackle truss rods and saddles. One of these days I'll take on nut slots. I've filed down high spots on frets, and I'll work on electronics. If it involves structural work it will go to a pro luthier. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | +2
The only other neck work I've done is fixing a gouge in the 83 Collector for my daughter. Layers of black paint and clear fingernail polish with a lot of sanding and polishing. The luthier said, "someone did a really nice repair that you can barely see." I was pretty proud of myself. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by FlySig:
I'll tackle truss rods and saddles. One of these days I'll take on nut slots. Ditto... |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Check and adjust the neck at each string change. Rarely need anything else, and the one time I did, it went back to the factory. |
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Location: East Tennessee | I have tweaked the neck on my Country Artist. None of the others needed any adjustment.
Although I was having an intonation problem with my 1972 Pacemaker and had a great Technician reset the saddle. |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Truss rod adjustment or nut replacements are simple tasks. Easy to do correctly, easy to ruin a guitar if done incorrectly.
Nice thing about Ovations, once it's been dialed in, it'll last forever unless you're constantly changing string gauge and the like.. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Pretty easy to do... but, know what you're doing and do it in small increments. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | I'll try anything on a guitar as far as repairs, unless it takes tools that I don't have. It's not rocket science, just simple mechanics. |
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Location: Warren,Pa. | I do my own such work. |
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Adjusting the neck.....a poll
