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Roundback Rob |
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Joined: August 2012 Posts: 27 | Just noticed my beautiful Folklore, doesn't have a neck side strap button installed. She has one on the other side though. Did these not come with one? 1972 model. I always play sitting, and hadn't noticed. doh! | ||
Old Man Arthur |
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Joined: September 2006 Posts: 10777 Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | My current 1114 is a 1979 model. I had a strap button when I got it, and it LOOKED like an Ovation non-locking button. I swapped it out for a Dunlop Locking Button... That is when I discovered that the neck button did not have a "mollie" like other Ovation buttons. It was only held in by a Wood-Screw into the Neck Block. My 1979 model has a huge wood block... So, if yours just has a huge wood block, you can just screw a regular strap button into it. As long as you put it really close to the neck heel. Now... To truly answer your question. I think that the 1979 had a factory button. I also believe that my 1981 had a factory button. (this guitar is gone) I believe that my 1976 did NOT have a factory button, but had a button screwed into the neck heel. (that guitar is in Canada, so the new owner my answer that) | ||
muzza |
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Joined: August 2005 Posts: 3736 Location: Sunshine State, Australia | My early 70s Folklore has plain black strap pins, one in the normal position on the 'bum' and the other just below the heel mounted on the lyrachord on the front end. They look original... I think... | ||
Roundback Rob |
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Joined: August 2012 Posts: 27 | That's weird, that mine doesnt have one! Maybe it left the factory without it, and nobody noticed. I think I will install one, and maybe install it on the bottom of the heel, as I read Dan Savage did his that way to prevent "belly flop" problem ha. I have a broken celebrity that I can steal it from "they look almost identical" or buy a screw in type, if the celebrity doesn't work. | ||
DanSavage |
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Joined: June 2012 Posts: 2303 Location: Lake Forest, CA | Below is a pic showing what I did on my cutaways to solve the 'belly flop' problem. I did this on the Celebrity shown here and on my 2078TX. | ||
Nordicnorm |
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Joined: May 2010 Posts: 95 Location: Vancouver Island, BC | My '76, which came from oma has upgraded (larger/chrome) buttons. The one at the south end is held in place with the original black screw and molly on the inside, the one screwed into the Lyracord and neck support block just below the heel, is held in place by a chrome or stainless screw that does not look like an original installation, so it is possible that it was installed at a later date, maybe when the strap buttons were upgraded. | ||
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