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| I have been released from the welcome center holding pen ... so I will re-post my question here
I found a really nice American made Elite T on Ebay and picked it up for $450. I gave it to my 16 year old son. He played it for about a month. A wonderful sounding guitar with amazing projection. Last Sunday he was awoken in the middle of the night by a loud noise and eventually notices that the Elite T has cracked from the bridge to the bottom edge. Its not even a crack ... it is a straight up break. Last year I had John Budny re-finish the top of my Custom Legend at the late great mothership. However, I don't think that this guitar from a financial perspective is worth fixing (I already purchased an American made Balladeer as a replacement). So here is the question ... Is there a good market for parts if I break this guitar down and sell the pieces? |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | If it is a crack in the top, I would just install a "cleat" and keep using it.
Do you live in an extremely dry area? Or do you have central heat? You need a humidifier.
As to parts...
Neck might get you a hundred bucks, depending on if the tuners are included.
Tuners by themselves, $25 to $50.
Preamp might get you a hundred bucks, with the can.
Saddle might get you $25. But I would include the saddle and the output jack with the preamp.
Check eBay sold listings...
"Ovation" under Musical Instruments & Gear>Guitar>Parts & Accessories>Guitar Parts
I would still just fix it. Go to the Bottom Feeding Luthiery Guild section and read around.
Also search YouTube and Stewart MacDonald.
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| I live in Greensboro NC (not particularly dry) and do have central heat. I figure that drying normally takes some time. I really wondering if it was stressed during shipment. Its hard to say. We were using light gauge strings and the guitar was in drop tuning at the time. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | The central heat can really dry it out, but my personal theory is that a change in temperature is usually the culprit. I shipped a guitar in the winter once and, although it was fairly cold here, it was really cold in Milwaukee when it got there. I should have warned the buyer not to open the case right away when it got there. Anyway, it split from the bridge to the base. It was almost 40 years old and had some small finish cracks, but the big one wasn't there when I sent it. |
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Location: Utah | Ditto on Arthur's suggestion of trying to fix it first. If you do decide to part it out, I'll take the saddle.
You should keep your house or at least the room with the guitars at about 30% to 50% humidity. Stability is more important than the absolute value of the humidity, but anything below about 20% is really going to stress the guitar. |
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Location: Michigan | I would gladly take the neck and tuners. I would pay $150.00 - shipped to 48439. Please message me if you decide to part out. I can paypal you the money immediately.
Edited by Flash1717Legend 2015-01-17 4:16 AM
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| I just noticed that the back of the neck also has a small crack in it as well! I'm wondering if this was part of the failure mechanism? Anyway that second failure/defect settles it (and pacifies a guilty conscience) ... I'm going to break it down and sell parts. Tuners, saddle and electronics. Flash1717legend ....If you are interested I will ship you neck and tuners but will only charge for tuners. FLYSig ... I'm happy to sell the Saddle. My email is philipakitching@live.com. |
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Location: Michigan | email sent. Thank you. |
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Location: Utah | email sent, thanks. |
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| FlySig ... I did not get your email ...philipakitching@live.com ... (common mistake - only one L in my spelling of philip).
I was able to disassemble the guitar cleanly. The guitar case, neck and tuners already have a home.
Bowl, Saddle, OP30 electronics, wiring and transducer are still available |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | PM sent. |
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Location: Utah | Email sent again. I am interested in the saddle and electronics but not including the Op30, can, or output jack. |
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| I still have the ebony bridge, output jack and mid depth bowl. I'm giving away the bowl to anyone who is willing to pay the cost of shipping. |
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Location: Pueblo West, CO | PM sent. |
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| Ok we are done. Every piece has found a home! |
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Location: Michigan | Thank you. |
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Break up Elite T for parts?
