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Location: Suffolk, United Kingdom | Greetings guys, it's good to be here.... And i look forward to contributing over the coming months. To kick things off I have 2 simple questions really.
A year ago I was lucky enough to buy a 1615. I won't go into the sound etc, as I'm very sure you all know how astounding these guitars sound. I've checked my serial number against the database and mine is from 1978..... So quite old.
I have two questions, here's the first:
1. When I bought the guitar we exchanged photos etc (I'm in the UK and the guitar in question was in the US) I was happy that the guitar was in very very good condition with no checking at all, no cracks in the lacquer, especially around the bridge which I'm aware they seem to suffer over time. It was for all intents and purposes as new......
When it arrived I noticed it had 2 inch long cracks radiating out from the sound hole rosette. I rang the shop in the states who i'd purchased it from, and they were very helpful. They offered to open a claim on my behalf against the shipping company. I won't go into the graphic details, but I couldn't claim in the end as i had thrown away the packaging and they wanted photos of it!!
Anyway, it didn't affect the guitar to be honest, and they are only around an inch long and only in the lacquer.
What is the best way of repairing these cracks.... I've heard that dropping superglue into the the cracks can really help mask them, and also prevent them from getting any worse. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated
2. As you all know, changing the battery on an early Ovation is a nightmare, and involves as a minimum slackening off all, if not most of the strings at least on the bass side so you can get your hand in there to remove the old battery. Has anybody ever successfully conducted a battery box conversion.... Having a battery box fitted on the top of the body where the battery screw is....... It can't be hard. I'm not too passionate about keeping it original.... But I do want to make it easy to change batteries.
I was looking at something like this:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kmise-Battery-Holder-Compartment-Guitar/dp/...
Any advice/help would be most appreciated
Andy
Edited by bettsaj 2016-10-21 2:44 AM
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | That battery compartment would work fine, I'm sure. As for the crack repair, MWoody did a tutorial on that, many years ago. It should be in the archives, somewhere. OMA is great about ferreting out this stuff. The battery change should be an indicator you need to change the strings, anyway. Jus' my $0.02, anyway...... |
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Location: France | I won't recommand to glue this by yourself. Bring your OVATION to a luthier and I should say a luthier who knows how to deal with Ovations. Once I had a bad experience with a well known luthier in Paris. I had a big crack and the result was not nice at all. Some years later as I had to sell my guitar, I had to change the whole bowl just to sell it well. Don't do it.
Edited by doobie78 2016-10-21 9:41 AM
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Location: Suffolk, United Kingdom | changing the strings on a slot head 12 string.......... Not something I've ever done in honesty. The guitar has been played over the last year, but not to any level that would warrant changing the strings yet.... I have had issues in the past with my Yamaha 6 string at gigs where maybe the battery was not 100% and it let me down halfway through the gig... Easy to change during a gig...... Not if it's a slot head 12 string ovation |
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