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My friend and I restrung her guitar on Sunday. We put .13's on her Ovation and were tuning it, had the 6th and 5th strings tuned up and were doing the 4th one and the bridge shattered. I felt really bad because at the time I was holding the guitar and she was on the phone, and it just kinda happened. Anyway, I'm just a bit curious as to how that could happen.
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Posted 18 August 2004 - 03:36 PM
I'm going to assume it had a plastic bridge if it "shattered". It wasn't glued on properly. The glue was only spread on part of the bridge and the non-glued part finally gave way. It could happen to a wooden bridge too (but less likely) but it would more than likely just snap off part of it. It really shouldn't be too a difficult repair if you can get the rest of the bridge off if it's still on there.
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Posted 18 August 2004 - 03:50 PM
To add to DADFAD's reply I would suggest taking the guitar to a luthier to replace the bridge. Don't try it yourself unless you know what you're doing or don't care about the guitar. Price for the repair will vary but figure $10-20 for the bridge plus labor.
You used the term "shattered". Could it have been the saddle that cracked and broke? Many saddles are plastic and with age or undue stress could break.
You used the term "shattered". Could it have been the saddle that cracked and broke? Many saddles are plastic and with age or undue stress could break.
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Posted 18 August 2004 - 10:25 PM
Wood bridge, it's only like 6 months old, and half of it broke off in 5 or 6 pieces. I guess not really shattered, but no way I'm repairing it myself. We took it back to the store where she got it, and they're gonna send it to the factory and they said they would probably replace the guitar.
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Posted 19 August 2004 - 01:46 AM
QUOTE (goldrush @ Aug 18 2004, 11:35 PM)
What a black eye for Ovation.
Yeah, it sure is...
I've been here since 11/06/01 and I've never been a GTUer of the month. It's 08. I rock.
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Posted 19 August 2004 - 01:37 PM
And there's another implication there.... It's cheaper for them to replace the guitar than to work on replacing the bridge.
Un-plugged is not the same as
never-was-plugged-in-to-begin-with.
John Jackson -My Teacher and My Old Friend
When the roll is called up yonder he'll be there
never-was-plugged-in-to-begin-with.
John Jackson -My Teacher and My Old Friend
When the roll is called up yonder he'll be there
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Posted 19 August 2004 - 03:32 PM
Yeah I thought about that also John. They'll probably just stick a new bridge on and re-sell it to someone else as a "new" guitar.
Can you say, "quality control problems"? ("Dude, I was totally s'posed to be checking them guitars, but I, like, dropped my roach and totally spaced it, man. Whoa!")
Can you say, "quality control problems"?
("Dude, I was totally s'posed to be checking them guitars, but I, like, dropped my roach and totally spaced it, man. Whoa!")
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