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Location: Hicksville, NY | Hi All,
I've been searching the Internet for stores that would sell guitar saddles. So far, I found saddles for other makers (e.g. Takamine, Larrivee, Martin, etc.), but not for Ovations. Where can I purchase it? |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | This may sound obvious, but have you called Ovation customer service? (the number is on thier website). That would have been the first place to look I would think. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Ig,
I took up the challenge of finding one of those Ovation Saddle and shim kits on Al Gore's internet.
Went down in flames.
I remember buying said kits for the non-electric thin line saddle in about 1980 or so.
W-2 - where have all the flowers gone? |
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Location: Hicksville, NY | I tried to contact customer service, and pretty much, the response I got was to go to the merchant where I purchased the instrument from. I did that too, but the shop owner told me that it would take another 3-4 weeks before it will arrive (he could not make any promises), and he would not tell me where he buys the saddle from.
Anyway ... so much for my stupidity. I decided to "lower" the action on my balladeer by filing the saddle, in addition to making adjustments with the truss rod. The results were fantastic - really! Unfortunately, I knew that I messed up big time, when the low E, A, and D strings on the guitar could not be amplified when plugged in. The saddle was filed to the point that it was no longer making contact with the undersaddle pickup.
*sigh* I guess I'll have to wait for another four weeks (or so) ... I really do appreciate your efforts in trying to solve my dilemma. Thanks.
Peace!
Gil |
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Location: Upper Left USA | StewMac.com has blanks. It's a little more work but mucho faster! |
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Where to purchase a saddle?