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| What are the shims ovation uses made out of? |
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Location: SoCal | Which shims? The ones for the acoustic electrics (or as my good friend Paul T says, electro acoustics) or for the straight acoustics? |
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| The shims used on the 1861 Balladeer specifically. |
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Location: Scotland | Any dense hard material will do, just avoid the easy option of cardboard or a slice off an old credit card. The original Ovation shim was a resin impregnated cloth or paper phenolic material. |
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Location: SoCal | It always looked to me like a bit of a circuit board. |
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Location: Scotland | Paul, I'm pretty sure vero-board is or was phenolic, so you are kinda right. I'd guess a slice of circuit board would work as a shim. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | .030 phenolic |
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