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| I have a nylon-string Ovation with pickup. S/n is 0490xx which the Ovation site tells me is 1976 mfg. Problem is, I don't have the model number, can't find it on the guitar anywhere. Any hits for a newbie?
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| Heck. Just found the reference section (see, a noob duh!) Seems it's ca. 1975, but I can't decide if a 1616 or 1624 from the data. It's definitely nylon, slothead, A/E and i suspect 1616.
Sorry to go off half-cocked (actually, most firearms cannot go off if half-cocked, that's the safety notch...)
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Post a photo and we'll tell you what you have. |
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Stick around and enjoy the fun! |
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Location: Seymour, Tennessee | Lucky, lucky, I want one of those Nylon jobs :)
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Location: East Tennessee | Welcome Don!! Pictures would help. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Measure the bowl depth. There was a list of depths somewhere. The 1624s are pretty shallow, but not as shallow as the super shallow bowls. |
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Location: NW Washington State | Also measure the width at the nut, and the distance from the nut to the 12th fret. The 1624 will be about 1-7/8" at the nut and 12-5/8" to the 12th fret.
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Info from this THREAD.
SSB = 4 1/16"
SB = 5 1/8"
MDB = 5 2/8"
DB = 5 13/16"
Adamas = 6 1/16"
 I'm adding this data to my 'O' spreadsheet before I forget... |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | If you can't give photos, let us know the width at the nut and whether the bridge is square or rounded on one side, or if it has another shape. As said above, the bowl depth also would help. Oh ... somebody posted that before I did.
We like this kind of stuff. It's like playing "Name that Tune" |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | Welcome buffler! Do as the others say and you'll get your answer.
MDB = 5 2/8"... sumptin' jus dun look right. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by cholloway:
MDB = 5 2/8"... sumptin' jus dun look right. Well, I'm all for getting it right and having Serge put the data in the FAQ . |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Originally posted by cholloway:
MDB = 5 2/8"... sumptin' jus dun look right. That didn't look right to me neither... So I measured my 6778LX through the manhole...
That is actually about right! I thought that was too deep. But I got 5 3/10". |
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Location: Tennessee | Where do you find a ruler with 1/10th increments? |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by stonebobbo:
Where do you find a ruler with 1/10th increments? HERE...
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Originally posted by stonebobbo:
Where do you find a ruler with 1/10th increments? Actually, it came with my Black & Decker home repair kit.
[2-speed 12v Drill, Drill Bits, Socket Set, Hammer, Stud Finder, Pliers, Screwdrivers, other stuff and that weird ruler] Metric on the other side, Made in China. :p |
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| Originally posted by stonebobbo:
Where do you find a ruler with 1/10th increments? You could use an engineer's scale or one of the architectural scales used for doing old-school (by hand) graphics.
I have seen them at the office supply stores in the area with the compass' and drafting kits. |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | Jeez guys... all I meant was I've always reduced 5 2/8 to 5 1/4. That's all! ;) |
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Location: Tennessee | Who woulda thunk. A metric system in inches. |
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| OK, I see incredible (.
Depth of bowl to sounding board at center of the hole in sounding board: 4 1/2 in
width of nut: 1 7/8 in
nut->fret 12: 12 5/8 in
(Right on, numbfingers)
I don't know how to send pix to the group; tell me and I'll send 'em. I can't see how to send a "complete url" how dumb.
The sounding board is one finish, light. The sounding hole is surrounded with a ring of oak leaves (?) on a black background; it's an annulus about 1" wide.
Definitely slot head, and A/E. The volume knob is up on the side near the fingerboard; the 1/4" socket is on the back.
A poor description; I'd love to send some pix, the're ready...
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| Ok somewhere in this complex is my page with some pix on it. Hope you can find them!!!!!Navigation of this complex is a real learning experience.
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Location: 6 String Ranch | 12 or 14 fret? |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Originally posted by Beal:
12 or 14 fret? Duh! Leave it to the former gas station owner to ask the most obvious question that the rest of us missed.
My guess is it's a Country Artist 1624. That would be 14 frets to the body. Mine's sitting in the office and is about 4 1/2 inches deep, but it's a lot easier to count the frets. |
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Location: NW Washington State | My 1624 is about 4-1/4" to 4-1/2" deep depending on where you measure.
Yes, GAS station guy asks a good question. If it's 14 frets to the body, everything matches up and it's a 1624 Country Artist .
Your preamp has a single Vol knob, not stacked Vol/Tone?
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Location: NW Washington State | Are these your photos?
http://ovationfanclub.ning.com/photo/photo/listForContributor?scree... |
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Location: closely held secret | Looks like a 1624 to me. The model number should be embossed in the upper right corner of the foil label inside the soundhole. |
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Location: NW Washington State | Seems that his label is gone. I could understand why someone would remove it if it had that crappy signature. Usually a 1624 wouldn't be signed so the label would be OK. |
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| 14 frets to the body, single volume knob. So, country artist-sure looks just like the gallery pix. Only someone seems to have removed the sticker from the inside of the bowl. The outline is there, and some of the detail can be seen.
Merry Christmas to all of you!
Thanks.
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| Missed reading some of the discussion. Crappy signature?
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| Those are my photos...
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Originally posted by buffler:
Missed reading some of the discussion. Crappy signature?
Don Yeah Don... On some of the older guitars that Kaman feller would scribble his name on the label.
Rumor has it that because of that graffiti the value is lowered. :rolleyes:
Therefore someone might have removed the label. |
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| Amazing. for most of the things of vertu, any desecration lowers the value.
Happy New Year to all
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