A 46-year old Balladeer, one of Ovations best guitars of the 1970s comes to me after a major repair that left it with nearly unplayable action. A 5-piece neck and solid AA Sitka Spruce top definitely justified a few hours of work to get it playing like new. Unfortunately part of the original video didn't "take," so I demonstrated tweaking the adjustment rod with a different guitar (a Legend), but I promise I did the Balladeer the same way.
What isn't shown in the video at all is that the owner was delighted with the setup and said it felt like "his guitar" once more.
I recorded this video some time back, before my editor Phil Quintas was in the loop, and I realize that some of what I'm working on isn't shown clearly, or is shown at the bottom of the screen where subtitles would obscure it. So, big apologies for some of the less professional segments, and for lack of subtitles.
Also for the length. Again, my bad. But I figured going to that level of detail might help someone else facing a similar project.
8 сен 2024
