dougrun Posted December 20, 2020 Report Share Posted December 20, 2020 Local CL has a celebrity with a cracked bridge for $40. I imagine it would cost more than its worth to repair but I kinda like repairing ovations now. Any ideas? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizman62 Posted December 20, 2020 Report Share Posted December 20, 2020 Modern glues can be stronger than the wood they're being used on. However, doesn't that bridge look loose at the treble end? If so, carefully removing and replacing might be a better idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougrun Posted December 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2020 nevermind, someone took it before i could nab it. thanks though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted December 21, 2020 Report Share Posted December 21, 2020 6 hours ago, dougrun said: Local CL has a celebrity with a cracked bridge for $40. I imagine it would cost more than its worth to repair but I kinda like repairing ovations now. Any ideas? I know it sold... but honestly I've seen so many of these ovations like this... I think it's fair to say it's a design flaw and that it would require an entire bridge replacement to truly fix it... and possibly some surgery to alter it to the post/peg style to prevent in the future. that area should at least have been reinforced with metal inserts or something. I had an ovation that did this from brand new in about 6 months back in the 90s. I worked at a music shop back then and I couldn't even count the number that came in with this exact issue. They were also prone to pull the entire bridge up there instead of splitting the thing... the pressure just isn't distributed well. anywho, you probably dodged a bullet in terms of the amount of work/headache potential! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benbenda Posted January 31, 2021 Report Share Posted January 31, 2021 it's a chance to try and make a new bridge. if it's hide glue joint, it will be much easier, if not, it's quite some work to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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