My Dad Was Grinding at my Guitar.

gumbomadness · Post by **gumbomadness** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 6:13 pm

So... i bought a CHEAPO korean ovation celebrity-deluxe imitation (I just call it my imitation-ovation) when i first started learning guitar...

http://ovationguitars.com/pics/models/CS257-8T_lg.jpg

it looks like that.. but inlays are different and the pre amp is cheapo as ass.

Any way, the thing suited me fine for a while, but the action was REALLY HIGH, finally i just said fuck it and put it in a closet and played my Washburn WE-30 (Telecaster style and pickups..)
Okay, moving on:

I took it out again and was telling my dad that i wanted to lower the action. He said we could take it somewhere this weekend. Now, he doesnt play guitar, but hes good with crafty work and such.. anyway..I had been mentioning wanting to buy a new Acoustic..my dad doesnt like the idea of money being used for stuff.

So i go upstairs, and a few minutes later i walk in the hallway and hear this HORRIBLE ShreakING GRINDING SOUND..

i run my ass downstairs.. and see my dad sanding down the ... whats it called, NUT? or Bridge? The white slanty thing that the strings rest on on the end of the body (opposite the headstock WAAY down).. with a crazy ass metal tool..

The strings were all amuck..
and i couldnt bear to watch.. so he told me to leave and come back in 10.

And so i did.
He put the strings back on.

I tuned it.

AND NOW IT PLAYS A DAMN LOT BETTER ... i think it sounds descent ...!
WOO!

Anyway..
this guitar isnt half as bad as i thought it was... now i was wondering..
what kind of pickups go in these things? Like, im thinking maybe i should swap out the cheap ones and put in better ones...
and um.. where can i get that done to this thing? I live in South Florida if anyone knows anything.

Ive been living under a rock learning jazz theory/improv/shit and i dont know squat about pickups or anyting..

so ya.
Help?

BTW- i dont wanna buy another guitar because my bro is getting married and my other bro went to jail for shit and came back and lawyers are expensive.. and this guitar is really pretty and people go OOoooo when they see it.. so i wanna soup it up.

mangold · Post by **mangold** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 6:36 pm

well thats quite the story...

if your set on soopin up this one, then heres what you need. to know...

the pickup is either piezo or a micd setup... to find out which one plug ur guitar into the cpu hit record and just scream at it. if you can hear anything like your voice on the playback its micd.

i would suggest a fishman matrix pickup/preamp. then plug iit into an aura and even the crappiest guitar will sound like a gift from god. the matrix will run ya like 80 prolly and the aura is 300.

good luck

Swe dmbfan · Post by **Swe dmbfan** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 6:40 pm

i have played it,, good sound,,
its a bitch playing it if you sit down.. hahah

mangold · Post by **mangold** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 6:46 pm

Swe dmbfan wrote:i have played it,, good sound,,
its a bitch playing it if you sit down.. hahah

i think their six strings sound empty and flat

Swe dmbfan · Post by **Swe dmbfan** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 7:04 pm

praisedave wrote:
Swe dmbfan wrote:i have played it,, good sound,,
its a bitch playing it if you sit down.. hahah
i think their six strings sound empty and flat

like your voice!

gumbomadness · Post by **gumbomadness** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 7:36 pm

whats an aura?

gumbomadness · Post by **gumbomadness** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 7:40 pm

ok, i know what it is... sorry. i just looked it up on musicians friend.. http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=g ... id/155501/

Is there anything a little less expensive than the aura? I am consideriing it tho...

Coldchillin · Post by **Coldchillin** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 7:42 pm

What I don't understand is that if he doesn't play guitar, how did he know how much to sand it down? Furthermore, how did he know how to put strings on it?!?!

gumbomadness · Post by **gumbomadness** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 8:00 pm

What about... http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=h ... id/303132/ with...

and
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=g ... id/303102/

^ is that what you meant by matrix?

i dunno....
and how do you install this stuff?

filmdude100cms · Post by **filmdude100cms** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 8:04 pm

you install it buy taking it to the nearst guitar store... and yes thats what he meant.

gumbomadness · Post by **gumbomadness** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 8:07 pm

lol my dad is an old british loon. he "knows" how to strum some chords.. and thats it. I did show him tho, that the strings were up this* much, and i pushed them down, and said, "they SHOULD be around like this" and ... ya..
I always asked him about how he put on strings.. he says its "common sense". he just did them like normal,
he didnt tune it tho, he cant do that.. i did that.

gumbomadness · Post by **gumbomadness** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 8:08 pm

Oooo ok. so its not a home job.

filmdude100cms · Post by **filmdude100cms** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 8:16 pm

gumbomadness wrote:Oooo ok. so its not a home job.

you could do it sure, but would ya wanna risk cutting the wrong wire?

mangold · Post by **mangold** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 8:32 pm

Swe dmbfan wrote:
praisedave wrote:
Swe dmbfan wrote:i have played it,, good sound,,
its a bitch playing it if you sit down.. hahah
i think their six strings sound empty and flat

like your voice!

edit: the aura is so much more than a pre-amp... i want it soooo bad. if you cant afford join the club and save up.