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Wow, I had one of these back in the 90s, Wish I never sold it.. Thanks for sharing

I always liked the Ovation acoustic guitars. All my hero's from the 80's played them. Id get one but I could never get past the round back and how it slips off my lap.

Well admittedly you shine a light inside to see if the crack needed repair AFTER you put the fret board and bridge back on. I still would have put the sander to it while the you had the fret board and bridge off. Heck I would have sanded it even if it didnt have cracks. If "preparing for Maine winter" you meant stacking the wood, you should have had that done in May. Why does everyone in Maine wait till the fall to cut and stack wood? Seems kinda late for chalking windows etc. The only kind of winterizing I did in October was add more blankets to the bed, swap out short sleeves in the dresser with long sleeves, tune up the truck, check antifreeze strength, tune up the snowblower and stocking up the bathroom with tissues and cold medicine....thats about it. ☃❄🤧

The Ovation looks really nice and sounds better than my plastic back telecoustic. My advice for getting inspiration to play is, of course, a new guitar.

Awesome lesson! Love this song! You gotta a great tone bro!❤

Thanks for the squeeze ball idea! I’ve been looking a better method to glue the crack in my 1973 K Yairi. I’ve tested a few other methods on an old Fender with little success but this looks very promising.

good shit

Sure got cold after the rain fell though

Slot machines were popular when I lived there. And some counties were dry.

I use to work for BHE

Definitely not bangor area or down east. Has to be southern Maine.

Im trying to get the accent. I'm thinking southern maine, or maybe Taunton. Give us a clue

Oh so that 1 hour and a tube of glue is out the window then?

I'm find myself astonished that you removed the fret board and bridge but did not sand the varnish off and fix the splits.

Have you ever used an air chisel?

After fixing it you might get 150 if it looks new. If not, $100. Its Korea, not worth much

That needs to be a bumper sticker...lets get the glue out!

Can't wait for you to get ahold of my 12 string!!

Just picked this me up for my daughter. Seems like a lot of guitar for what I paid.

As someone who has had some voltage go through her - faulty lighting rig - know what you are talking about ! Even had some metal "soldered" onto my thumb.

Great breakdown! Thank you!

Thanks Jake, just what I was looking for!

What are the eyeglasses for? heh heh I use the coconut oil soaked cloth for routine fret polishing and cleaning rosewood fingerboards. What's your opinion on those?

I love working on guitars. It's relaxing to me. Sometimes I'll buy decent brand, but damaged guitars off the internet just to fix them and resell cheap to people who otherwise couldn't afford them. I love your plexiglass bridge clamp idea. I hadn't thought of that. I usually make a wooden caul but plexiglass would have so many advantages. I enjoy watching.

Great stories. Great memories. That's what it's about.

I'm sorry to hear about your brother-in-law. My grandfather died earlier this year from cancer. When we went to his apartment, I found the guitar I gave him like 15 years ago when I moved out of his place. He let it go to shit, haha. The bridge was nearly lifted right off the soundboard, a gigantic crack in the back. It's just a cheap laminate guitar but it's currently in my closet. I'll never throw it out. I may hang it on the wall at some point. Instruments are imbued with the spirit of everyone who played them. And since he never cleaned it, I probably have enough DNA to clone him when the technology arises.

The heritage is a continuation of the deuce

4:21 the footswitch is cheap for the classic 100 series foot doctor has them

My first neck pulling jigs were made from old payphone signs. I made fretting bucks from those same payphone signs. It was so easy to steal those signs. They all had keyhole mounts, so gone in 10 seconds with a flat blade screwdriver. They are all the same size, same shape, same gauge aluminum made to AT&T's Kearny Specs. Those signs are bigger than they look. I'd have to swipe them in the wintertime, so I could wrap my coat around them and get them home on my bicycle. They make really great fretting bucks!

Very nice thank you.

So sorry to hear about your loss that is a wonderful guitar.

Thank you great stuff .

I can hear her tell the story. I love you both.

He wept.

Slick.Bravo

Sorry for your loss 😢

I have the same guitar with the same issues. Thanks for the project. Learned a lot.

Sorry to hear, Jake. Quite a nice tribute for your bro-in-law. I regret selling my blue 5083 (?) Alvarez. It wasn't the best sounding guitar, but it felt great in the hand.

I'm very sorry for your loss, Jake. My condolences to you and your family.

I learned so much from this project.

Very nice... I wish my Authritis would let me play those chords. just got old...😢

Wow, interesting! Following to see what becomes of this Harmony. Probably better than it ever was! Also, your voice reminds me of if Mike Ehrmantraut was born and raised in New England!

you could use a plumbers magnetic protractor with a digital display and homemade special base to place it on the neck. In ancient Japan, the folks wore special shoes call geta sandals. It had two or more projection underneath to lift the feet completely off the ground to avoid the mud or snow. Such a structure would be needed to slip in between the strings while sitting upon the fret board. however, the simplicity & ease of your device seems better.

Hi there, tune the 12 String Martin down to an Open D Tuning it‘s better for the bridge and the 12 Sting lives longer. If you are in Open D Tuning you are automaticly in Standard E Tuning if you put a Capo on the second Fret

I just happened upon your channel tonight. Nice to hear the Maine accent. I grew up in Maine, Farmington. I live in Florida now. It’s Ben a while since I was able to go back home to visit family. I’m currently building a strat from parts. I lost all my household goods, including all my music gear and guitars. I had all my stuff in storage when I moved to Florida. I got behind on I the rent and they ended up auctioning all my stuff. So now I’m starting over building a David gilmour inspired strat.

I want to play it. Is there anyway someone can play it. Like,I'll ship it to somebody and they play and record a song on it? The bumble bee was also called the peace stick. Tom Robbins.

Main line florida!!! I never hear anyone play that!

Way more skill than I have, but very interesting to know how it's done. The bolt would never have occurred to me. Thanks so much!

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Thanx bud!! NH, or Maine?