Look what I woke up to this morning.....

[scottpro1969]

Unreal. *sigh*

I took the strings off. It's a fairly clean separation. Freakin Ovations...

We'll see how good their customer service is cause they're gettin' a call tomorrow.

[jingle_jangle]

Scott, it looks like it was glued solidly. The failure is not in the glue joint; the wood came away and the glue is unaffected.

Spruce is a very fragile wood. Not much stronger in compression/tension than balsa or basswood. Something's going on with the wood from which that top was made.

I'm not an Ovation fan, but I do think this was impossible to predict. Unless there's something in the photo that I'm missing, I'd say a luthier could repair this very quickly at minimum cost with no ill-effects.

[BAD RONBO, KiLLeR DWaRfS]

drywall screws or some duct tape ! as mr. jinge said...easy repair and the glue will bond those fibers lickety split ! but you gotta stop using rotosound bass strings on dat geetar.

[collin]

Freakin Ovations...

Yup, let's give them a standing ovation.


Bummer, Scott. It should be an easy fix though.

[scottpro1969]

Agreed everyone....yeah, actually I've been using Pyramid flat bass strings on there...what was I thinking??

I realize it's a design flaw. We'll see what happens. I'm tempted to just glue it back down myself but I think I'll see how good customer service Ovation (Kaman) has. Who knows. Thanks for the input guys.

[scottpro1969]

I've come to learn from the "Ovation" fan board that this is not an isolated incident. More to come....

[ken_j]

Is that a cedar top? It looks a bit dark for spruce. There may be more tension on the bridge since the strings only mount to the bridge and do not go through the top with bridge pins. I know Breedlove bridges are designed like this also. I wonder if they have had any problems.

[jingle_jangle]

Of interest, whether we're talking about spruce, cedar, or redwood...

http://www.nzmusician.co.nz/index.php/p ... cleid/1820

Simcha Delft is a luthier in New Zealand, and a national treasure. She's built some amazing guitars--and amps!

[scottpro1969]

Very interesting article Paul, thanks for that.