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Old 05-17-2018, 02:06 PM
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I have a 1979 Ovation Balladeer 1612. Well, I had it in our bedroom on a stand, with the stand strap holding it securely. Our dog ran through the room and knocked the whole stand and guitar over. This, of course, broke the headstock off of the neck. I was going to repair it, but I would rather find a replacement neck. Anyone know where I can get one?
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Old 05-17-2018, 02:57 PM
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I've never worked on an Ovation, but I suspect it will be much easier to repair the headstock than to replace the neck. The necks were not made to be easily removed, many repair techs won't touch them.
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Old 05-17-2018, 03:04 PM
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I've never worked on an Ovation, but I suspect it will be much easier to repair the headstock than to replace the neck. The necks were not made to be easily removed, many repair techs won't touch them.
The neck was just bolted on. Two bolts. No glue or epoxy or anything else. Pretty simple.
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Old 05-17-2018, 06:07 PM
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I have removed and refitted maybe 30 ovation necks, repaired maybe 15 broken ovation headstocks.

I would rather repair the headstock than change the neck.

I have heard of the bolt on ovation necks, yet to come across one

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Old 05-17-2018, 09:13 PM
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Ovations are hell to repair. I would go with headstock fix.

Or just forget about it.

Mine just sits there sadly...the bridge lifted from the body and its $350 to repair. I could buy a Yamaha solid spruce top for $250 taxes inc.

Bad design, these things.
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Old 05-18-2018, 05:02 AM
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I work on many Ovations, Usually only the top of the line are worth any serious repair as they are a B***H to work on as noted by others....

Never seen an Ovation neck worth using available separately.... Ovations are the 2nd most common neck break after Gibson, The truss design (Kaman bar as they call it) doesn't leave much wood around it and thereby makes it fragile.

Repair your current neck is best practice here I feel.
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