Commencing Work on the Ovation CS24-4
The time was finally upon me to get down to work, and I started off by dealing with that horrible mess of hardened glue you saw in
Part 2 of this series. So, out came my smallest chisels and a razor blade. I had to work with the utmost care and not rush anything, lest I accidentally nick a fret or gouge the ovangkol fretboard.
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| Razor Blade at Work |
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| No More Dried Glue |
Following this, the truss rod was gradually tightened over the course of two days, by which time the fretboard was sufficiently level for fret evaluation. Subsequent checks with a fret rocker revealed four high frets - the 3rd, 8th, 10th and 19th. Spot leveling and recrowning was then carried out to address this discrepancy.
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| Fretboard Level After Truss Rod Adjustment |
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| High Fret - 3rd |
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| High Frets - 8th and 10th |
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| High Fret - 19th |
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| Spot Leveling in Progress |
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| Recrowning in Progress |
With the frets taken care of, it was the fretboard's turn to receive some attention. The crud and grime was so deeply embedded in the wood that a rag soaked in naphtha could not do much. And so, a scraping we once again did go; albeit with a a box cutter blade this time around.
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| Scraping the Fretboard |
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| Fretboard After Scraping |
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| Cleanup With Naphtha |
At the time of writing, the first round of super glue and rosewood dust has just been laid down on the damaged area of the headstock. This particular repair will mirror the one I carried out on the
Epiphone AJ-220SCE Acoustic. Stay tuned for further updates on this Ovation Celebrity CS24-4.
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| Headstock Repair in Progress |
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