On The Bench - Ovation Balladeer 4861 - Spa Day Part 1

Today we’re giving the Ovation some much needed attention. In part one, we polish the frets and clean the neck. I also ask for some direction on a couple of things concerning this guitar.
We’ll finish the cleanup & restringing in Part 2

Thank you to ‪@JayceAllanGuitar‬ for the ToneBar, here is the link to his review/demo:
   • Is This Little Thing The SECRET To Great G...  
I’ll drop that link in Part 2 as well

Please also checkout these other channels for lots of great content about the care & feeding of guitars.

‪@TedTalksGuitars‬
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‪@BCG5150GUITARS‬
‪@j-mansgearcave‬
‪@SmokeEaterGuitars‬
‪@MusicNGearYTchannel‬

Videos about this guitar:
   • My Guitars - Part 1: Ovation 4861 "Balladeer"   - Demo/History

Chapters are below to the intro, history and specs/demo so you can start where ever you like.

0:00 Intro, Shoutouts, Discuss the work to be done
06:17 WorkBench segment
15:40 Fret Polishing (some sections were cut to save time - apologies for the jumps)
23:28 Fretboard cleaning & cleaning the back of the guitar.
31:37 Video close

I welcome your comments and feedback. Let me know if I missed anything, or any other advice/suggestions regarding the work I did.

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