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Fender's come with either stamped or cast saddles, depending on the model. The stamped are typically on "vintage reissue" models and some "artist signature" models, and the cast on the modern "Standard" or "Deluxe" models. The cast saddles are a bit warmer, and tend to kill the attack a bit...

Incorrect - it was just very expensive. But it was done. I promise you, it is nothing like 50%. Maybe 1% came over that way - but I kind of doubt it's that high. Light "Cowards can never be moral." M.K. Gandhi

A few suggestions. First - go out and get yourself a copy of Mick Goodrick's The Advancing Guitarist. It's the best book on the subject I've ever seen. Second - you don't know even half the chord progressions and theory you need to know. Which is a good thing. Keep learning harmony, but...

I couldn't disagree more. Not that there is anything WRONG with open tunings, but they certainly are not a "must." You can achieve the same thing by simply learning your way around the instrument better. This is not to say that alternate tunings are a "lazy" musician's tool - I know guys who...

Yeah, with a Traynor you aren't going to have to worry about the transformers, unless something has blown - in which case they probably won't work at all and/or will smell funny. Take your amp to a good tech, and have them look it over. Light "Cowards can never be moral." M.K. Gandhi

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Not to mention the legitimate importers who, you can be sure, imported FAR more amps than any touring bands. Light "Cowards can never be moral." M.K. Gandhi

If these guys are like any of the tube amp guys I know, a case of beer would seem better indicated to me. Light "Cowards can never be moral." M.K. Gandhi

By the way, it IS a remarkably cleaver bit of machine work - I just wish they would cut a couple thousandths shallower. Light "Cowards can never be moral." M.K. Gandhi

Any good repair shop can fix cracks. Ask all your guitar playing friends - one of them is sure to know the good shop in your area. If that doesn't work, look on Martin's website. They have a list of warranty centers, and they are usually good shops. If none of that works (it is always better...

I've always prefered alder and ash for bodies. Depending on what you want for a finish, I'd probably go for alder. Light "Cowards can never be moral." M.K. Gandhi

In that case, combined with being a long term Martin Center, yes I would probably trust him. Light "Cowards can never be moral." M.K. Gandhi

Maple neck, rosewood fingerboard, would be my suggestion. Maple neck because it is cheap and good (though if you don't want it to be cheap, you could get a figured maple neck, which will look pretty, but will be less stable), and a rosewood fingerboard because you don't have to finish it, it is...

Naw. I mean, you at least don't actively encourage people to do stupid things to their own instruments, and instead of reaching in there to try and fix it (electrocuting yourself in the process), when you couldn't figure out what was going on, you took it to a professional! Now, if you did the...

About 1.39 miles from where I'm sitting. Or so says my bike computer. Light "Cowards can never be moral." M.K. Gandhi

Its kind of hard to explain. So, when you glue a bridge on to a guitar, you need to have a good wood to wood glue joint. If you don't, you will have problems with bridges pulling off all the time, which sucks. However, it would be extremely difficult to finish a guitar properly with the...

I started on a custom hand made koa acoustic, made by one of the best guitar builders on the planet (well, I think he is!) That worked out well for me. Light "Cowards can never be moral." M.K. Gandhi

Oh yeah, and they recently (last year or two) went to fretting their guitars in a way which will raise the cost of refrets (pocketed fret slots instead of through, which makes it like refreting a bound fingerboard, which adds $100 in my shop). It makes certain parts of the manufacturing process...

I don't know the shop in question, so I just don't know. If I'm honest, I really wouldn't do that these days. The problem is their neck resets are less than spectacular, from the stand point of someone who actually knows what to look for. They have a spec for what sized gaps are allowable...

Have him go back and read what Muttley said - there is no way to predict what that will do to the sound, and in particular there is no way to predict if it will be a good thing. Light "Cowards can never be moral." M.K. Gandhi