einstein magoo
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Tomorrow is acoustic repair day.
A friend told me about a "highly respected" local repair tech that does work for most of the music stores in this area. He has worked on by buddies Martin HD-28 and his Tele to great success. Dude also has a shop at his home so I'm off there early morning with four weak but not yet dead soldiers.
I've had this stuff sitting around for years and now that I'm getting ready to get serious with recording, it's time for some tune-ups. Unlike the guy in the other thread, I am certainly not afraid to change my own strings. I've done some truss rod adjustments and minor bridge saddle work, but some of these guys need deeper attention.
My daily driver is a Yamaha FJ645A that I installed (hacked) a pickup and preamp into several years ago. It's a jumbo with a great tone and seems to be getting better with age. Bought it new in 1992 and it's played regularly. Needs maybe 3 - 4 frets down there in granny position, but also fear a neck-set may be in order. What I have to do is see what dude wants monetarily to get this one back up to snuff and It may be cost prohibitive as there is not a lot of $$$ value on this one. Still in good shape cosmetically, but may not be worth the cost of extensive work...but it is my friend.
Also taking in a Guild D-55 that has similar issues. Think this one may be worth dropping some coin on.
The Guild JF30-12 twelve string is in pretty good shape mechanically and cosmetically, so I'll probably dump a few bills into this one for a full set-up to get it playing better.
Number 4 is a Blueridge BG-70 that just sounds lovely and plays really well. Gonna' see if I can talk dude out of some new tuners (one just broke plumb off) and a set-up. He has a lot of old guits around and I may convince him to just cannibalize some tuners from one that will work and maybe install myself if his cost is too high on this one. I think I can get it set up and playing ok myself once the tuner issue is fixed.
I know I won't be able to afford all it will take for all four, so I have some decisions to make once the "expert" advises me on where to put my money.
No real significant meaning for this thread, just excited to be getting off my ass and moving forward with my true passion.
Anyone have any insight or input as to what I should put the $$$$ into?
Thanks: magoo
A friend told me about a "highly respected" local repair tech that does work for most of the music stores in this area. He has worked on by buddies Martin HD-28 and his Tele to great success. Dude also has a shop at his home so I'm off there early morning with four weak but not yet dead soldiers.
I've had this stuff sitting around for years and now that I'm getting ready to get serious with recording, it's time for some tune-ups. Unlike the guy in the other thread, I am certainly not afraid to change my own strings. I've done some truss rod adjustments and minor bridge saddle work, but some of these guys need deeper attention.
My daily driver is a Yamaha FJ645A that I installed (hacked) a pickup and preamp into several years ago. It's a jumbo with a great tone and seems to be getting better with age. Bought it new in 1992 and it's played regularly. Needs maybe 3 - 4 frets down there in granny position, but also fear a neck-set may be in order. What I have to do is see what dude wants monetarily to get this one back up to snuff and It may be cost prohibitive as there is not a lot of $$$ value on this one. Still in good shape cosmetically, but may not be worth the cost of extensive work...but it is my friend.
Also taking in a Guild D-55 that has similar issues. Think this one may be worth dropping some coin on.
The Guild JF30-12 twelve string is in pretty good shape mechanically and cosmetically, so I'll probably dump a few bills into this one for a full set-up to get it playing better.
Number 4 is a Blueridge BG-70 that just sounds lovely and plays really well. Gonna' see if I can talk dude out of some new tuners (one just broke plumb off) and a set-up. He has a lot of old guits around and I may convince him to just cannibalize some tuners from one that will work and maybe install myself if his cost is too high on this one. I think I can get it set up and playing ok myself once the tuner issue is fixed.
I know I won't be able to afford all it will take for all four, so I have some decisions to make once the "expert" advises me on where to put my money.
No real significant meaning for this thread, just excited to be getting off my ass and moving forward with my true passion.
Anyone have any insight or input as to what I should put the $$$$ into?
Thanks: magoo