Spectrum13
Junior Member
gilded, Good points all and you got a Duane Eddy?
Back around 1980 I let my friend Bruce play it with a capo. He slid the capo up to for a key change and cracked the finish on the neck binding. It has since split and shrunk, so my bad.
I was not aware there was binding shrinking on the body, never noticed anything like that other than around the headstock and the back binding between the two IRW halfs raising a bit.
The bridge was rock steady always. About a year and a half ago I took the guitar to a shop in Atlanta since the action was getting high and the pick guard was lifting off. They repaired (glued) the loose neck binding and pickguard, leveled and dressed the frets and took down the saddle as much as they could. They may have shaved the top of the bridge. I could not tell nor did I ask.
Excellent point as to the material used by the other New York companies. I was not aware so I will ask how they plan to repair and warranty. Very usefull stuff.
Back around 1980 I let my friend Bruce play it with a capo. He slid the capo up to for a key change and cracked the finish on the neck binding. It has since split and shrunk, so my bad.
I was not aware there was binding shrinking on the body, never noticed anything like that other than around the headstock and the back binding between the two IRW halfs raising a bit.
The bridge was rock steady always. About a year and a half ago I took the guitar to a shop in Atlanta since the action was getting high and the pick guard was lifting off. They repaired (glued) the loose neck binding and pickguard, leveled and dressed the frets and took down the saddle as much as they could. They may have shaved the top of the bridge. I could not tell nor did I ask.
Excellent point as to the material used by the other New York companies. I was not aware so I will ask how they plan to repair and warranty. Very usefull stuff.
