Dear all,
I'm new here and this is my first post. I'm also the owner of a Corona D50 (not sure which year, how do I check?). I would like to keep the guitar but I have a few problems. I would like to ask your advice concerning these problems...
First, I got the guitar cheap because the guitar had sat at the guitar shop for quite a few years without anybody taking care of it. The neck was a banana. Infact it had bent so much that the fretboard had cracked off the top of the guitar slightly. Once I straightened the neck and gave it some lovin' humidity the cracks on both sides of the fretboard on the top have just about disappeared. Only slightly visible. Is this a problem and wil it affect the tone? Do I need to get this glued?
Second query, after I swapped the strings for a heavier set, the action rose dramatically. Is this related to query one? I had to file the bridge a little and tighten the trussrod to correct this. The action is still a little high but I'm afraid to file the bridge more because there is only a couple of millimetres left on the low E-string. Could the top have risen behind the bridge? The set I put on was 13-56.
One more Q. Are Guilds generally heavier than, say, Gibsons? I had a Sheryl Crow that was a quite a bit lighter than this.
I would really like to keep this guitar but if it is structurally damaged I dont know if I can. Can you guys help?
Here she is!
I'm new here and this is my first post. I'm also the owner of a Corona D50 (not sure which year, how do I check?). I would like to keep the guitar but I have a few problems. I would like to ask your advice concerning these problems...
First, I got the guitar cheap because the guitar had sat at the guitar shop for quite a few years without anybody taking care of it. The neck was a banana. Infact it had bent so much that the fretboard had cracked off the top of the guitar slightly. Once I straightened the neck and gave it some lovin' humidity the cracks on both sides of the fretboard on the top have just about disappeared. Only slightly visible. Is this a problem and wil it affect the tone? Do I need to get this glued?
Second query, after I swapped the strings for a heavier set, the action rose dramatically. Is this related to query one? I had to file the bridge a little and tighten the trussrod to correct this. The action is still a little high but I'm afraid to file the bridge more because there is only a couple of millimetres left on the low E-string. Could the top have risen behind the bridge? The set I put on was 13-56.
One more Q. Are Guilds generally heavier than, say, Gibsons? I had a Sheryl Crow that was a quite a bit lighter than this.
I would really like to keep this guitar but if it is structurally damaged I dont know if I can. Can you guys help?
Here she is!