lcjones
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Disclaimer: I'm not a luthier. Not even close. After all these years, I'm just now teaching myself basic amateur luthier stuff.
I've installed a BD on the 80 D212 and the 74 D25. While both bellies came down quite a bit, I notice no real tonal change. If anything regarding tone could be said, perhaps the D212 is ever so slightly muted. Both are arched back too.
I can say that the D212 is much easier to play now. Prior to the BD, she was a beast to wrangle with. The action came down just a little bit. And with a neck tweak, she seems to have leveled out and is an acceptable player.
The D25 is another story. No action change at all. No tone change. Still has a bit of belly. But not as much as before the BD. Action is still high. As Jfilm mentioned, the action hasn't come down. And yea, don't over crank! That's a lot of movement for that piece of wood. But importantly, even with the nose dive at the 14th, the fret board up to the body is indeed level with the top of the bridge. Right where it should be. So now, I'm looking as the saddle. The original saddle was always very low. Low like the photo of the D212 saddle. But its way high now. So, I'm going to pull the saddle and drop it down to see what happens.
The BD for 76 F212 will be a while as I have other things to do to her.
Pictures say lots of things .....
Chap
I've installed a BD on the 80 D212 and the 74 D25. While both bellies came down quite a bit, I notice no real tonal change. If anything regarding tone could be said, perhaps the D212 is ever so slightly muted. Both are arched back too.
I can say that the D212 is much easier to play now. Prior to the BD, she was a beast to wrangle with. The action came down just a little bit. And with a neck tweak, she seems to have leveled out and is an acceptable player.
The D25 is another story. No action change at all. No tone change. Still has a bit of belly. But not as much as before the BD. Action is still high. As Jfilm mentioned, the action hasn't come down. And yea, don't over crank! That's a lot of movement for that piece of wood. But importantly, even with the nose dive at the 14th, the fret board up to the body is indeed level with the top of the bridge. Right where it should be. So now, I'm looking as the saddle. The original saddle was always very low. Low like the photo of the D212 saddle. But its way high now. So, I'm going to pull the saddle and drop it down to see what happens.
The BD for 76 F212 will be a while as I have other things to do to her.
Pictures say lots of things .....
Chap