BobsterMan
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Here's something that's bugging me...
I had my F212XL into a local , seemly competent, shop, for a lifting bridge and it came back not too hot on the action, so I backed off the string tension and give the bass rod a little poke, but no improvement. A little more, and a small crack appeared in the back of the neck at the nut, right where the truss nut would now be. Bummer.
I took it to another guy, who I trusted as honest and competent, and he figured the mount had collapsed. So did I. He lifted the board, and it proved to be true, but there were six little aluminum washes in there, we figured from he previous "repair". So he built an epoxy mount, and at my suggestion, drilled the ends of the crack to reduce the possibility of its lengthening. All was well, and it played great. But in about a month, the truss rod seemed to give way, and the action got really bad. Before I take it back to the second guy (he likes structural guitar work, and my parked 80 Cutlass with a 403 (thrown rod), TH350, and an IROC 373 posi rear end... so he might deal) any ideas here?? Nobody in my city ids' themselves as an authorized Guild repair shop, if that matters.
I had my F212XL into a local , seemly competent, shop, for a lifting bridge and it came back not too hot on the action, so I backed off the string tension and give the bass rod a little poke, but no improvement. A little more, and a small crack appeared in the back of the neck at the nut, right where the truss nut would now be. Bummer.
I took it to another guy, who I trusted as honest and competent, and he figured the mount had collapsed. So did I. He lifted the board, and it proved to be true, but there were six little aluminum washes in there, we figured from he previous "repair". So he built an epoxy mount, and at my suggestion, drilled the ends of the crack to reduce the possibility of its lengthening. All was well, and it played great. But in about a month, the truss rod seemed to give way, and the action got really bad. Before I take it back to the second guy (he likes structural guitar work, and my parked 80 Cutlass with a 403 (thrown rod), TH350, and an IROC 373 posi rear end... so he might deal) any ideas here?? Nobody in my city ids' themselves as an authorized Guild repair shop, if that matters.