You mean this one?timbo2 said:Has anyone checked out the '79 F412 on the bay? Formerly owned by Brian Ahern. I'm not sure how I will explain how this is a smart buy for the family with the Ms but I am TEMPTED! Help!!!
taabru45 said:I have an 80 F512R, and after having it stored longer than I anticipated, the bridge was pulling up a little, could put a piece of paper under the bottom of it. Also the action was way too high.....My Luthier pulled the bridge shaved it and reglued it, no neck reset...and now you can barely slip a quarter under the strings at the 12th fret, just a joy to play now, and it has mediums on it tuned down a tone...lovin' it. Cost about $150, incl strings... Steffan
taabru45 said:Long as you have some angle at the saddle, for the strings, and you can put a small groove going into the hole to help if needed. you're fine, make sure the bottom of the saddle is flat and making good contact... my D25 wasn't, and after flattening it, and making a better contact the sound got bigger too...good luck with that...Guilds are nice aren't they...!. Steffan
taabru45 said:When you put the string in the hole and replace the pin, there is an angle between the saddle and where the string disappears under the pin. If the bridge is too thin there is hardly any angle i.e. the string is almost parallel to the top all the way to the pin... To increase the break, therefore putting better pressure on the saddle there sometimes is a little grove the string sits in, as it goes into the hole...My guitar just had the pin- holes without the slot so my luthier cut a small grove to increase the angle from the saddle to the pin In other words there now is the pin-hole with a small groove going into it, where the string sits, a little lower...Got it? :? :? Steffan
ecgoggio said:taabru45 said:When you put the string in the hole and replace the pin, there is an angle between the saddle and where the string disappears under the pin. If the bridge is too thin there is hardly any angle i.e. the string is almost parallel to the top all the way to the pin... To increase the break, therefore putting better pressure on the saddle there sometimes is a little grove the string sits in, as it goes into the hole...My guitar just had the pin- holes without the slot so my luthier cut a small grove to increase the angle from the saddle to the pin In other words there now is the pin-hole with a small groove going into it, where the string sits, a little lower...Got it? :? :? Steffan
Gotcha! I'll have him do that.
This baby is as heavy as a brick s#%t-house. That maple neck really gives is some heft. But what glorious sustain!!
Enjoy the rest of your weekend, friend.
EC