GAD JF30 Jumbo guitar
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cutrofiano
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Bookmatching of two different trees?
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Don't know. Don't care.
Bookmatching of two different trees?
Sounds great, and plays well. What more do I need?
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cutrofiano
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O.K., but the "factory recommended specifications for strings" matter...
chazmo
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Cutro, look closely on each side of the seam. That is definitely bookmatched wood. What you're seeing colorwise is a phenomenon known as "runout".
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Yes, you are correct. They absolutely do. And I got them here.
So when the repairs were made, they were given to the Luthier, and he put factory-specified strings on it.
What I was referring to was not being concerned about the "bookmatching of two different trees" which was mentioned by cutrofiano. The guitar I bought is a music making tool, and its most important quality is its ability to produce a nice sound. Its appearance is of vastly less concern to me.
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cutrofiano,
Thank you for helping, I really thought it was two different trees
Coulda been.
But identical twins.
Whatcha think?
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adorshki
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Since the US-built guilds have the adjustment nut in the headstock, and the GADs have it in the neckblock, you need to face the nut head- on in which case clockwise will always be clockwise.
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adorshki,
No it isn't.
It depends on the orientation of the face of the screw that is being worked on relative to the person working on it (or watching it being done). If I am facing the screw head and I turn it clockwise, a person facing me will see the screw turning counterclockwise.
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No it isn't.
It depends on the orientation of the face of the screw that is being worked on relative to the person working on it (or watching it being done). If I am facing the screw head and I turn it clockwise, a person facing me will see the screw turning counterclockwise.
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JohnW63
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If the truss rod is right handed thread, righty is always tighty, but it you were watching the person from the opposite end of the fretboard, it would look backwards, from your point of view. If you re-read both Adorski's and your post, they say the same thing.
I wish I could tell you what string specs the guitar came with. I would be D'Addario EJ16 or EJ17 would be darn close. Being a jumbo, I would go with the EJ17s as a starting place.
I wish I could tell you what string specs the guitar came with. I would be D'Addario EJ16 or EJ17 would be darn close. Being a jumbo, I would go with the EJ17s as a starting place.
adorshki
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Operative phrase being "when you face the nut (not screw) head on", you can only do that from its access point.
I wish I could tell you what string specs the guitar came with. I would be D'Addario EJ16 or EJ17 would be darn close. Being a jumbo, I would go with the EJ17s as a starting place.
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Already covered by Ralf in post #9, L350 12-13's, currently closes thing is D'A Ej-13.s except thye use an .024G whereas L350's of late Westerly used .025 G, still available as a single from them which I actually buy and sub into the EJ-16 set for my D25..
Sometime in Corona they switched stringmakers and the L-350's started getting the .024 G
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cutrofiano
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The story of the screw must be rewritten!