beecee
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Last month I took my F30 to a luthier I've used over the years and he laughed when I took it out of the case. He had 2 other F30's in that were there for neck resets.
I picked mine up yesterday and started discussions on the potential that mine may a neck reset in the future. He thought it was a ways off...surprising for a 48 year old guitar....and I asked how the resets went on the ones that were there last time.
Well he pulls one out and says the trouble with Guild is the finish....WHAT???!!!
He pulls out a stunning Martin Custom Shop (Om???), that is apart and he says these are easy by comparison.
His beef on Guild vs. Martin is that the Guild is assembled and then the finish is applied whereas the Martins are finished, then assembled. You could see where there was no stain or lacquer under where the neck sits on the Martin. Easy he says.
The Guild needs a little touch up after as you need to seperate the finish...so I have to charge more.
Hmmmm...how much Bob?
Oh...$400-$450.
So funny you hear all these horror stories about Guild neck removal.
As I was driving home I was thinking about it and it hit me....he had 3 cellos and a double bass in various stages of repair with the necks off. Guitars must be easy!
Here is the F30 back on da rack!!
I picked mine up yesterday and started discussions on the potential that mine may a neck reset in the future. He thought it was a ways off...surprising for a 48 year old guitar....and I asked how the resets went on the ones that were there last time.
Well he pulls one out and says the trouble with Guild is the finish....WHAT???!!!
He pulls out a stunning Martin Custom Shop (Om???), that is apart and he says these are easy by comparison.
His beef on Guild vs. Martin is that the Guild is assembled and then the finish is applied whereas the Martins are finished, then assembled. You could see where there was no stain or lacquer under where the neck sits on the Martin. Easy he says.
The Guild needs a little touch up after as you need to seperate the finish...so I have to charge more.
Hmmmm...how much Bob?
Oh...$400-$450.
So funny you hear all these horror stories about Guild neck removal.
As I was driving home I was thinking about it and it hit me....he had 3 cellos and a double bass in various stages of repair with the necks off. Guitars must be easy!
Here is the F30 back on da rack!!