Cypress Knee
Member
Hi All,
Been quite awhile, though lurking. I did buy that '73 F 512 with the truss rod cracks that some were talking about a few weeks ago.
The luthier I usually use looked at it and doesn't want to do anything now. It does need a neck reset (which I figured) and at that point the truss rod cracks can easily be repaired as an addendum. He wasn't that concerned about them, except that he won't do a Guild neck reset. Evidently Guild resets are a bit more complex than Martin or Gibson.
So my question is this, does anyone know a really good luthier that will do an old Guild neck reset? Maybe I should call Gruhn and see if they will do it. Maybe Dudley's guy is up to the task. Or maybe the new facility at CT will give it a shot. Or should I call up Carlo's shop in NYC?
Any suggestions? The guitar sounds awesome, just totally blows away the other 12 strings I have tried. Just plays a bit high even a full step down right now, and will play higher down the road.
CK
Been quite awhile, though lurking. I did buy that '73 F 512 with the truss rod cracks that some were talking about a few weeks ago.
The luthier I usually use looked at it and doesn't want to do anything now. It does need a neck reset (which I figured) and at that point the truss rod cracks can easily be repaired as an addendum. He wasn't that concerned about them, except that he won't do a Guild neck reset. Evidently Guild resets are a bit more complex than Martin or Gibson.
So my question is this, does anyone know a really good luthier that will do an old Guild neck reset? Maybe I should call Gruhn and see if they will do it. Maybe Dudley's guy is up to the task. Or maybe the new facility at CT will give it a shot. Or should I call up Carlo's shop in NYC?
Any suggestions? The guitar sounds awesome, just totally blows away the other 12 strings I have tried. Just plays a bit high even a full step down right now, and will play higher down the road.
CK