zeboma
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Greetings Guildheads~~I've been out of this pool for several years after I parted ways with my D55 and fell in love with my Froggy (H12). And as much as I love the Froggy, I've been missing a dread at times, and longing for some mahogany. I lucked out as a local store had a '78 D40NT, beat up as heck cosmetically but pretty sound structurally, and a tone that knocked my socks off and had me run home to get a uke and classical guitar I never use--which did an even trade for (store said they would've been asking $750)
Here's the long shot, where you can see someone musta been doing a Richie Havens imitation and beat up around the pickguard like crazy, and then did a fairly sloppy job of putting a new pickguard on
I'm absolutely loving this guitar and feel like I really scored. I detest the tuning keys, and think I may go for Grover 18:1 Sta-Tite replacements.
So here's the question: as seen in the pics below, the saddle still has maybe one shave left in it. The neck angle dismally fails the straightedge test, coming well below the top of the bridge, but the action at the 12th is fine right now. What I wonder is how long I have til a neck reset may be called for. I know that can't really be answered hypothetically, but I do have the money right now, and a fantastic luthier, and I kind of feel like "why not just get it done now," and perhaps will I see some improvement in tone or other benefits now (the break angle currently looks fairly decent, yes?). Or do you think "hold your horses and wait til you need it"?
Thanks, nice to be back, and feel like a very lucky man to have found this very special guitar!
Here's the long shot, where you can see someone musta been doing a Richie Havens imitation and beat up around the pickguard like crazy, and then did a fairly sloppy job of putting a new pickguard on
I'm absolutely loving this guitar and feel like I really scored. I detest the tuning keys, and think I may go for Grover 18:1 Sta-Tite replacements.
So here's the question: as seen in the pics below, the saddle still has maybe one shave left in it. The neck angle dismally fails the straightedge test, coming well below the top of the bridge, but the action at the 12th is fine right now. What I wonder is how long I have til a neck reset may be called for. I know that can't really be answered hypothetically, but I do have the money right now, and a fantastic luthier, and I kind of feel like "why not just get it done now," and perhaps will I see some improvement in tone or other benefits now (the break angle currently looks fairly decent, yes?). Or do you think "hold your horses and wait til you need it"?
Thanks, nice to be back, and feel like a very lucky man to have found this very special guitar!
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