marcellis
Senior Member
I want to thank Guitars of Montana for getting my Gruhn/Walker D-60
repaired, shipped and delivered in one piece. And especially to their luthier, Brian Wicks
for doing superb set-up and repair work and to LTG'er Bing for making sure it got done on time.
My 1988 Guild D-60 that I have still never seen or played arrived.
A friend/co-composer, Peter Streit is keeping it for me.
Here is Peter's report on repairs. (BTW, he's a fantastic guitarist,
as good as anyone I've heard around here. He’s a better pianist than me too.)
Here's his report:
I bought it off EBay. Seller disclosed the defects he was aware of.
There were several serious repairs to be made. Some idiot had
put a shim under the fingerboard. That had to be removed.
Note the stupid shim under the fingerboard.
There was some sort of problem with the upper part of the sound-hole.
It was concave. That had to be repaired. There were binding issues and finish problems.
The neck had to be reset. (I expected that - to get rid of the stupid shim).
The action was unplayable. It needed a fret job.
The guitar ended up costing me a lot more than I thought when
I first bought it. But if Peter says it's fixed & it's a new guitar. I believe him.
I also had a K&K installed with the little volume control.
Brian Wicks is the luthier for Guitars of Montana. He apparently
aced every repair that needed to be done and took it a step
or two further. I didn’t expect him to re-fret it or touch up the finish.
I was in no hurry. After all, I’m 12,000 miles away. There were a lot
Of Fenders, Martins, Gibsons ahead of me. But they're especially recommended
for Guilds. As y'all know, Bing sells and repair a lot of vintage Guilds.
Guitars of Montana
Brian Wicks measuring something.
POST-REPAIR Note the absence of any stupid shims under the fingerboard.
New Binding (Note – I did not replace the heel binding).
GUITARS OF MONTANA
repaired, shipped and delivered in one piece. And especially to their luthier, Brian Wicks
for doing superb set-up and repair work and to LTG'er Bing for making sure it got done on time.
My 1988 Guild D-60 that I have still never seen or played arrived.
A friend/co-composer, Peter Streit is keeping it for me.
Here is Peter's report on repairs. (BTW, he's a fantastic guitarist,
as good as anyone I've heard around here. He’s a better pianist than me too.)
Here's his report:
I bought it off EBay. Seller disclosed the defects he was aware of.
There were several serious repairs to be made. Some idiot had
put a shim under the fingerboard. That had to be removed.
Note the stupid shim under the fingerboard.
There was some sort of problem with the upper part of the sound-hole.
It was concave. That had to be repaired. There were binding issues and finish problems.
The neck had to be reset. (I expected that - to get rid of the stupid shim).
The action was unplayable. It needed a fret job.
The guitar ended up costing me a lot more than I thought when
I first bought it. But if Peter says it's fixed & it's a new guitar. I believe him.
I also had a K&K installed with the little volume control.
Brian Wicks is the luthier for Guitars of Montana. He apparently
aced every repair that needed to be done and took it a step
or two further. I didn’t expect him to re-fret it or touch up the finish.
I was in no hurry. After all, I’m 12,000 miles away. There were a lot
Of Fenders, Martins, Gibsons ahead of me. But they're especially recommended
for Guilds. As y'all know, Bing sells and repair a lot of vintage Guilds.
Guitars of Montana
Brian Wicks measuring something.
POST-REPAIR Note the absence of any stupid shims under the fingerboard.
New Binding (Note – I did not replace the heel binding).
GUITARS OF MONTANA
