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Author:  L. Presnall [ Tue Dec 31, 2013 7:10 pm ]
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A guy brought this guitar in yesterday. His grandma gave it to him and it sat for a long time. He said it used to be playable and now it isn't. A quick look shows a badly installed nut, badly installed tall saddle (now leaning forward at about 25 degrees), a lot of relief in the neck, and a ski jump happening at the body join. He also mentioned wanting a pickup installed, but the logistics of wiring and any preamp/battery bag appear problematic. Any of you gurus have any wisdom for me? :D

[url]http://s1275.photobucket.com/user/Larry_Presnall/library/?view=recent/url]
Author:  Chris Pile [ Tue Dec 31, 2013 7:45 pm ]
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Link no workee.
Author:  L. Presnall [ Tue Dec 31, 2013 8:41 pm ]
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http://s1275.photobucket.com/user/Larry ... iew=recent
Author:  L. Presnall [ Tue Dec 31, 2013 8:41 pm ]
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There ya go Chris! I'm a dunderhead!
Author:  the Padma [ Tue Dec 31, 2013 9:17 pm ]
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L. Presnall wrote:
Any of you gurus have any wisdom for me? :D



Ya, call the dude up, tell him to come get his ax and when he does, give him Heshes number. laughing6-hehe
Author:  L. Presnall [ Tue Dec 31, 2013 10:12 pm ]
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the Padma wrote:
L. Presnall wrote:
Any of you gurus have any wisdom for me? :D



Ya, call the dude up, tell him to come get his ax and when he does, give him Heshes number. laughing6-hehe


Now, I shoulda thought of that! :D

Since we're talking'....Hesh????
Author:  the Padma [ Tue Dec 31, 2013 11:43 pm ]
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L. Presnall wrote:

Since we're talking'....Hesh????



Ya! Hesh!. He likes fixin things.
Author:  Tai Fu [ Wed Jan 01, 2014 11:06 am ]
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Yea, the guitar in the photo looks fine without any sign of damage. Someone could have easily posted it on ebay.

There are a million reasons why guitars have ungodly high action, but nobody can tell from the picture. At first I thought someone smashed a hole in the guitar. Could be a bad tailpiece... but I think if the tail piece caused high actions the string wouldn't have made much sound at all, because the break angle would be so shallow that the saddle ends up muting the string. Check to see if the neck joint is sound, sometimes the high action is caused by a bad neck joint, which requires a neck reset (undo the old joint, and redo them)
Author:  Tai Fu [ Wed Jan 01, 2014 11:57 am ]
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Also very common to have loose neck joints due to doweled construction. I have seen one guitar with one inch (that's right, one whole inch) of action at the 12th fret because of the loose neck joint. Might work well as a lap steel.
Author:  Shane Neifer [ Wed Jan 01, 2014 6:11 pm ]
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It's an Alverez Artist series. I haven't seen this one before I own an Artist Alverez and is OK, plays nice but is certainly only mid level guitar but with that unique design I bet there were not a lot made......

As for pick-ups, K and K makes good products with external pre-amps but getting pads applies to the bridge plate and getting the endpin jack installed might be some work alright!

Shane
Author:  L. Presnall [ Wed Jan 01, 2014 8:42 pm ]
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Shane, my thoughts exactly! The UST type would go, but with no preamp would probably disappoint the guy if he didn't use an external preamp of some kind. The guitar has value to him because it's family, but I have too much on my plate to become too involved with it. The neck joint is solid and as has been observed above, the action issue isn't a usual reset - the tall saddle was to get the action 'higher'. Anyhoo, I'd just never encountered this particular model and wanted some background before I spoke to the owner again. Thanks all!
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