blindboygrunt Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 But only for a week Finally got a young man to give my guitar a bit of a service. Plenty about but this is the first one I've found who I 100% trust. Guy also builds his own guitars and is an ex lowden employee New nut , saddle , fret replacement in part and a dress Plus the usual truss rod tweak clean up etc etc Rip out the useless pickup that has no volume control . What were they thinking! Hence interest in sals m1 approval Will updat next Saturday when I collect her again Cant wait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 You scared me there for a minute with that title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buc McMaster Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 Yeah baby! A sound guitar with a proper setup is magical. Do give us your impressions when the 45 comes home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisrownSal Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 Grunt what else u gots to play in the interim? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 It could check out any time it wanted - but it could never leave Apart from that, wasn't yours a black nut Standard. If yes, then quite a change there. How about new tuners ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted March 20, 2017 Author Share Posted March 20, 2017 Well I said I'd come back the thread An already great guitar has been well improved from the setup Got 5 new frets and the rest of them dressed and polished . Removed the horrible factory fishman pickup New bone nut and bone saddle . The saddle is straight , he twiddled about with the break point along its length for intonation, which is now absolutely spot on, but didn't use a compensated saddle Usual truss rod tweak New strings and a clean Guitar plays like a dream Don't think twice about getting your guitar to a trusted luthier. Worth every single penny Em- nope , no black nut . Mine is a historic . So white button tuners which I wouldn't change , unless I was rich and then I'd put Waverley white button open backed ones on . But I'm not , so I'll stick with what's on it . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duluthdan Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Good news with good results. i have had my Legend to the Luthiers 3 times in 3 years, tweaking it towards perfect playability for a weak player like me. its about there. low action with medium strings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisrownSal Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Grunt is there any pickup planned? Soundhole? Edwina mic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted March 20, 2017 Author Share Posted March 20, 2017 He put dadarrio 12's on Still waiting for the strings to die down to get a true reflection on the new sounds Definite increase in volume . Bone saddle ? Undersaddle pickup ? Both probably making a difference there. But it's the playability that is worth playing for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted March 20, 2017 Author Share Posted March 20, 2017 Sal , Sure a pickup is planned for when I gather a few pound up , although I'm really wanting to get a pole speaker of some description this year ( I usually scrape some money in the summer months to use for fun pirchases) Am impressed with BK's examples of the fishman aura DI , which would then allow me to simply go with a soundhole pickup , and your praise of the baggs m1 lodged in my head . I liked the k&k I had in the martin also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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