Bummer! Third Coast Guitar Service can handle major repairs like this.
Type: Posts; User: Andy Miller
Bummer! Third Coast Guitar Service can handle major repairs like this.
Confirmed - I played that one Monday of this week!
If the neck is still flexible enough for string tension to create relief, a good truss rod properly installed should be able to straighten it back out.
In cases where the instrument is being spray finished, it's generally easier/less time-consuming/cheaper to do the whole instrument the same way.
LOL. "Oh, it looks like your lessons fell off!"
Bluetooth codecs tend to have high enough latency that you would notice the delay when using BT in such an application. I'm not saying such a rig does not exist, and maybe someone's managed to make...
Sure, just install a pickup in that '23 and you'll be ready to go :-)
When I listened to this album, I missed the bluegrass drive I know that backup band is capable of. But in the end they're just doing a good job of making Willie sound good. If they tried to sound...
Stewmac has a gold fretwire they market as "long life" as well. The narrowest crown offered is .084" though.
I love this approach - just let the microphones do their thing. Of course it helps quite a bit if you already have a variety of microphones on hand! I've been playing around with a Shure KSM313...
In the "it's almost certainly not the tuning machines" camp: how the strings are installed is also critically important to tuning stability. If you have overlapping wraps, or wraps that aren't...
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Fresh from Friday.
I'm in the habit of lubing the nut slots any time I set up a customer instrument, that's just what I was taught to do. With my own instruments, maybe every other string change. As others have...
I've been using the same syringe of Lubrikit for several years. It works as well as any kind of lubricant I've used in nut slots or electric saddle slots. Considering how sparingly it should be...
Yes, I have these on both my mandolins and my guitar, they're great.
Exactly. Any decent hardware-store diagonal cutters will do. Avoid the small electronics wire cutters though, the jaws on those are too delicate and cutting steel strings will ruin them.
I've sprayed Simtec UV clearcoat over the top of Mohawk nitrocellulose lacquer quite a lot after doing airbrush touchups over repairs. I don't recall ever having issues with things coming loose or...
I often play standing up, with a strap, and to me F5s feel neck-heavy when used that way, that's my only issue with them aside from cost. Every once in a while I play one that sounds good enough to...
Super cool!
Same here. I've been using a bunny-ears rifle rest for mandolin work but the neck sinks down between the ears and doesn't allow full access to the frets for recrowning, for example. The Northfield...
No kidding - a couple of diamond plates is a good investment. During fretwork, I use them to remove sanding scratches from the fret tops - after leveling with sandpaper but before recrowning. They...
I find a bag of lead birdshot to be an essential tool for refrets. Having the neck resting on a bag of shot makes all the difference when seating frets, especially if your work...
If you refret the first 12, the "originality" ship will have sailed, especially if you use different wire for the first 12 - that's going to look weird. Partial refrets often come with one...
I'm sure it didn't look like that when it left the Collings factory 9-10 years ago, but I wouldn't consider it cause for alarm unless there's some reason to believe the joint is truly coming apart. ...
I prefer to have the tailpiece mounted when I drill for the endpin jack. It's easy to drill through both the TP and the tailblock with a step bit until you get the TP hole big enough for the jack,...