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Post by alexkirtley on Jul 3, 2014 23:24:39 GMT
It is mostly for future reference, how near in the future, I don't know. My Gibson J-35 is great, I love it but there is a problem, there is virtually no saddle left on the 6th string and the action is not all that low, it is only 1 year old but I think it left the factory with an un-ideal neck angle so there is little saddle on the 6th string. It took 6 months to save for the guitar and I can't afford to take it to a luthier for them to do a neck reset to increase the neck angle, if I could get a job then I could probably afford to do a reset but I can't so I can't. I bought it used, I like the sound of THIS one and have already modified it to my liking and also have no intention of ever selling it so returning it for another J-35 is out of the question but, does anyone know any luthiers who may offer to do a neck reset cheaply?, I know that the way this guitar is now then it will need one sooner than it should, especially because after prolonged period of playing it starts to hurt my fingers a bit. Neck resets are not something made to fit a student budget
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Post by Trevor TAMCO on Jul 4, 2014 7:12:16 GMT
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Post by alexkirtley on Jul 14, 2014 18:58:42 GMT
Turns out the neck is absolutely fine, I took it to a guitar repairer, he tweaked the truss rod, adjusted the saddle a little bit, adjusted the nut and all is hunky dory, the reason the saddle looks so short is because of the sloped bridge, the action now is nice and low and comfortable to play, I think the reason it hurt was because the nut slots were quite high, he checked the neck angle and he said there was nothing wrong with it, which is a relief!
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