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Topic: Neck Re-set needed! |
Kevin Mincke
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Farmington, MN (Twin Cities-South Metro) USA
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Posted 22 Dec 2001 10:01 pm |
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And I don't mean the kind a chiropractor can offer. I have a Gibson "Gospel" 94 model
100 year Commmemorative that needs a neck reset. It has been repaired at some point and has some bumps & bruises, so I'm not too concerned with "looks" but rather good playability. Does anyone know of a luthier/repair person that is reasonable? |
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Tim Rowley
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Pinconning, MI, USA
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Posted 22 Dec 2001 11:31 pm
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Elderly Instruments, Lansing MI. They have a well-known website, I think it's www.elderly.com.
Or you can try Dan Erlewine, Big Rapids or Reed City MI (as featured in the Stewart-MacDonald catalog). He's one of the top luthiers in the country.
You won't go wrong with either of the above. None better since the Gibson plant left Kalamazoo! Here in Michigan we still love our Gibson guitars even if they did move the factory to Nashville.
Tim R. |
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Ernie Renn
From:
Brainerd, Minnesota USA
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Posted 23 Dec 2001 3:58 am
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Kevin;
Call Willie's American Guitars in the Twin Cities. He told me about a luthier, (I think it was at Hoffman Music, but call to be sure,) that does authorized Martin repairs. He should be able to re-set the neck for you. Plus it's in Minnesota. 
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Ernie
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Kevin Mincke
From:
Farmington, MN (Twin Cities-South Metro) USA
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Posted 23 Dec 2001 9:26 am
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| Thanks! I'll check with Willie's and see who they use. If it is in fact Hoffman, they were not interested in doing it at the time. I'd like to keep this as low budget as possible, to the point where I even tried a tech-college that did repairs as part of their course objectives & hands-on instruction. |
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Ron
From:
Hermiston, Oregon
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Posted 26 Dec 2001 9:18 am
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Are you sure it needs a neck reset? A qulity guitar like a Gibson seldom needs this unless it has been left in the trunk of a car or some place where it got verry hot like 180 degres. The truss rod should be adjusted to streighton the neck and it will pull the peghead back and act like a neck reset. Take a good streaght edge ahd check the streighness of the neck. It should be , from dead streight to bowed slightly lide a thin pick will slide under the middle of the steraght edge. Do all this befor having it reset. Good bluegrass players like a lot of string highth as they play very hard. Also put onmedum strings. Hope this helps. With a neck reset it will get a fret levilling new strings action adjusted and will play like a new guitar.
Ron |
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Kevin Mincke
From:
Farmington, MN (Twin Cities-South Metro) USA
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Posted 26 Dec 2001 11:34 pm
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| Thanks Ron! Definately a neck re-set needed as the guitar was repaired(unprofessionally) I would guess by the previous owner. You can see where the soundhole binding was not pulled back into proper positions as there is still that "gap" (1/16")around the soundhole closest to the end of the fretboard where the block is glued in. Not looking for cosmetic perfection just a good playable axe. |
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