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Neck Re-set needed!
Posted: 22 Dec 2001 10:01 pm
by Kevin Mincke
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?
Posted: 22 Dec 2001 11:31 pm
by Tim Rowley
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.
Posted: 23 Dec 2001 3:58 am
by Ernie Renn
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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My best,
Ernie
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Posted: 23 Dec 2001 9:26 am
by Kevin Mincke
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.