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Is chrome or nickel better I really don't know if there is a preference. Chrome wears better usually.
With almost any strings, the saddle has to be slanted to get decent intonation. That's just the way physics dictates it. Traditional saddles have the slant built in, to keep the base straight, some...
Well, its a bit magic, but hearing is believing. Try it, it will work for you as well, as it has for numerous of the jazz guitar greats
Sounds good to me. I always wanted one. Especially since I do a lot of direct recording. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkSc4_f_pSk https://youtu.be/glO4uM3k_ic
Yeah I find that pretty comical as well. I had an early 70s Strat with a 3-bolt neck for a while. The bolts could not be tightened enough to keep the neck from moving because the neck pocket was...
Makes sense, but this is slightly complicated. The tailpiece will have to be moved because the neck is slightly off center (made that way, apparently). So I am simply trying to find out what the...
Evidently straight refers to the saddle, not to its orientation w.r.t. the strings. I took a ruler to the compensated saddle on my jumbo (made by Chris Alsop, tuned for Seagull guitars). The...
So the lesson was that it is better to suck up than to be right? =)
It's a little like a George Benson with the acoustics of a hand built jazz box. That's an exceptional and unique guitar for the right person. I love the size.
Whether it's original doesn't really matter. What you need is to match the holes in the tailpiece with the holes in the rim. Of course, if you don't care about extra holes, or already have some,...
The usual "straight" saddle is not straight across. If you look closely, you'll see that it slants from e to E when the base is perpendicular to the strings. For some string sets, a properly...
Thanks for that memory! I sold the Les Paul. I honestly can't remember what I was thinking, but it might have been that plinkiness that some guitars have above about the 10th fret on the high E...
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