The final touches. Everything’s back together and the reset is done. Just a few last considerations.
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We have the neck angle dialled in on our neck reset but we still have some work to get that neck juuuust right.
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New book!!! Yes, I’m excited. My new book, Buying Used Guitars has just dropped. Almost literally. No hype, no build-up… it’s just HERE! Go get it.
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The bulk of the angle change has been done. Now we need to get it finalised and ensure the neck-to-body fit is good.
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Haze Guitars. Guitar repair.
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A confession on my part: I should have told you to do this part FIRST. Sorry. Measurements for getting the right amount of neck angle change during a neck reset.
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A couple of tools that might make your neck reset go a little more smoothly. Check ‘em out…
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A worn or mangled bridge plate can be a big deal. Left unattended, it can seriously damage your guitar’s top and even bridge. Addressing the problem can often involve having to remove and replace the entire bridge plate. Or, you could repair and patch it.
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Not all cracks in acoustic bridges are repairable. Some require a new bridge, no ifs or buts. Sometimes, though, you can get lucky and repair a bridge in situ.
Check it out…
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Is it necessary to drop a guitar’s tuning to prevent its neck from bowing or deforming under string tension? Should we tune lower and use a capo to preserve our guitar necks?
The answer is no. Mostly. Read on…
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Getting a Takamine preamp out of the guitar body is something that’s confusion to many. There are no obvious screws or clips. There’s a hole that might do something but, just one. What gives?
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Taylor’s Expression System preamp mounts very sleekly in the side of their guitars. If you ever have to remove one, though, you hit some bushings that can cause head-scratching. Check out the best (and safest) way to remove them.
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