For those with an interest in luthier work & repairs

Iamnobody

Check this guys blog out:

http://www.guitartechnicalservices.co.uk
Some great stuff on there - very interesting reading.

streethawk

Love a good repair blog.

Damn, he likes his slots pretty low!

WezV

streethawk said:

Love a good repair blog.

Damn, he likes his slots pretty low!

 

Look at the first fret, if all the frets are that low it explains why the nut is low.   The nut slots should be, in theory equal to, in practice a hair above, the height of the frets .   

ESBlonde

Not to encroach on stevs thread but this might interest our northern brethren (collection only) who like a bit of luthiery.
 
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Big-lot-Luthier-tools-router-pillar-drill-saws-clamps-guitar-parts-cabinet-/331119934911?_trksid=p2054897.l4276

ThePrettyDamned

Looks like an anally retentive tech.

Which is the kind of guy I'd like to set my guitars up!

He'd cry if he saw my jazzmaster...  

streethawk

WezV said:

streethawk said:

Love a good repair blog.

Damn, he likes his slots pretty low!

 

Look at the first fret, if all the frets are that low it explains why the nut is low.   The nut slots should be, in theory equal to, in practice a hair above, the height of the frets .   

Aye. As long as his slot bottoms are properly filed, no big deal. Might have took some height off the nut instead. 

EricTheWeary

Iamnobody said:

Check this guys blog out:

http://www.guitartechnicalservices.co.uk
Some great stuff on there - very interesting reading.

he must be just down the road from @not_the_dj - I wonder if he knows about him?

RocknRollDave

EricTheWeary said:

Iamnobody said:

Check this guys blog out:

http://www.guitartechnicalservices.co.uk
Some great stuff on there - very interesting reading.

he must be just down the road from @not_the_dj - I wonder if he knows about him?

Oo, that means he's not all that far from where I work too....Might be worth me taking a couple of my guitars down there for some TLC*





*TLC...or "Good god, what have you done to THIS?! I am surprised you even know how to tune the damn thing if that's the state you've got it into....I'll see what I can do, but I'm not Derren Brown, ya know..." as it's also known

EricTheWeary

RocknRollDave said:

EricTheWeary said:

Iamnobody said:

Check this guys blog out:

http://www.guitartechnicalservices.co.uk
Some great stuff on there - very interesting reading.

he must be just down the road from @not_the_dj - I wonder if he knows about him?

Oo, that means he's not all that far from where I work too....Might be worth me taking a couple of my guitars down there for some TLC*





*TLC...or "Good god, what have you done to THIS?! I am surprised you even know how to tune the damn thing if that's the state you've got it into....I'll see what I can do, but I'm not Derren Brown, ya know..." as it's also known

In that case you could take mine as well and you would get the blame...



[BTW that's my least favourite emoticon on here, its just a bit patronising isn't it? I think my favourite is the pirate, just hard to find reasons to use it]

streethawk

EricTheWeary said:

RocknRollDave said:

EricTheWeary said:

Iamnobody said:

Check this guys blog out:

http://www.guitartechnicalservices.co.uk
Some great stuff on there - very interesting reading.

he must be just down the road from @not_the_dj - I wonder if he knows about him?

Oo, that means he's not all that far from where I work too....Might be worth me taking a couple of my guitars down there for some TLC*





*TLC...or "Good god, what have you done to THIS?! I am surprised you even know how to tune the damn thing if that's the state you've got it into....I'll see what I can do, but I'm not Derren Brown, ya know..." as it's also known

In that case you could take mine as well and you would get the blame...



[BTW that's my least favourite emoticon on here, its just a bit patronising isn't it? I think my favourite is the pirate, just hard to find reasons to use it]

Hey, it's just a smilie. 

 

EricTheWeary

streethawk said:

EricTheWeary said:

RocknRollDave said:

EricTheWeary said:

Iamnobody said:

Check this guys blog out:

http://www.guitartechnicalservices.co.uk
Some great stuff on there - very interesting reading.

he must be just down the road from @not_the_dj - I wonder if he knows about him?

Oo, that means he's not all that far from where I work too....Might be worth me taking a couple of my guitars down there for some TLC*





*TLC...or "Good god, what have you done to THIS?! I am surprised you even know how to tune the damn thing if that's the state you've got it into....I'll see what I can do, but I'm not Derren Brown, ya know..." as it's also known

In that case you could take mine as well and you would get the blame...



[BTW that's my least favourite emoticon on here, its just a bit patronising isn't it? I think my favourite is the pirate, just hard to find reasons to use it]

Hey, it's just a smilie. 

 

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


:ar!

Phew, that's better.

EdGrip

Yeah, I woulda sent it back to him if it came back with the top of the nut that high above the strings...

streethawk

EdGrip said:

Yeah, I woulda sent it back to him if it came back with the top of the nut that high above the strings...

I'm sure he would have explained his methods beforehand. I don't know the guy's work myself but having worked at Eggle I presume he has half a clue!

As long as the slots are properly shaped it's not necessarily a bad thing. 

not_the_dj

I have had set-up work done by Peter Allen, but not for a while. Back when Richard's Guitars was Regent Guitars in Leamington he was the go-to tech for everything. Used to work at Patrick Eggle in Cov iirc. Certainly very well respected.

TheOtherDennis

I wonder what he'd think of Him...

http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/5431/he-s-at-it-again#latest