High nut :: Gibson Custom Shop ES-330 stoptail prototype [5.9 lbs]

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A very unique Gibson Custom Shop ES-330 stoptail prototype. 330's are full hollow with P90's, so one with a stoptail mounted directly to the top with no center block to reinforce it is quite amazing (vs a stock trapeze tailpiece). Here I'm chasing down the nut as it may have set up for slide for the previous owner (or the preference was to just leave it high).

Note I was told that this guitar was originally built for Nashville studio legend Brett Mason.

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High nut with too much meat on top.

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Strings lowered and excess nut removed.

Adjusting the high nut during the setup.  Subscribe to these daily videos over on the Chubbuck Guitars Youtube channel.

Godin 5th Avenue Kingpin [5.2 lbs] :: Dog Ear pickup adjust & setup

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Godin 5th Avenue Kingpin P90 Cognac Burst SF [5.2 lbs] :: Dog ear P90 pickup adjust & setup

I'm a huge fan of hollowbodies and P90's.  This Kingpin came in with high action which was easy to correct via the truss rod and archtop bridge.  The non-adjustable bridge pickup riser was too high though, so much that the lowered strings were touching the pickup.  I removed the dog ear pickup mount and removed about 3/32" from the bottom and refit it to the top.  The trick is to not take too much off or the bridge pickup will not balance well with the neck pickup.

A video posted by Chubbuck Guitars (@kevin_chubbuck) on Feb 16, 2015 at 11:22am PST

Dog ear P90 high-riser :: Godin 5th Avenue Kingpin

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Dog ear P90 high-riser :: Godin 5th Avenue Kingpin

This dog ear P90 riser is a monster! It is way too tall and really limits how low you can take the action (and how well the output balances between the two pickups). I'll need to grind this spacer down before finishing the setup.