Chubbuck Guitars / Kevin Chubbuck, making & repairing guitars in an old building just north of Boston, Massachusetts.
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high frets
A wild Kubicki bass in for a setup. A few high frets up the neck needed to be tapped back down and the output jack rewired to improve the connections.
How about this bridge? It's not the best for fine tuning the action as you can olnly rotate the saddles in 180° increments. But the "water wheel" tuners are pretty unique. I always have to think a little harder when the tuners aren't up on the headstock.
Oh and check out the built in drop D capo! #slickness
An import 335 style semi-hollow in for some setup tweaks. Mediocre fretwork is often par for the course on imports with uneven frets and sharp ends. We decided to tap down the high frets and dress the ends to improve fretting up the neck. The player uses this guitar for chord-melody style (ie Joe Pass) and strings it with flats
A beastly Ibanez 5 string bass in for an intermittent short circuit and fret buzz. I traced the output issue to a bad 25k volume pot that needed to be replaced (see video below for the replacement). As for the fret buzz, treble side fret ends 12-20 were playing it high and loose. The inexpensive fix was to glue and clamp them back down. Doing a fret level after they were locked back down would have further improved clean playing up the neck.
Gluing down some loose / high frets on a 5 string Ibanez bass.
An early 90's SRV signature Stratocaster in for a setup. A few of the nut slots were too low and needed to be filled and recut. Ideally I do not like to fill nut slots as the fill can cause minor tuning issues. Filling can save the customer some cash though in a pinch and the nut can always be replaced if so desired down the road.
I found a few high fret ends that were causing bends up on the neck to choke out. A couple taps with the hammer helped re-seat these frets.
![1985 Philip Kubicki X Factor [8.6 lbs] :: setup](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53dfcee2e4b0c0da377c65c7/1472579549787-Y181J7CM40K54MC58WZX/20160726_1985_Philip_Kubicki_Factor_X_body_bench.jpg)
![Spotty fretwork :: Allen Eden 335-style [8.1 lbs]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53dfcee2e4b0c0da377c65c7/1470856075232-7480UWK29KC0ENE8IV40/20160713_Allen_Eden_335_body.jpg)
![Short circuit & loose frets :: Ibanez BTB775PB [9.8 lbs]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53dfcee2e4b0c0da377c65c7/1464731963992-A6WX269KIF6KH41KV68O/20160531_Ibanez_BTB775PB_body.jpg)
![1994 Fender SRV Stratocaster [8.1 lbs] :: setup](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53dfcee2e4b0c0da377c65c7/1461847037348-DD9J7XDC8KDBBTT3CXOE/20160427_1994_Fender_SRV_Strat_body.jpg)