Seagull S6 Quantum I [4.9 lbs] :: setup

July 18, 2016

A Canadian built Seagull acoustic in for some tweaks. After straightening the neck, the saddle had to be shimmed up to improve the action. There is an undersaddle pickup so any modifications to the saddle require the consistent string-to-string output be verified and corrected if necessary.

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Shim saddle :: Ibanez GA6CE-AM [4.5 lbs]

April 25, 2016

Low action and loose frets plagued this nylon string with all kinds of buzzes. The loose fret ends were mainly along the treble side of the fingerboard. Many frets could be tapped down while one needed to be clamped and glued. The saddle was shimmed up along with a truss rod adjustment (on a classical?!). Tightening the the output jack finished up the setup.

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2004 Blueridge BR-60 [4.2 lbs] :: setup

April 5, 2016

I am always impressed by these import Blueridge dreadnoughts. This is going to be a gift to a customer's son so he wanted me to look it over. I ended up shimming up the saddle, refitting the uneven plastic bridge pins and replaced the missing end pin.

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Muted high e :: 1951 Gibson Southern Jumbo [3.8 lbs]

February 17, 2016

An extremely responsive 1951 Gibson SJ that was refinished a long time ago. This mahogany back and side slope shoulder has been in the shop a couple times before and it's always a pleasure to play when it stops in. This time it was in for a minor tweak. The player was having troubles on a recent recording session where the high e was not ringing out clearly. I ended up shimming up the saddle about 1/32nd and removed the string bite in the top of the saddle. The high e string had worn a groove into the saddle which (along with the low action) was choking it out.

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