Breaking strings :: 1998 Gibson SG [7.4 lbs]

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The player of this SG has a heavy right hand attack and was having issues regularly breaking strings.  When someone is having string break issues, I always ask them where they are breaking.  Near the nut?  Bridge?  This one was breaking them at the bridge.  First thing addressed was the saddle slots.  They were pretty gnarly with all kinds of junk and burrs.  Once they were dressed I moved on to the stopbar.  Originally it was tightened down flat to the body.  This was causing a significant break angle of the strings over the bridge and I raised it to allow the strings to decrease their downward force on the saddles.

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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.