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1978 Guild D25M [5.5 lbs] :: new pickup for piece of mind at gigs

1978 Guild D25M [5.5 lbs] :: new pickup for piece of mind at gigs

Lynn, MA performer Don White brought his old Guild by the shop to replace a pickup that had been giving him troubles recently at shows.  The pickup was an older Fishman Acoustic Matrix Natural I that had become intermittent.  I had worked on this pickup last year (along with other repairs) but the time had come to replace it for piece of mind on the road.  We decided to go with a D-TAR Wavelength undersaddle pickup with the optional sound hole-mounted volume / tone control.

Don bought this Guild new in 1978 and tours nationally with it.  This guitar sounds great and is one of the most stable road guitars I've come across.  The action and neck are solid (ie. no tweaking required). Learn more about Don White at www.donwhite.net

Oh, and make sure you call your Dad.

Note: Fishman makes great reliable pickups.  We decided to go with D-TAR just to try something different.

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2008 Martin D-41 Special [4.8 lbs] :: junky nut tuning woes

2008 Martin D-41 Special [4.8 lbs] :: junky nut tuning woes

Boston guitarist Jon McAuliffe stopped by the shop recently as he was having tuning issues.  After inspecting the nut I found a few of the slots had been filled with a soft material at one point.  Luckily there was enough string clearance to file through the junky fill into solid bone without any open string rattles.  While working on the guitar I found that the leads for the pickup's sound hole mounted volume control had completely broken free.  The wires were re-soldered and hot-glued to the volume module before reinstalling it back into the guitar.

You can learn more about Jon McAuliffe at www.jonmcauliffe.com

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