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Adjust Bridge Posture :: 2002 Gibson L5-CES [8.0 lbs]

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Adjust Bridge Posture :: 2002 Gibson L5-CES [8.0 lbs]

Adjust Bridge Posture :: 2002 Gibson L5-CES [8.0 lbs]

A beautiful Gibson Custom, Art & Historic Division L-5 archtop with a Florentine cutaway in for a bridge adjustment and setup.  The bridge foot was initially fit so that it was leaning towards the neck.   I refit the foot so that it would stand back up straight and allow the string pressure to be more perpendicular to the top.  Strung with Thomastik flats.

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Fret end dress & string tree :: Warmoth Telecaster [8.3 lbs]

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Fret end dress & string tree :: Warmoth Telecaster [8.3 lbs]

Fret end dress & string tree :: Warmoth Telecaster [8.3 lbs]

Flame maple top, mahogany back and birdseye neck on this humbucker-equipped Tele.  The neck is a short-scale 24.75" conversion neck with 24 frets.  This Warmoth came into the shop for a fret end dress and a setup.  Originally it did not have a string tree on the headstock so the lower tension of the shorten scale left the high strings buzzy and lacking sustain.  The added vintage-style string retainer greatly improved the tone and dynamic range of these two strings.

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Making the best of wonky frets :: Ibanez ATK300 bass [11.0 lbs]

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Making the best of wonky frets :: Ibanez ATK300 bass [11.0 lbs]

Making the best of wonky frets :: Ibanez ATK300 bass [11.0 lbs]

Here's a bass with the common issue of loose and uneven frets that come with many of the low-cost imported instruments.  Ideally the neck should be properly refretted (including knocking down the fingerboard rise over the body) - or at the very least have the frets glued in place and then leveled and dressed.  But despite not getting the bass to fret as cleanly as I would like, the player was happy and we kept the cost down.

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