Most bolt on neck situations are more than semi-permanent, and a neck reset needs actual resetting of the neck. The fretboard extension is often (normally) glued to the top. Finish is often sprayed after the neck is installed, so doing a reset involves cutting the finish and any remediation required. On those, a little bridge work is usually first in line, saddles are meant to be adjusted after all, often seasonally. When you do need a reset, it's not nearly as hard as re-cutting and shimming a dovetail joint, but neither is it 10 minutes work.
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Brian Evans
Around 15 archtops, electrics, resonators, a lap steel, a uke, a mandolin, some I made, some I bought, some kinda showed up and wouldn't leave. Tatamagouche Nova Scotia.
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