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Originally Posted by 29er
...it may just be the angle of this photo but it looks like the bridge is sitting too close the treble pickup? Guessing you know if that is the case since the intonation would be off...
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Very easy to check -
and correct - using a typical $15 clip-on tuner: just compare the 12th-fret harmonics on the low- and high-E to their respective fretted notes and
slowly and gently move the entire bridge, as a unit, forward/backward until they match (just make sure the strings remain centered over the pickups/polepieces - use the D and G strings as your guide - and the bridge base feet are flush with the top) - shouldn't take any more than 10-15 minutes, and you'll reap major dividends in tone...
You've clearly got a newer model (the 15th/17th fret inlays are the giveaway - older versions ended at the 12th fret)- just curious whether those Grover-style tuners are now OEM, as they are on the Montreal Premiere...
As I stated in a prior thread the CW II is an old-school hollowbody in every respect and, as such, truly comes into its own only when played through a low-mid-powered tube or
analog SS ('80s/90s Peavey, Roland JC, pre-1985 Randall "orange-stripe"/"grey-stripe", Fender " '65 blackface" Frontman, etc.) amp - for a variety of reasons prices are going up on both new
and used gear compared to a year or two ago, so you might want to begin your search as soon as time/funds permit...
Glad to see you're enjoying it from the get-go; FYI my wife - who, in spite of the fact that we've been married over 30 years, detests archtops in any form (go figure...) - has on more than one occasion said "this song really needs an archtop" and happily reached for my blonde CW II, so as Robert Godin himself would say, there's unquestionably some
je ne sais quoi attached to this model...
Good luck - use it well and often...
