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No buzzing, sounds great? Saddle is dandy. Keep playing and carry on. | 17 | 77.27% | |
Sheesh - string angle is a real thing, buddy! Get that sucker a new bone saddle. | 5 | 22.73% | |
Voters: 22. You may not vote on this poll |
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If I get the tools before selling, I'll submit an update. As previously posted, low E at 12th fret action is 3/32nd/2.2mm and high E is 4/64th or 1.5mm. Once again, he didn't recommend compression fretting, he was telling me what Martin offers as options. He's a good luthier, formerly at a Martin repair shop, now building high end guitars on his own with a waiting list.
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And really, if people want a new nut and saddle, no problem, they can factor that into their offer - its a simple enough job for someone to take it to their trusted luthier and have both replaced.
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Lol, I aim to please
Untitled by steveandlisa123, on Flickr I built it from one of those 5 watt Epiphone Chassis based on the 'Baby Will' conversion project. It is a pair of EL84s at 18 watts and just Gain and Tone as God intended. Here's an excellent YT video showing what this little monster can do. Not my actual amp, of course, but these tones are so good. I messed around in Photoshop to design the logo and had a local engraving shop make the face plates. I really had fun building it and its a wonderful amp. Cabinet is Epiphone 112 with a Weber Blue Alnico speaker in it. Definitely a first amp build. Not the cleanest inside and I really should replace the black backing that has torn, but hey, it's a fun little fellow.
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That is so, so awesome. Love it. You have great taste!
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That is a gorgeous stack. This thread has taken a fun turn here at the zero hour.
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CussTone Amps - You'll swear it sounds freakin' great!
Funny about the saddle being in backwards. I appreciate your openness with disclosing all this information to potential buyers. |
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'Sometimes cussing provides relief not even afforded to prayer.' Mark Twain. The backward saddle - I'm sheepish I didn't notice it. The disclosure - I prefer that over dealing with a returned instrument.
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None at all! I named my amp and all jokes about my name are truly welcome!
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I've got to say that looking at this pic;
With the action set at 6/64-4/64, there is nothing wrong with this guitar at all. Sure, someday it's going to need a neck reset but so is every Martin guitar. If you want to raise the action to 7 and 5, you'll have more than plenty of saddle showing and the guitar will still be wonderfully playable. Over on the UMGF they did just show a Jc-40 for sale on Craigslist that sold for $1600 |
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Yeah, they seem to be all over the map, price wise. They’re oretty rare. $1600 seems like a steal, although sometimes on CL things can be low due to lack of viable buyers, Norm’s Rare Guitars has a non cutaway for $3100. I landed on $2650 and we’ll see.
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"I bought it from the original owner and I'm be selling the guitar although my son is begging to keep it. Its magnificent sounding"
Quite honestly, I think you are missing the boat on this one. I think you should give it to your son and find another way to pay for the Eastman. |
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My son is 16. I have one lifetime guitar, my magnificent Mcilroy that I'll never part with. And for my second guitar, I enjoy owning for a while and then passing on. Sometimes months, sometimes years. We once had a Bourgeois OM Brazilian Rosewood for 5 or 6 months. My son was 14 then and just starting. It was the most I'd ever spent on a guitar, but I did it because I knew I could get that money back when it was time to move it on. We also had a glorious Collings 000 12 fret for a while there. It has been so fun trying so many different guitars over the last 5 years. But all that to say, my son now has a keen ear for good acoustic tone and taste that belies his budget!
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