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In my shop now a 1971 D-35 needing the same work:
Neck re-set - $200 (includes new saddle, nut extra if needed $40) New bridge and saddle - $100 New pick guard and small crack repaired - $75 Possible re-fret (compression) depending on how the neck re-set changes things. - complete compression refret $175 Total $550
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FWIW, I took my ‘73 Martin 000-18 in last year, for “the full monty”
ie: neck reset, refret, new bridge, bone nut & saddle. The work was done by a highly respected local luthier, and was first class. It cost $800 (CAD) and was worth every penny to me. It unlocked the potential of the guitar. -good luck with your decision.
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Question for the luthiers that have responded:
I have some ligament damage in the thumb on my fretting hand, and it seems to do better with the "modified low oval" on the current Martins. However, I like old Martins, and in particular my '71. Have you ever done or seen done successfully a shaving down of one of the 70's necks to something more like the necks from a few years ago. I know with the shaving of a neck, you don't really want to decrease the thickness, but in this case it wouldn't be overall thickness, just an evening out from around the 3rd fret on up. The thinnest part of the stock neck would not be decreased. I'm not talking about the width of the fingerboard, but the way the neck of this Martin gets thicker as you move towards the heel, which causes me to have to pull my thumb down in an uncomfortable way. My 2007 stays at the same thickness up the neck. Does this seem like a silly idea functionally? I know it won't look good and will decrease the value of the guitar significantly, but I think of my guitar like a tool that I need to be able to control well. I want to play the hell out of it. |
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Not hard to do at all, very minimal risk from the 3rd fret up.
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