DIY - Resetting a Seagull Neck

[JLS]

Originally Posted by ironman187

On a $400 acoustic...not so surprising.

Or many multi-$K guitars, for that matter.

[hanknc]

Why not take the neck completely off if it just bolts on? I have a Seagull that needs this fix too.

[runamuck]

Originally Posted by hanknc

Why not take the neck completely off if it just bolts on? I have a Seagull that needs this fix too.

Huh? What do you mean?

[hanknc]

Well, if the neck just bolts on, and you have the bolts removed, why do the trick with the sandpaper? Why not remove the neck completely? It's not glued in is it? Wouldn't it be easier to fix with the neck off?

[Tom West]

Just a couple of comments. You have not mentioned the height of strings over the top at the bridge. Your bridge looks very low,may have been reworked.Also fingerboard does not look like it's sitting on the top....? Before you set the action height you should make sure the nut height is OK and also that height of strings over the top is right. For most guitars about .500 is a good figure.Also check relief. Where a straight edge hits the bridge depends on a group of factors that have to be correct.Lots of stuff on the web. Frets .com worth a look.
Tom

[fwnogs]

Originally Posted by hanknc

Why not take the neck completely off if it just bolts on? I have a Seagull that needs this fix too.

I bought a Seagull about 8 months ago, and sadly it needs this fix too. It's the solid wood series and plays beautifully. The wide fingerboard is great.

Will be going back to the company.

[badbazil]

This orginal thread is 1 year and 8 months old. So keep that in mind when you are giving him suggestions.

[fwnogs]

From other forums (and an on-line video of the production process) it seems that Godin guitars starting with 2005 can't have their necks reset. At issue is a 5 inch piece of wood glued to the fretboard and to the body. Godin must have had stability issues high on the fretboard, and this solves a possible hump problem as the fretboard attaches to the body.

But it seems this change also made the guitar unfixable. You can remove the bolts, but probably won't be able to change the angel of the fretboard and the body. No neck reset option would seem to make this guitar a throw-away after a number of years.

Fred