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... Medium action 011s and zero buzz. Just a very solid feel.
In the end I believe I end up with a pretty good price/performance ratio anyway.I am really happy with 'em. They are slick when you bend, but the best thing is knowing that the PLEK treatment I paid dearly for will be pretty permanent since fret wear is negligable.DuoSonicBoy wrote:How do you like the stainless steel frets? I've heard some people say they were too bright sounding, but I liked the feel of them on a couple Parkers I tried.
Thats a fair outlook. $200 seems ridiculous initially but you are totally right, it also makes me realise i under sell myself. I do set ups including rewires for a fraction of that cost, albeit i dont touch refrets. In fact, having said that the refret is possibly 80% of your bill.hwestman wrote:The equivalent of USD 200...
On my number one guitar I even had them pull the old frets, reprofile the fretboard to a 7,25 - 9 inch compound radius and install stainless steel frets AND PLEK... that cost even more of course
But my philosophy is to pay less when I buy my the guitars and invest in setup (doing some stuff myself and paying others to do what I cannot do or don't feel like doing).
All my guitars are MIJ/CIJ, bought second hand, sound really sweet and play like butter
Overall I think having your stuff (cars, bikes, guitars, whatever) adjusted/tuned by professionals is totally underrated.
Harald
The USD 200 did not include a refret. That was just the PLEK... But then again, the machine costs something like USD 80 000,- ... so I guess they'll have to do a lot of jobs to recoup that...Fran wrote:Thats a fair outlook. $200 seems ridiculous initially but you are totally right, it also makes me realise i under sell myself. I do set ups including rewires for a fraction of that cost, albeit i dont touch refrets. In fact, having said that the refret is possibly 80% of your bill.hwestman wrote:The equivalent of USD 200...
On my number one guitar I even had them pull the old frets, reprofile the fretboard to a 7,25 - 9 inch compound radius and install stainless steel frets AND PLEK... that cost even more of course
But my philosophy is to pay less when I buy my the guitars and invest in setup (doing some stuff myself and paying others to do what I cannot do or don't feel like doing).
All my guitars are MIJ/CIJ, bought second hand, sound really sweet and play like butter
Overall I think having your stuff (cars, bikes, guitars, whatever) adjusted/tuned by professionals is totally underrated.
Harald
Aye. It strikes me as a bit like paying someone else to take care of all the talking in your marriage, and leaving you with just the sex.Reece wrote:christ, i'd sooner buy a new guitar for that much.
i find messing around with a guitar's setup quite therapeutic. it took me an evening of messing about with the mustang before settling on the action, intonation and height of the trem bar (and figuring out the trem since i'm a complete moron).
stick on an album, get out some screwdrivers allen keys and a tuner and get stuck it.
... the screwdriver, allen key and tuner parts I am very comfortable with (and I agree, they are therapeutic)... but levelling frets with extreme precision (including falloff and compound radius)...is way out of my league...Reece wrote:christ, i'd sooner buy a new guitar for that much.
i find messing around with a guitar's setup quite therapeutic. it took me an evening of messing about with the mustang before settling on the action, intonation and height of the trem bar (and figuring out the trem since i'm a complete moron).
stick on an album, get out some screwdrivers allen keys and a tuner and get stuck it.
...or like having a pilot fly the 737 your on? Or having a mechanic work on your car? Or like having a plumber install water and heating?BacchusPaul wrote:Aye. It strikes me as a bit like paying someone else to take care of all the talking in your marriage, and leaving you with just the sex.Reece wrote:christ, i'd sooner buy a new guitar for that much.
i find messing around with a guitar's setup quite therapeutic. it took me an evening of messing about with the mustang before settling on the action, intonation and height of the trem bar (and figuring out the trem since i'm a complete moron).
stick on an album, get out some screwdrivers allen keys and a tuner and get stuck it.
i didn't know this included fret levelling.hwestman wrote:... the screwdriver, allen key and tuner parts I am very comfortable with (and I agree, they are therapeutic)... but levelling frets with extreme precision (including falloff and compound radius)...is way out of my league...Reece wrote:christ, i'd sooner buy a new guitar for that much.
i find messing around with a guitar's setup quite therapeutic. it took me an evening of messing about with the mustang before settling on the action, intonation and height of the trem bar (and figuring out the trem since i'm a complete moron).
stick on an album, get out some screwdrivers allen keys and a tuner and get stuck it.
You really wouldn't if you think about it. He's got a nice guitar and wants a swanky set-up on it, not to chuck the whole thing in the can and buy a Squier or something.Reece wrote: christ, i'd sooner buy a new guitar for that much.
Aug wrote:which one of you bastards sent me an ebay question asking if you can get teh kurdtz with that 64 mustang?
robertOG wrote:fran & paul are some of the original gangstas of the JS days when you'd have to say "phuck"
