Faith Setup

A nice acoustic.  Plays nicely but could be better.

Unusually the set in the neck was very low, “off the peg guitars” tends to be the other way, too much of a curve.  My feeler-gauges are even too slim to even measure it…SANYO DIGITAL CAMERASlackening the truss-rod a little easily sorted that out…SANYO DIGITAL CAMERA

That’s better.SANYO DIGITAL CAMERAThe action at the 1st fret was OK apart from the treble E side which was a little low causing some buzzing.  The best fix is to replace the nut although it’s possible to pack the low slot with bone dust and superglue, a cheaper fix but does the job.SANYO DIGITAL CAMERAWith the neck set done the action height is just a little high.  The only way to reduce that is to take a shade off the bottom of the bridge saddle.  This ones needs about this much off…..SANYO DIGITAL CAMERAYou could use a power sander but although it’s quick it’s also difficult to keep it perfectly flat and even.  Since this doesn’t need much I’ll do it by hand.SANYO DIGITAL CAMERAAs it’s got a piezoelectric pickup under the saddle it’s even more important the saddle is perfectly flat and even…SANYO DIGITAL CAMERAand square..SANYO DIGITAL CAMERAWhile the strings are off I gave the fret-board a clean and oil…SANYO DIGITAL CAMERAThere we go, ready to rock ‘n’ roll again…SANYO DIGITAL CAMERA

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