Gibson Les Paul Finished

With the cleanup finished all that’s needed now is to put it all back together and set it up.  First then the curve in the neck.

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It had a little too much of a bend so I tightened the truss rod a little…

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I had a look at the action at the 1st fret, it’s fine.

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The action at the 12th fret was however a little high so I dropped the bridge down a little.

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The Intonation was out by quite a bit but I’ve put that right…..

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by moving the bridge saddles.

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Lastly I had a look at the pickup heights.  It’s not something I had touched but the neck pickup was considerably louder than the bridge pickup.

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Job done, just a little bit of spit and polish….

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