Almansa 8 Guitar 29 402 Spruce
-intonation corrected by shaping saddle, all 6 strings
-adjust action @saddle/nut
-frets levelled by pounding/filing
-fret ends filed smooth
-frets/fretboard cleaned/oiled
-tuner gears lubricated
-guitar cleaned
-strings reinstalled/cleaned
Before
After
Before
After
Restored
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Almansa 3 Guitar 23 402 Spruce
-intonation corrected by shaping saddle, 2,3,4,5 strings
-adjust action @saddle/nut
-frets levelled by pounding/filing
-fret ends filed smooth
-frets/fretboard cleaned/oiled
-tuner gears lubricated
-guitar cleaned
-strings reinstalled/cleaned
Before
After
Before
After
After
Saddle compensation
Restored
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Almansa Guitar 22 402 Spruce
-intonation corrected by shaping saddle, 1,2,3 strings
-adjust action @saddle/nut
-frets levelled by pounding/filing
-fret ends filed smooth
-frets/fretboard cleaned/oiled
-tuner gears lubricated
-guitar cleaned
-strings reinstalled/cleaned
Saddle compensation
Compensated saddle in action
Action @12 fret
Restored
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Luthier Bass 1A
Contrabass 1
Action @12th fret was only 4/32". No wonder the complain was buzzing when the guitar is pushed
Action @nut - 6th string touching, 1,3,4,5 nice low action but a little too low for a bass. 2nd string is a little high, but quite ideal for a contrabass
-raise action @12th fret with 3 x 0.5mm walnut shim
-filed down nut slots 1,2,3,4,5
-raise action @nut with 1 x 0.5mm walnut shim
-loose frets level by gluing x 1
-frets levelled by pounding/filing
-fret ends filed smooth
-frets/fretboard cleaned/oiled-lubricate tuner gears
-strings reinstalled/cleaned
-guitar cleaned
Before
After
Walnut shims to raise to a proper action
Nut needed some shimming too
Afterwhich the height for each nut slot can be customised
Saddle shims in action
Nut shims in action
Restored
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Contrabass 2
Action 6.5/32"
Intonation issues:-
b +12
F# +10
D +44
A +11
E +0
B +0
-intonation problems shape saddle 1,2,3,4 strings
-loose frets level by gluing x 5
-loose brace - treble no.1
-frets levelled by pounding/filing
-fret ends filed smooth
-frets/fretboard cleaned/oiled-lubricate tuner gears
-strings reinstalled/cleaned
-guitar cleaned
Loose brace repair
Restored
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Contrabass 3
-raise action @12th fret with 3 x 0.5mm walnut shim.
-raised action @nut slots 2,3,4,5,6
-loose frets level by gluing x 2
-frets levelled by pounding/filing
-fret ends filed smooth
-frets/fretboard cleaned/oiled-lubricate tuner gears
-strings reinstalled/cleaned
-guitar cleaned
Restored
