ILDHJERTE
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Hey. First post on this forum, so please bear with me if I screw up on something.
Okay, so a while back I sent my guitar to be set up at a guitar store. Problem was, they apparently didn't have a pack of 8-strings, so they used the same string gauge that is used for the 7th string for the 8th string.
This didn't jive with me, so I changed the string for one of the proper gauge. Problem now was that it wasn't set up for that string gauge and hat to be set up anew. I decided to do it myself.
Unfortunately my dumb, lazy ass decided to not research things properly and just wing it, which resulted in me screwing up a bunch of things.
Now I figured that this wasn't TOO bad, since this gave me the excuse to do some modding while fixing it. But there are some problems standing in the way:
For one I wish to remove the fretboard. For numerous reasons, one being that I need to change the stripped truss rod.
Problem: The neck is binded. On one side, it seems that the binding is clearly cut and is separate from the binding going down the headstock, but on the other side, I don't see that divide, and I'm scared I might cause some real damage when removing the fretboard.
A secondary concern about the binding is that it has cracked at the fret in numerous places, and I'm wondering if there is anything I can do about this, and if so, what.
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Problem 2:
My bridge has gotten messed up. I fiddled with the saddles a lot. Now several of them are broken, with only one of the screws on the individual saddle adjusting, and the other being stuck in place. Turning, but not adjusting.
So yeah. Those are my problems.
Any help on how to solve these issues would be greatly appreciated.
Okay, so a while back I sent my guitar to be set up at a guitar store. Problem was, they apparently didn't have a pack of 8-strings, so they used the same string gauge that is used for the 7th string for the 8th string.
This didn't jive with me, so I changed the string for one of the proper gauge. Problem now was that it wasn't set up for that string gauge and hat to be set up anew. I decided to do it myself.
Unfortunately my dumb, lazy ass decided to not research things properly and just wing it, which resulted in me screwing up a bunch of things.
Now I figured that this wasn't TOO bad, since this gave me the excuse to do some modding while fixing it. But there are some problems standing in the way:
For one I wish to remove the fretboard. For numerous reasons, one being that I need to change the stripped truss rod.
Problem: The neck is binded. On one side, it seems that the binding is clearly cut and is separate from the binding going down the headstock, but on the other side, I don't see that divide, and I'm scared I might cause some real damage when removing the fretboard.
A secondary concern about the binding is that it has cracked at the fret in numerous places, and I'm wondering if there is anything I can do about this, and if so, what.
---
Problem 2:
My bridge has gotten messed up. I fiddled with the saddles a lot. Now several of them are broken, with only one of the screws on the individual saddle adjusting, and the other being stuck in place. Turning, but not adjusting.
So yeah. Those are my problems.
Any help on how to solve these issues would be greatly appreciated.
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