"Art & Lutherie" 12-string....
Howdy all.... In the shop is an older Canadian "Art & Lutherie" 12-string, in need of a neck reset.
(The original job was repairing the bridge, which had started to lift badly.... on closer examination, the bridge had been thinned to almost nothing due to the increasingly-high action and now needed replacing, which has been completed)
Anyway, the neck needs resetting and, according to the A & L website: "all Art & Lutherie guitars also include the new 'Integrated Set Neck System', adding extra resisitance and reinforcement to the crucial area where the body and top meet the neck".
Hmmm. Does anyone, pray tell, know what I can expect to find in there? We all hate surprises and I've never had one of these birds apart. Much thanks in advance....
(The original job was repairing the bridge, which had started to lift badly.... on closer examination, the bridge had been thinned to almost nothing due to the increasingly-high action and now needed replacing, which has been completed)
Anyway, the neck needs resetting and, according to the A & L website: "all Art & Lutherie guitars also include the new 'Integrated Set Neck System', adding extra resisitance and reinforcement to the crucial area where the body and top meet the neck".
Hmmm. Does anyone, pray tell, know what I can expect to find in there? We all hate surprises and I've never had one of these birds apart. Much thanks in advance....
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Permalink Reply by Mike Kolb on
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Bingo! ... answered my own question. A web search showed that "great care must be taken when installing a strap button, to ensure that the button screw doesn't hit the neck attachment bolts". Huh? "neck bolts"?
OK, so, back to the A & L website where they offer a pdf file that shows exactly where to install the strap button.... and, voila', there's an exploded view of the 2 bolts that hold the neck on! No dovetails, no mortise/tenon, no nuthin'.
Two hours later, the fretboard overhang is heated-off, the neck's unbolted from the body and the world's easiest neck reset is about to commence! For info, they manage to hide the bolt heads pretty darn well with a paper label.
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Permalink Reply by Greg Mirken on
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Mike, you can even leave the fretboard extension glued and pull mylar-backed sandpaper against the heel while holding the heel against the neckblock. Even easier!
Some of the Godin bridges are wafer-thin right out of the factory, by the way.
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Good idea, Greg... it's off now but a fine thought for the next one through the door. This particular bridge was, indeed, wafer thin... but there's signs that someone had lowered it further. My first clue was that the saddle slot had been re-routed THROUGH the bridge and into the top!
Not a day goes by that something strange doesn't rears it's ugly little head.
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