Saturday, September 14, 2013

Re-string Friday: Takamine EG510

A great acoustic re-string adventure done yesterday: Takamine EG510
  • Re-string: Down from a set of .011 to .010. The owner is simply uncomfortable with the default .011s & it's a good move going lighter. Why conform to popular embrace when it doesn't work for you, yes?
  • Light filing of nut slot: Slight choking at the D-string slot so it was filed, nothing intense.
  • Lubricated nut slots.
  • Re-moisturized fretboard
  • Lowered action: Filed bridge saddle. The default action was high- slightly more than 3.5mm at the 12th fret (bass side). This made fretting there (& beyond) rather ridiculous.
This is my mini bench vice, a little rusty at the sides but that's a mark of good service. You can see the Takamine's bridge saddle there being held in place. When the picture was taken, I was half-way through the job.

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