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Location: Parrish, FL | I bought a 1121 that was repaired after it had been knocked over and the head broke off above the nut. The repair looks good and appears to be holding up well, really no worries here.
The problem I'm having is that there is a bad buzz on the 1,2 and 3 strings in first position. I've tried to adjust the truss rod and have moved the neck significantly through the range trying to find the sweet spot, but still no luck. Adjustments were made in 1/4 turn increments on the truss rod with time in between during this attempt.
Other observations: The nut appears to have been cut in an attempt to lower the action sometime in the past. So maybe a new nut is in order. Also, even with all the shims removed, the action is high above the 7th fret. Last, the intonation appears to be off.
While changing the strings and removing shims, I lost track of the saddle orientation in the bridge. On this model (1121) the saddle looks to be symmetric front to back and end to end. Is this true?
Anyway, my next trick is to attempt to reset the neck. If I'm going to remove it for the reset, I may as well replace it. It was a cheap guitar to begin with, so nothing lost here but lots to gain in guitar repair and construction knowledge.
A search of past threads has given me plenty of sources for the reset operation. If this all doesn't work out, maybe I'll bring it to the OFC fling next spring and leave it to the mothership to work their magic.
Any words of wisdom and advise and offers for parts is appreciated.
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Well, Brad, you seem to have a target-rich environment here. Go 1st, where you can go easiest, i.e., replace the nut. Check the frets for level. Check the "top-drop" for rotation of the bridge. Then think about the neck-set.
During the peghead repair, the fretwires could have been loosened, and are sticking up excessively.
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Since there is no pick-up, the saddle can be put in either way. (I understand That problem) If you have buzzing on the high strings, flipping the saddle could cure that.
The only way the tell the saddle orientation is buy the string tracks.
On my 1121, the saddle was in bass-ackwards when I got it. But my saddle will fall-out without strings, it is that loose. So I think the seller probably made a boo-boo the last time he changed the strings.
That fretwire idea sound interesting too...
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Arthur claims no Luthiery skills and accepts no responsibility for damage caused by taking his advice. | |
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Location: Parrish, FL | Looking this thing over a little closer it appears that there was some effort to minimize the action, ie the cuts in the nut. Perhaps there was also some work done on the saddle that I can't readily see and the saddle is not symmetric. I did note the string tracks when I set the bridge, but you never know. I'll have to pull it and switch it around to find out, at least re-check the string tracks.
Seesquare, yes the nut is high on the list of things to change, perhaps a saddle too. No big deal there. I don't think there is an issue with the frets, but it worth checking out.
Thanks for the input so far. I'll this thing back in shape yet! Keep the suggestions coming.
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Spare Neck Anyone?