I have a 5 year old Martin D-15 that has recently developed the following problem: when playing above the 7th fret, my E, B, and G strings "buzz" due to the...
Sounds like too much relief in the neck. If it has a truss rod, you might give it a little tighten. Too much relief makes the area of the 5678 frets too low...
Thank you, Vince :) Yes, I do have a truss rod but I've never had to adjust one before. The action has actually 'lowered' because the strings are touching the...
Thank you, Vince - I did exactly what you suggested and now it plays perfectly :) I can't tell you how very much I appreciate what you did for me. Thanks...
been there...done that...glad to help. vp ... From: Jenna [mailto:jam_mies1@...] Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 1:29 PM To: guitarmakersforum Subject:...
Has your humidity level increased lately and if so you might want to try and control that and see where the neck goes before going to that extreme but I...
Hello all, Regarding the demensions of Stings guitar: the last couple of times I've seen him playing a small nylon string guitar, it was his Martin Signature...
Hello all, For the past 25 years I've built and repaired nylon string guitars. If I can be of any help kicking around ideas or throw my two cents worth in...
Hi, I'm new to this forum and I want to ask a question about strings height. I have a classical guitar and I think the strings are too high. What should be...
Hello Antonio, You might want to purchase a guitar repair book or a builders book. There are a few availible that would peobably help you out quite a bit. It's...
Antonio, Here's my two cents worth! Action is a compromise... how hard do you want to work w/ your left hand vs. how loud do you want to play w/ your right...
Hi Thank you Greg and Phideaux for your advice. My strings are really to High; 5mm. Just one more question about fret height. If you depress the string, let's...
Hello, Hobbyist/newbie here. My experience to date has been totally involved with minor repairs, a few neck resets, refinishing, set-ups, etc. I've never...
Hi, I don't know anything about the Midwest acoustic guitar kits but I can tell you that the electric kits they have for $150 are the Saga kits available on...
Hello Pete (and all), Regarding your question about kits, I'm also not familiar w/ Midwest Guitar. I know that in past copies of American Luthiery from the...
Hi Antonio, I'm not familiar with making a measurement the way you describe. Repair folks will depress a string at the 2nd and 12th frets to see how much...
Hi Greg, Perhaps I didn't explain myself well(my English is very poor); what I meant was: how far can you go when you level the frets. As a rule, If you place...
Hi Antonio, Your English is much better then my typing! Just to make sure that I was clear... when I mentioned using coins, I meant for the coins to be used to...
Jim & Greg, Thanks for your input regarding other sources of kits. I went to both the LMI & Martin websites and looked closely at what they had to offer. The...
Pete, I am also a total beginner and have gone through the same decision process. I went ahead and bought an LMII kit for a classical guitar. It looks good...
I've been working on a D-45 (on and off) kit that I picked up from Martin. Not without pitfalls, but the quality of the components is top-shelf. This
is...
I've built kits from Martin and Stewmac. I've seen info on the LMII. From what I can tell Stewmac's kit is the better deal. It's pricey, but a great tool for...
This is a bit off-topic but I've got an old - not particularly valuable - violin that has really deteriorated and I'd like to take a crack at repairing. I'm...
The good news about hide glue is that unlike synthetic glues, it doesn't
need to be completely removed prior to regluing. Also, with violin seam
work, my...
Hi Greg, Thank you so much for your time and patience. I think I have collected enough information to go on with this little adventure of leveling and...
I suppose this is a bit esoteric, but on the subject of solid body electrics, the main arguement against experimenting with softwoods must be that they are too...
I'm not even remotely an acoustical genius, so I reply to this risking that
I might be confused with one. It occurs to me that the issue of wood species used...
I am a new builder and my first couple of guitars I French Polished, but this is just too much work. I want to use lacquer but don't have the space to set up...
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