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How about fine tuning your guitar(neck, frets, saddle)?

Thanks to yesterday discussion about locking tuners vs Floyd Rose systems, Jon of GuitarNoize.com pointed me to this video. It is very interesting to watch a custom process of how a guitar can be particularly tuned/prepared for playing, after a solid analyze of the neck, strings, etc.

It’s a process of very fine tuning and I am not speaking here about tuning the strings to a particular note, but tuning the guitar itself. Seems that it doesn’t matter, electric guitars or acoustic guitars, they can all go through this process.

What do you think? Is it useful or is just a fancy thing? Would you do it? I wonder how much such a custom fine tuning process costs?

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8 Responses to “How about fine tuning your guitar(neck, frets, saddle)?”

Jon
June 12th, 2008 at 10:11 am

I can tell you how much, its not cheap but in my opinion worth every cent. I had my Takamine and Patrick Eggle set up this way and they both felt better than new afterwards. Every part of the guitar is adjusted. Every fret is re-pointed or shaped to .001mm if your neck is slightly twisted it will re-cut the frets rather than having to have your neck reset which can be a major thing for an acoustic guitar!

I think it cost AUD$120 for each guitar and in my opinion it was an investment.
Ovidiu
June 12th, 2008 at 11:53 am

Well, it is not very expensive and I think it worths paying this money for getting a “new” guitar and considering how deep they go into the process, I think I would do it myself but it is not available here, as far as I know.
Dr. J
June 12th, 2008 at 4:25 pm

The only thing that really impressed me was the scan for setting neck curve based on string/fret height. Truss rod adjustment always scared me because sometimes those adjustments don’t show up the first day or two (in my experience). I see it as a good investment for an assembly-line style manufacturer who needs better quality control, but I’ll keep using real people, ’cause I like ‘em.
Ovidiu
June 12th, 2008 at 4:35 pm

Yeah, I think this factor gives the credibility and makes people buy the service. I think that this was what actually impressed me too
MG
June 15th, 2008 at 7:40 am

Wow! Thanks for posting this video! I never heard of this process before! So interesting! I think its great that they can do this for optimum sound and playing of each guitar! I just posted a piece about lowering my action on my acoustic taking some of the saddle off! It worked well, but I am still checking it by playing and playing some more! Woulda been nice to have these guys do it!
Ovidiu
June 15th, 2008 at 10:12 am

Yeah, I like the process too, just that it is not available everywhere
Jon
June 16th, 2008 at 4:02 am

Just a note on the Truss rod adjustment that DR J mentioned, the guitar has the strings removed and is left in a climate controlled room for a couple of days, then the truss rod is adjusted and once again left to settle. They had to repeat this process a few times because the bow was so bad. I think this adjustment is always adjusted by hand, it is at Sydney Guitar Setups anyway.
Ovidiu
June 16th, 2008 at 8:19 am

So the process is a bit more complex that it looks in the movie and requires a human touch. But what you say tells me that they put a lot of care in this process and I guess the result can’t be bad. Plus that if the guitar suffers a process over more than a day, the price doesn’t seem high at all.

How about fine tuning your guitar(neck, frets, saddle)?

8 Responses to “How about fine tuning your guitar(neck, frets, saddle)?”

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