Brand: Seagull
Model: S6 C.W
Year made:
Body Material: Cedar top, Cherry back and sides
Finish:
Neck: Bolt on (I Believe )
Radius: 16
Neck Material: Mahogany
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Fret wire:
Fret Number: 21
Scale: 24.84
Pickups: Quantum electronics
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The fretboard desperatly needed to be cleaned
The nut slots were cut correctly it was just time to update and clean the nut.
The bridge pins were a miss matched set.
The saddle was made from cheap plastic and had grooves worn into it. Definitely time to replace it with a bone nut.
The frets had some pretty serious groves worn into the frets. It will definitely need a fret level.
The years of stuff built up on the fingerboard.
I didn't get the best shot of the "before" tuners but they also needed to be cleaned and lubricated.
The first thing that needed to be fixed before any thing else was the truss rod. It was stuck in place so before i do any work i want to make sure its functioning.
The nut was just stuck in place and needed a little elbow grease to get it loose.
Once loose i lubricated the threads and cleaned the nut and placed it back on and made sure it will straighten the neck out.
Now that the truss rod is good i can put it on my neck jig and get it ready for leveling.
I straightened out the neck.
Marked the frets with red so i can see what i remove.
After a few passes you can see the dents more clearly.
Once all the dents are gone i am ready to crown the frets.
I need to check to make sure there level before i crown them.
The little blue line left after crowning the frets.
The first cleaning of the fret board. I did this another 2 times to get it fully clean.
I also scraped and cleaned the bridge.
The after shot of the cleaned fretboard with polished frets.
Another shot of the cleaned fretboard.
This one was getting a new bone saddle. This is my blank marked where i need to cut it.
Cutting the blank down to size.
I then cut that blank in half lengthwise to get it closer to were i needed.
It was a little thick so i sanded it down.
Using my calipers i can check the thickness off the old saddle so i know where i need to be on the new one.
This one was a few mm thicker .
Test fitting the saddle.
After some shaping. I will get the finial height during the setup process . Once the top is shaped the rest is taken off the bottom of the saddle.
This was also getting a bone nut. This is the blank i used for that.
General ruff shaping the nut in place to mark the edges.
Testing the fit
Marking the string spacing.
roughing in the slots.
Checking the shape.
The nut after i get the general shape and slots cut.
Now to get them exact. I use my nut slot gauge to get the slots exactly the height i need.
Now that the height is cut correctly i need to shape the top of the nut.
The final nut in place and polished with the strings on as a test.
The final saddle in place polished and with the strings on as a test.
Before on the left and after on the right.
After cleaning the hardware and re installing it onto the guitar.
The entire fretboard cleaned, polished, and restrung.
It was cool to see this guitar come back to life. It has been in this customers life for quite a while and i appreciate that i was chosen to maintain and get it back to its best playability.
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