Post by me on Jan 5, 2024 8:43:31 GMT -5
I recently did a neck reset on the FG150 but didn't take it back far enough. After stringing it up, the caving of the top of the soundhole pretty much canceled the neck reset adjustment. So I put a new brace on the back and set a post between that and the brace above the soundhole. What that did is it prevented the top from caving and that fixed the reset problem. I can now put a saddle in that has room for lowering in the future.
The stick measure at the bridge was about 1/8" above the bridge without string tension. But once I glued the neck in and put full string tension on it, the neck came forward due to the caving of the top. Now with the post that doesn't happen and the stick measure is about 1/16" above the bridge.
The Yamaha still sounds great, huge highs and midrange, like a taylor, without a booming bass. I know the post would never be a solution in a Martin, but in these old Yamahas something has to be done. These guitars are great guitars that I sometimes take to a jam instead of my Martin if I know there will be a bass player. These are LOUD midrange guitars.
The Yamaha still sounds great, huge highs and midrange, like a taylor, without a booming bass. I know the post would never be a solution in a Martin, but in these old Yamahas something has to be done. These guitars are great guitars that I sometimes take to a jam instead of my Martin if I know there will be a bass player. These are LOUD midrange guitars.
