Help with 1959 NC problem

[Mike Detlefsen]

They have 3 setup benches right on the floor and all the staff are capable of doing setups!!

Including fretwork?

Mike

[RonBloor]

They have 3 setup benches right on the floor and all the staff are capable of doing setups!!

Including fretwork?

Mike

There are limits to everything Mike.. So the short answer is no. They certainly can check the frets to make sure they are level, file/adjust the nuts and saddles etc.. The point I was trying to make (and not very well!) is that the salespeople are very knowledgeable compared to other guitar shops I've visited.

[Billy Anderson]

Hey guys, please reread the last line of my first paragraph (I am already a charter member of Densa). After being released this P.M. from the hospital where I was treated for a mild case of character assassination, I would like to take this opportunity to thank those of you who were kind in your responses to my problem. I would also like to offer the following in my defense:

l. Upon entering the store, I did have a set of Gretsch N/P 48 strings, which includes both a wound and plain third string. At the last minute, I had a change of heart and decided to keep the set for my puny Chet collection since I thought I might have a hard time finding another set, and they are expensive-ergo the Ernie Ball last minute switch.
2. As I stated, I am technically challenged, so while this may not be rocket science, I do not want to take up Guitar Repair 101 on the most expensive guitar in my collection (I only have 5-2 good, 2 o.k., and 1 junker) . Had I any interest in doing something like this, I would have become a Tech as opposed to going into the wonderfully exciting world of accounting.
3. I am aware that becoming a dealer does not automatically make someone an expert repairman, but I do assume when said dealer advertises sales & repair services on his website, he will at least have a working knowledge of basic setup work for that which he sells. Since I am basically a cheapskate anyhow, I would certainly get a second opinion if my BS meter hit the red zone.
4. I am aware of two reputable dealers who repair (one Plek's) in OK City and Norman, OK (I imagine Richard knows of whom I speak), but I thought I would at least try the 50-mile trip first, and the 350 ones if not satisfied.

I certainly regret that I have not paid more attention to the repair side during my 50+ years of guitaring, but I had trouble enough just trying to learn how to play the infernal thing. I both curse and love my affair with Chet and his music, but as my old Spanish teacher used to say, "Asi es la vida y las mujeres tambien."

Thanks again, and please let me R.I.P.

[Norm]

Hey guys, please reread the last line of my first paragraph (I am already a charter member of Densa). After being released this P.M. from the hospital where I was treated for a mild case of character assassination, I would like to take this opportunity to thank those of you who were kind in your responses to my problem. I would also like to offer the following in my defense:

2. As I stated, I am technically challenged, so while this may not be rocket science, I do not want to take up Guitar Repair 101 on the most expensive guitar in my collection (I only have 5-2 good, 2 o.k., and 1 junker) .

I agree about this. Certain facets of guitar repair should only be tried after some study and exoperience. Someone's main guitar is not the one to be doing experimental fretwork


3. I am aware that becoming a dealer does not automatically make someone an expert repairman, but I do assume when said dealer advertises sales & repair services on his website, he will at least have a working knowledge of basic setup work for that which he sells.

You left that part out. You just said "Gretsch dealer" you did not say he advertised himself as a full service venue
Since I am basically a cheapskate anyhow, I would certainly get a second opinion if my BS meter hit the red zone.
4. I am aware of two reputable dealers who repair (one Plek's) in OK City and Norman, OK (I imagine Richard knows of whom I speak), but I thought I would at least try the 50-mile trip first, and the 350 ones if not satisfied.

Thanks again, and please let me R.I.P.

hope no harm was done. None was intended on my part

[Mike Detlefsen]

They have 3 setup benches right on the floor and all the staff are capable of doing setups!!

Including fretwork?

Mike

There are limits to everything Mike.. So the short answer is no. They certainly can check the frets to make sure they are level, file/adjust the nuts and saddles etc.. The point I was trying to make (and not very well!) is that the salespeople are very knowledgeable compared to other guitar shops I've visited.

You're lucky. That's more than anybody at dealers around here can do.

Mike