Working as a CFO, I don’t get nearly the amount of time in the shop that I would like, but I have had some opportunities early in the morning and on the weekends to work.

Recently I did set-ups on three very nice guitars: Fender American Deluxe Telecaster, Taylor 914CE, Gibson Les Paul 50s Reissue. Yes, I have a friend with very good taste, and I am grateful to him for entrusting their “tweaking” to me. Of course, the nuts needed replacing on the Taylor and the Les Paul, so it was a bit more than the normal deluxe set-up that I do. The Taylor had been used and abused a bit by different users. In their haste to change strings, they cracked the sides of the D and G strings. I replaced the standard Taylor nut material with bone, which brought out the tone of this beautiful instrument. The Les Paul’s slots were too deep. Not only were the strings way down in the slots, they also had been cut too low. When I re-shaped the top of the Les Paul nut, the string was no longer pinched and revealed its true character: Mr. Buzz. That’s all been fixed now, and I hope that my friend is a little more judicious with the crowd he lets play those beauties!

Now that I am writing this, I am wishing that I had taken more pictures. Maybe next time……