Bender
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!st time poster howdy!
I've been on the hunt for a new workhorse acoustic in the studio and my taste's have led me to demo the new M20 & a D25. Still gotta decide between the little guy and dread haha. However someone recently listed an old 1969 F20 ( theyre the single owner) a town over that's now a potential contender.
Haven't had the time to pop over and check it out in person but I had him send me some pics in the meantime...now after doing much reading I'm somewhat hesitant to pull the trigger on this old beauty even if it blows the newer mahogny guild out of the water tonewise, as I'm not sure I want to deal with the potential headache of the much dreaded Neck reset- let alone the 400-800 price tags I've seen thrown around for said work.
In anycase, I've attached some pics and shot these over to a respected luthier to get his take on it, but figured I'd post here too in the meantime.
So from these pics, what are ya'll thinking? The action described by the current owner and from the pictures does indeed look high....
thanks for the help on this journey for any willing to chip in their two cents!
I've been on the hunt for a new workhorse acoustic in the studio and my taste's have led me to demo the new M20 & a D25. Still gotta decide between the little guy and dread haha. However someone recently listed an old 1969 F20 ( theyre the single owner) a town over that's now a potential contender.
Haven't had the time to pop over and check it out in person but I had him send me some pics in the meantime...now after doing much reading I'm somewhat hesitant to pull the trigger on this old beauty even if it blows the newer mahogny guild out of the water tonewise, as I'm not sure I want to deal with the potential headache of the much dreaded Neck reset- let alone the 400-800 price tags I've seen thrown around for said work.
In anycase, I've attached some pics and shot these over to a respected luthier to get his take on it, but figured I'd post here too in the meantime.
So from these pics, what are ya'll thinking? The action described by the current owner and from the pictures does indeed look high....
thanks for the help on this journey for any willing to chip in their two cents!