Have you ever PLEK'd your Guild?

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krugjr said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgKB7DRf4QU

best I've ever seen.....worth viewing completely.....
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Yup the hand work is a key factor . The Work Ben put into my neck and fret board was the most tedious part . The end frets towards the sound hole have a slight fall but the Work Ben put into leveling the fret board was amazing and mind blowing to me as he worked to the micro level ( well maybe not that but close ) to make sure it was 100% dead on .
I guess my point is this type of accuracy is needed for pleking and each guitar as I mentioned before has be as precise and duplicated for the pleking to work .

I’m not bugged by China not doing pleking because for the most part only top pros might notice a difference , most of us just go with the flow as it’s what We’re used to but high end China guitars are worked really well . Epiphone acoustics had some bad runs but the Guild Gads I’ve seen had not .

My bad habit has always been a perfect fret board , I have not and will never by into fret board relief or the slight curve or bow .

None of my guitars have it not even my Cv-1 lol of all guitars .

Now you can see some slight irregularities on the cv but not the Blueridge , Guild F212 , and lucky me my new Epi Les Paul . Lol

The GSR I don’t remember but I’ll look when I get it back . I return any Guitar the has any inconsistencies in the fret board .

Ok yeah I’m rambling lol sorry it’s that darn Evan Williams Cherry 🍒 again . 😠 pinky out yo !
 
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fronobulax said:
Blasphemy. You will be visited shortly and escorted to an indoctrination center.

Collings PLEKs all of their new instruments. My vague recollection - some LTGers met in Austin and were graciously given a tour - is that it was a machine that when properly set up and used, did a job better, faster and cheaper than a human. Collings seemed like the kind of operation where the people PLEKing would have been trained and experienced.



I'll put words into Marc's mouth and answer PittPastor's question. First he did say that he has had PLEKed Gibsons and prefers them to non-PLEKed. Second, he did have a very bad experience with Inspector 11 and a MIK Starfire (I believe). Finally, I believe, and perhaps he does too, that no Chinese or Korean manufacturer has invested in the technology. Since he likes PLEK, can't get it with MIC or MIK and is wary of MIK in general you get his declaration.
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Correct on all counts. I don't think far-Eastern guitar manufacturers have invested in the technology. If they have - I do not trust China to use it properly.

My experience with PLEK and pre-PLEK'd Gibsons:

1. In the early 2000's, one of my sons bought a Gibson SG at Guitar Center NOLA for $700. The frets were like railroad ties.

2. I paid for a set-up with the late, great Jimmy Foster of Abita Springs. It cost $200 --- to get the frets right.

3. This year I bought a PLEK'd Les Paul Faded. The fretwork was immaculate. Lovely. My local guitar tech said the same.
It didn't need a set-up.

4. I bought my son a PLEK'd SG this year also. The frets were NOT like railroad ties on this SG. They were fine out of the box.

So in my experience, a well-PLEK'd guitar is a worthy investment IF it doesn't add much to the price.
It's a German technology. It definitely requires trained operators.

It is normally done to newly manufactured guitars. I have no experience in taking an older guitar to be PLEK'd.
In fact - I probably wouldn't do that. PLEK makes some radical changes. I have never heard of anyone tweaking
an already-good guitar with a PLEK machine. Maybe it happens. I've just never heard of it. I wouldn't do that.
 
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