Interesting update re my '98 F30R I got from Bonneville a while back...

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Probably 2+ years now. It really solved my right shoulder issues...

I have been playing the F30R again, got EJ11s on it, and this is a very easy guitar to play. Short scale, ebony fretboard is a nice touch.
I did remove the pup system it had like 18 months ago while a tad inebriated, and after 2 years, suddenly noticed I forgot to remove the under saddle part of the pup LOL.
So during the string change recently, I plucked out the saddle and pulled out the under saddle stick and loose wire. I knew this move would affect the action...so I did a tiny Truss adjustment (after EJ11s string of course!)

Well, the action is perfect. So perfect for me, I actually put the TRC back on it, in the right direction!

My 9 year old came down last night while I was playing the F30R. She is the one who will most likely be the only guitar player out of the 3 kids. You can just tell. She is learning piano now, but guitar will come later, when she is like 12...I ask her which Guild she wants when she is ready, thinking she will want the BR. She goes, "Oh, I want the little one, it fits me better..."

I told Abby I would set it aside for her when that day arrives.

It's like I cannot get away from the BR. No matter how I try...
 

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Probably 2+ years now. It really solved my right shoulder issues...

I have been playing the F30R again, got EJ11s on it, and this is a very easy guitar to play. Short scale, ebony fretboard is a nice touch.
I did remove the pup system it had like 18 months ago while a tad inebriated, and after 2 years, suddenly noticed I forgot to remove the under saddle part of the pup LOL.
So during the string change recently, I plucked out the saddle and pulled out the under saddle stick and loose wire. I knew this move would affect the action...so I did a tiny Truss adjustment (after EJ11s string of course!)

Well, the action is perfect. So perfect for me, I actually put the TRC back on it, in the right direction!

My 9 year old came down last night while I was playing the F30R. She is the one who will most likely be the only guitar player out of the 3 kids. You can just tell. She is learning piano now, but guitar will come later, when she is like 12...I ask her which Guild she wants when she is ready, thinking she will want the BR. She goes, "Oh, I want the little one, it fits me better..."

I told Abby I would set it aside for her when that day arrives.

It's like I cannot get away from the BR. No matter how I try...

Dumb sidebar - because I have a partially de-installed Fishman undersaddle in my DCE1 - I'm using a Rare Earth soundhole pickup in it now - how much lower did the saddle go when you removed the pickup from under the saddle?
 

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Dumb sidebar - because I have a partially de-installed Fishman undersaddle in my DCE1 - I'm using a Rare Earth soundhole pickup in it now - how much lower did the saddle go when you removed the pickup from under the saddle?
The truss adj I made was a small quarter turn. I am not sure how that equates to height, but it felt like just a smidge. The transducer strip was really thin. It made the action "flatter" if you will, but in a way that I really like. It's almost like I fixed something by accident.
 

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The truss adj I made was a small quarter turn. I am not sure how that equates to height, but it felt like just a smidge. The transducer strip was really thin. It made the action "flatter" if you will, but in a way that I really like. It's almost like I fixed something by accident.
I love when that happens. Recently I had a saddle lying around from my old DCE1, that I swapped into my current DCE1 and it did exactly what I needed it to do.
 

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I love when that happens. Recently I had a saddle lying around from my old DCE1, that I swapped into my current DCE1 and it did exactly what I needed it to do.
right? It was not planned, actually, I was assuming after I removed the transducer strip, I would have to take it to a luthier to address action lol.

nope.
 
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