Hi all,
I was the LTG buyer that bought and returned this guitar to Valcotone.
I discovered the neck modification when I was setting up the guitar after receiving it.
I had tried a Guild factory original bridge with 2 1/16" string spacing and was left with both E strings over the edge.
The neck was cut down to approx 2" at the body end...from the usual approx 2 1/4" on all my other Guilds of this period.
So close to 1/8" was removed from both sides by the time the neck extension was reached....you could see at the body that the sides of the neck were angled in from the original width.
It was a player issue for me just as much as a value problem.....the string spacing at the bridge needed to be about 1 3/4" as opposed to the usual 2 1/16" just to keep the strings from running off the edge of the fretboard. ...useless for my version of playing style!
The back of the neck and the modified area were over painted to cover the work. The original binding was apparently pulled back and reattached.....or the neck was rebound afterwards.
I felt quite sure that Valcotone did not pick up on this during the very short time he had this. All overspray and other issues issues were reported to me before the sale.
It took him by surprise and he accepted my explanation of the problem and return with good grace and without a hitch.
Parting this out or leaving it intact while explaining the unusual neck mod to a future buyer were the options.
Either way seems appropriate to me on a very compromised guitar.
z
I was the LTG buyer that bought and returned this guitar to Valcotone.
I discovered the neck modification when I was setting up the guitar after receiving it.
I had tried a Guild factory original bridge with 2 1/16" string spacing and was left with both E strings over the edge.
The neck was cut down to approx 2" at the body end...from the usual approx 2 1/4" on all my other Guilds of this period.
So close to 1/8" was removed from both sides by the time the neck extension was reached....you could see at the body that the sides of the neck were angled in from the original width.
It was a player issue for me just as much as a value problem.....the string spacing at the bridge needed to be about 1 3/4" as opposed to the usual 2 1/16" just to keep the strings from running off the edge of the fretboard. ...useless for my version of playing style!
The back of the neck and the modified area were over painted to cover the work. The original binding was apparently pulled back and reattached.....or the neck was rebound afterwards.
I felt quite sure that Valcotone did not pick up on this during the very short time he had this. All overspray and other issues issues were reported to me before the sale.
It took him by surprise and he accepted my explanation of the problem and return with good grace and without a hitch.
Parting this out or leaving it intact while explaining the unusual neck mod to a future buyer were the options.
Either way seems appropriate to me on a very compromised guitar.
z
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