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03-02-2008, 07:21 PM
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Hi guys, throwing this out to you G&L neck experts. I have a beautiful 1980 L-1000 which unfortunately now has the infamous ski jump. Starting at the 12th fret the action gets higher for a few frets then gets lower again right where the neck and body come together. Fretboard is maple. What to do? take it in and have it worked on by a good luthier or is there anything I could do. I did see a while back a thread on using heat to repair the bow but it was never explained on what one had to do. So what are my options fellow G&L'ers.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions you all might have.
Eddie |
03-02-2008, 08:13 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: San Diego | | Quote:
Originally Posted by surfgarage  What to do? take it in and have it worked on by a good luthier or is there anything I could do. I did see a while back a thread on using heat to repair the bow but it was never explained on what one had to do. So what are my options fellow G&L'ers.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions you all might have.
Eddie | See the bold.
Jim |
03-02-2008, 08:16 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: New England | | | Price a replacement neck from G&L and elsewhere and weigh the cost against the cost of repairing the neck.
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03-02-2008, 08:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Honk'n_down-low Price a replacement neck from G&L and elsewhere | 
Not really but $500 is the ballpark. You can get a Status or Moses Stingray neck but for a real G&L neck it has to go back to the factory.
Jim |
03-02-2008, 08:42 PM
|  | rythum rancher | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: on thin ice | | | Michael Dolan fixed one for me. Not exactly sure what he did, but it was 4 years ago and it's still fine. |
03-02-2008, 10:02 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: CO | | | I had a 61J with the same issue back in the 80's. I had the best Luthier in Dayton, OH (forget his name but he worked at Ace Music) pull the upper frets, plane it, and refret. It wasn't cheap, but it saved one hell of a nice neck (slab Brazilian Rosewood). I still play that bass today.
Dave |
03-03-2008, 12:19 AM
| | | | Thanks for the quick replies. Templar, what did Michael Dolan charge you to fix the neck and how long of a wait did you have,
Eddie |
03-03-2008, 01:57 AM
| | rythum rancher | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: on thin ice | | Quote:
Originally Posted by surfgarage Thanks for the quick replies. Templar, what did Michael Dolan charge you to fix the neck and how long of a wait did you have,
| He did a refret & nut for $235. Round trip was less than 2 weeks. |
03-03-2008, 07:08 AM
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Staff Reviewer; Bass Gear Magazine Moderator | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Columbia MO | | werd Quote:
Originally Posted by Templar Michael Dolan fixed one for me. Not exactly sure what he did, but it was 4 years ago and it's still fine. |
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03-03-2008, 07:09 AM
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Staff Reviewer; Bass Gear Magazine Moderator | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Columbia MO | | This, or a combination of this + heat, is what I've heard of M Dolan doing to save other G&L necks.
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Originally Posted by DavePlaysBass I had a 61J with the same issue back in the 80's. I had the best Luthier in Dayton, OH (forget his name but he worked at Ace Music) pull the upper frets, plane it, and refret. It wasn't cheap, but it saved one hell of a nice neck (slab Brazilian Rosewood). I still play that bass today.
Dave |
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03-03-2008, 10:18 AM
| | | | $235.00 and 2 weeks is not bad at all. Seems like a quick and easy fix actually Thanks Templar.
Eddie |
03-03-2008, 01:50 PM
| | rythum rancher | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: on thin ice | | Quote:
Originally Posted by surfgarage $235.00 and 2 weeks is not bad at all. Seems like a quick and easy fix actually Thanks Templar.
| Yeah, and he does great work. Thing is, my bass was playable even with the 'jump'. But I needed to send it to him for frets and a nut anyway, and I never mentioned the ski jump issue to him.
When it came back the neck was perfect. He did'nt plane it or anything, just part of the routine setup procedure that comes with a complete fret job. He knows what he's doing. |
03-03-2008, 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Templar Yeah, and he does great work. Thing is, my bass was playable even with the 'jump'. But I needed to send it to him for frets and a nut anyway, and I never mentioned the ski jump issue to him.
When it came back the neck was perfect. He did'nt plane it or anything, just part of the routine setup procedure that comes with a complete fret job. He knows what he's doing. | Was that maple or rosewood fretboard?
Jim |
03-03-2008, 05:53 PM
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