A customer contacted me, asking if I could cut down the nut slots on his 'Partscaster' Stratocaster. The guitar was made up of a 1980's Squier body to which he had recently added a Fender neck that he bought via eBay. The nut slots on the neck gave the guitar a very high first fret action. On inspecting the guitar, I realised that it really needed a full setup. This involved:
1. Adjusting the truss rod, 2. Shimming the neck/body joint to allow a good action to be obtained within the adjustment range of the bridge saddles, 3. Adjusting the bridge saddles to give a comfortable 12th fret playing action, 4. Cutting down the nut slots to give a comfortable 1st fret playing action, 5. Adjusting the intonation. Additionally, the customer asked for a couple of Tusq string guides to be fitted to the headstock and the earth wire solder joint onto the vibrato claw needed repairing.
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