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GSmith Guitars Setups & Repair

Name: GSmith Guitars Setups & Repair
Address: 7560 Pewitt Road, Franklin, TN, 37064, US
Telephone: +16155944192
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GSmith Guitars Setups & Repair

Musical Repair Shop serving all of middle Tn.
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06/06/2024

Here's a homemade 1950's style Harmony H44 Stratatone. An elderly lady dropped it off for me to look at for her. It was her grandfathers. She and other family members think he built it more than 60 years ago. It hadn't been played in many, many years. I plugged it in and heard a connection. Plucked what had to be 30 or 40 year old rusty strings and the old DeArmond pickup rang out. Pots were very scratchy but remedied quickly with a little Deoxit. Full and thick sounding. Brass frets, original Kluson tuners, rosewood fretboard, big thick C shaped neck, floating rosewood bridge and saddle with a plastic insert that to my surprise had sustain for days. 1 3/4" bone nut and a 25 1/8" scale length. What a gem. Put a setup on it just to see where we are. It plays ok but is in need of a re fret, new nut and a new saddle insert. The neck has no truss rod and therefore over the years under string tension and possibly under high heat conditions has warped creating very high string action that could possibly be addressed with a neck heat treatment. The guitar is being passed down to her nephew for safekeeping but he doesn't play. She said if he decides to learn how to play she'll bring it back to address all the issues. It's interactions like this with people and their guitars that make me love what I do the most. Here's some before and after pics.

05/15/2024

2020 Fender Tele in for a setup and to address improper string spacing at the nut. Love the High Output Noiseless Pickups and locking tuners. Very Fender sounding.

04/24/2024

Beautiful Ibanez Hollow body with rosewood fretboard and bridge in for a setup. Love the Art 1 Tune O Matic Style Rosewood bridge. So simple yet brilliant.

04/13/2024

Beautiful Jackson in for a setup and to address tuning stability issues with the Floyd Rose Floating Tremolo. Installed new tremolo claw springs and changed spring configuration. Stays in tune like a champ. Note: Stretch them new strings real good before freaking out and thinking it's not staying in tune. Great guitar.

04/09/2024

It's been wet here in Nashville. Weather plays havoc on guitars. If the humidity is too high, in the 55%-100% range, the wood that makes up the guitar can swell, leading to a higher action, disfiguration of the body, cracks in the bridge, and bulges in the fretboard. If the humidity is too low, in the 0%-40% range, it can lead to an unplayable low action, rising frets, cracks all around the body of the guitar, a damaged bridge, and permanent damage to the finish of the guitar. Saddle shave to get this sweet Taylor back to playable. Truss rod adjustment to keep the neck from getting to "THE POINT OF NO RETURN". Keep your axes in a weather controlled atmosphere, peeps.

04/08/2024

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03/27/2024

This is Rob Harris's 12 string https://www.robharrisonline.com/ it's in for a setup and some new strings. What an absolute stunner. Just an absolute beauty. It's a 2004 model Taylor Koa Jumbo K-65-CE 12 string. Koa only grows in Hawaii and is highly sought after. It is highly regarded for its rich, warm tones and unique grain patterns. After adding a little neck relief for playability and a saddle shave to lower the action she filled my shop with the booming, rich fullness that it's known for. Just wow, wish she was mine. Lol.

03/13/2024

Here's a 36 year old Martin D-28E in for a setup and some binding work. Truss Rods are for Neck Relief only. They're not designed for fixing string height issues and unfortunately this guitar has run out of Truss Rod adjustability because it was tweaked year after year eventually creating a neck that has so much of a convex bow in it that it rendered the Truss Rod useless, running out of thread or adjustability. Single or one way truss rods help the neck bend in a convex direction only. You address the saddle when fixing string height issues not the truss rod. String tension over the years creates this problem but if you understand what's happening you will never have this problem because the fix is always shaving the saddle when addressing string action. Shaving saddles are cheap, replacing Truss Rods, expensive.

02/16/2024

What are the key tonal characteristics of single-coil pickups and humbucker pickups? Single-coil pickups tend to have a brighter, crisper tone. Comparitively, humbuckers typically have what guitarists describe as a “thicker” sound, one that is perceived as rounder and warmer. Humbuckers also tend to emphasize the sustain produced by the guitar’s tonewoods.
What is the difference between 250K & 500K pots? Either 250K or 500K pots can be used with any passive pickups however the pot values will affect tone slightly. The rule is: Using higher value pots (500K) will give the guitar a brighter sound and lower value pots (250K) will give the guitar a slightly warmer sound.
Pots with higher resistance — like 500K compared to 250K — prevent higher frequencies from bleeding through to ground more than lower ohm pots. This means a 500K pot provides a brighter overall tone than a 250K pot. Higher ohms also give you a cleaner and punchier sound on the bass strings.
There's a lot to think about when your trying to find your own sound. Even your guitars block, bridge, saddles and nuts effect your guitars tone. If your thinking about making some changes to your guitar or your sound give me a call or text and let's discuss some options.

02/13/2024

Here's a 1983 / 84 Steinberger XP2 with a carbon graphite neck and body in for some saddle work and a setup. Love these original EMG pickups.

02/10/2024

This beautiful Gibson Les Paul Classic is in for a setup and my customer shared with me the time he showed Steve Miller the Blues Progression chords I IV and V when they were teenagers. Miller had just moved back to Wisconsin in 1961 to start college when they met. So cool. I'm so fortunate to have met some of the people I've met living here in the Liepers Fork, Tn, area. Boy, this guitar will melt your face off.

02/05/2024

Here's a Mitchell electric acoustic. Set the neck relief and "BAM", string action went from a very comfortable 2.45mm to an unplayable 3.5mm+. Terribly convexed neck. Very surprised there wasn't more fret buzz than there was. Major saddle shave job. Took off 1.25mm (she's been shaved before) and she's brand new again but with an acquired age sound quality. Customer is gonna love it. Saddle fits nice and snug on top of the under saddle piezo transducer. The under saddle pickup is a nice compliment to Guitar Centers version of budget friendly acoustic guitars.

01/29/2024

Here's a Jeff Tweedy Martin 00-DB Signature acoustic guitar. Customer brought in with a 2" headstock crack and a separated fretboard. Also had several tuner bushings missing. After a little love this expensive guitar was rescued, fixed and brought back to life. She plays and sounds absolutely marvelous.

01/04/2024

We talked about this last week. Here's a perfect example of a fairly typical factory setup on a brand new acoustic guitar. You can see the severe angle break from the string pins to the top of the saddle resulting in string breakage over and over, even the wound 4th was breaking. In cases this extreme it usually causes the action to be incredibly high which hampers the guitars playability but the action wasn't terribly high because the neck was severely convexed. What was the fix? Shaved saddle and a major truss rod adjustment that was so severe I had to make small adjustments over a two day period. Now this sweet little Yamaha FS800 concert guitar plays like butter. It behooves everyone who's putting a new or used guitar in their hands for the first time to have their axe setup properly. Rock on, peeps.

12/29/2023

It doesn't matter if it's a brand new guitar from the factory shipped right to your front door or a brand new guitar from a store, it's not setup properly, period, the end. Chances are the action is too high or the pickups are too close or too far from the strings. Don't cheat yourself or the guitar, take it to a luthier and have it setup so you and your axe can be all you can be. Setups are recommended twice yearly anyway for optimal playability.

12/21/2023

Customer brought in his Ovation with a nearly 1mm wide see through crack in it that stretched from the back of the bridge all the way to the end of the guitar, about 8" long. Low humidity can cause cracks along the wood grain on the back, sides and top and are fairly common and can get pretty bad over time especially in older guitars. 24 hours in a humidity tent and wallah, she closed right up. A little hot hide glue, clamps and 24 hours later she sounds brand new.

12/12/2023

Awesome Fender Electric Parlor. In for what my customer described as a very noticeable vibration thought to be a loose X brace or finger brace, etc. The more I played it and the more I listened the more it sounded like a buzzing sound. Braces were fine but boy did she ever need some fret love. A magnifying glass is a wonderful tool. Little truss rod adjustment to straighten the neck and it was on. This sweet thing, after a fret level, crown and polish sounded absolutely incredible. Great guitar. *Note to self* Buzzing sounds and vibration sounds can sound very similar, especially when speaking guitar language. Kind of like Piglatin. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

12/06/2023

Here's a beautiful Collings acoustic guitar. Custom built in Austin, Tx. In for a setup and saddle shave. Bill Collings told my customer the sides and bottom are from 108 year old Brazilian Rosewood. I was a little apprehensive about working on it. Lol.

11/30/2023

We Make Your Guitar Sound Awesome And Play Like Butter. Are your guitars pickups too low or too high from the strings or are they in the sweet spot? This is one of several things that should be checked twice yearly. Setups are 86% of our business. If you're not sure your AXE is setup properly you owe it to yourself to find out and if it's not to do something about it. Setups are recommended twice yearly anyway. Neck Relief, String Action, Bridge Action, Pickup Heights, etc. All these things affect how your guitar feels, plays and sounds. Make sure you're maximizing your guitars capabilities. Don't cheat your AXE. Call, text or email today and let's discuss how we can make your AXE all it's capable of being and all it's designed to give you. Take your AXE to the next level.

11/27/2023

LUNA ARTV DCE in for a bridge re glue and setup. Plays and sounds better than ever. Major truss rod adjustments over a two day period to get the neck back to more of a concave shape rather than convex. No more fret buzz.

11/06/2023

Brand spanking new Martin HD 28 in for strings and a set up.

10/24/2023

Gibson Custom Shop Les Paul Special in for new Grover tuners, strings and a setup. Love the brass nut.

09/25/2023

Gibson electric acoustic in for the infamous headstock crack repair.

08/08/2023

Sweet Peavey Foundation Bass Setup and new strings.

Address

7560 Pewitt Road
Franklin, TN
37064

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 7pm
Tuesday	9am - 7pm
Wednesday	9am - 7pm
Thursday	9am - 7pm
Friday	9am - 7pm
Saturday	9am - 7pm
Sunday	9am - 7pm

Telephone

+16155944192

Website

https://gsmith-guitars-setups-repair.business.site/

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