My brother bought a secondhand Gibson SG and a beautiful instrument it is (if you like SG's that is. Personally I am not a fan). It was a dog to play. He'd fitted 9's, in place of the 13's that were on it when he bought it, and the fret board was well bowed with the 9's. What it had been like with 13's, I hate to think.
He asked me to do a set up, so after acquiring a truss rod key for the Gibson, I did my stuff. Once I had tensioned up the truss rod (moved no problem), I had to raise the action considerably. I then raised the pickups to match as Peter loved the sound and volume he was getting. I had to intonate the 1st and 4th strings, but all the rest were spot on. I thought I'd get a shot of adjusting the nut, but it didn't need it.
It played beautifully once done and when my nephew came to pick it up (my brother had decided to pass it on, but that's another story), he was thrilled to bits with how it played.
My reward? A bottle of The Glenlivet Founder's Reserve. A wonderful tipple.
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He also bought a Westfield Les Paul, from Cash Generator. It was dirty, but came with a £35, mint, gigbag, for the princely sum of £60. He pulled it to pieces (a first for him), cleaned it up, fitted gold knobs (it is wine with gold hardware), and brought it along yesterday for my appraisal. It is a beautiful guitar, set up to perfection (I didn't have to do a thing to it), sounds good and was money well spent. There are bargains out there if you look for the.
Yes, if it ever happens, it will be a blue finish. Sorry, hi-jacking the thread a bit there.
My friend and I did an Irish, American and Scotch whisky shoot-out.
Jameson's won it, I'm afraid (and amazed) to say.