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richard
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Username: richard

Post Number: 2
Registered: 12-2008
Posted on Monday, April 18, 2016 - 2:50 pm:   Edit Post

Anyone know a luthier in Florida that you would trust with an Alembic guitar.Need some repair on the hand stop area of the neck/head stock area as well as a new nut.Some minor brass repair as well. Thanks.
bigredbass
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Username: bigredbass

Post Number: 2575
Registered: 9-2002
Posted on Monday, April 18, 2016 - 10:57 pm:   Edit Post

I lived in Pensacola, then Jacksonville in the 80's, where I was fortunate to make friends with Dick Boyden (www.boydenamp.com). Dick is a long-time player, tech, builder, and now even makes his own tube amps. I'd trust him with any of my ALEMBICs without hesitation, and believe me, I'm REAL particular about who's under the hood on mine.

Dick once gave me a bolt-on lesson. I argued that the strings pulled the neck 'up' from the body, and so to show me the error of my thought process, he strung a Tele to pitch . . . . with the neck bolts OUT. He explained to me that obviously, the strings pull the neck into the pocket. Hard to argue with that example . . . .

He's in Pensacola, give him a call at (850)455-1604, or contact via his website.

Joey
richard
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Post Number: 3
Registered: 12-2008
Posted on Tuesday, April 19, 2016 - 5:42 am:   Edit Post

Thank you Joey.

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