Gould GS1350 semi acoustic set up

Описание: *WARNING* like all Reloved guitar set up videos, this is NOT MEANT TO BE WATCHED FOR LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT!! These videos are for prospective buyers / set up enthusiasts only, hence the lack of editing and the length.

Meanwhile, this video shows the assessment and setup of my newly-acquired Gould GS 1350 semi acoustic guitar. I've never had a semi-acoustic OR a Gould before so was not sure what to expect but needn't have worried. As soon as I received it from Rory in Reigate, I could feel it was a well-made and decent instrument. It had an over-relieved neck, a whole stack of notes that wouldn't play in the upper neck, prehistoric strings and a lot of grime...but was otherwise all there.

This video shows me assessing and cleaning it, then doing the neck work - including fret levelling, re-profiling and polishing. The fret levelling was quite extreme on this guitar because I had to take out a significant chip out of the 13th fret (probably caused by a fall). Luckily, there was enough fret material to do this and the result was a nice, level and polished set of frets. With the addition of some truss-rod adjustment all the missing choked notes came back to play cleanly and nicely.

All that remains now is to replace the tuners next weekend with new gold Wilkinson EZ-loks (not strictly necessary but since I'm intending to keep this guitar why not?) and a bit more work lowering the nut slots to correct poor intonation on chords and notes on the neck close to the nut.

When that's done, this guitar will be almost perfect and for very little money. Even adding the cost of picking it up, the cost of my time, the new tuners & strings and other consumables, the price of this great looking traditional semi acoustic will still fall some way short of even the cheapest, un-set-up second-hand Epiphone Dot.

Oh - and fast forward 10 minutes to miss out me fiddling around with the Go Pro camera positioning!