SCHECTER Dead E String Fix Complete Setup

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Chapters: • 0:00 A Dead String • • Why does the Low E string sound so dead and muted? What's going on? The setup isn't in great shape either and could use a few tweaks. Check out this video to see my process for bringing this Hellraiser back to life. • **Note: Watch the end of the video, around 4:30, to see the addendum on re-pointing saddles. It did work, and the string sounds great, but now I'm wondering if it would have been more appropriate to simply ramp the saddle. • I've done this in previous videos with great results, as seen here: • • Saddle Re-Pointing | CRITICAL for Int... • But am now erring more on the side of re-pointing a saddle only to the original dimensions. Maintaining more contact area between the string and the saddle via ramping the notch with a nut file, similar to filing a nut slot, may be the most appropriate course of action here -- if it does actually solve the problem shown in this video. I'll have to wait for another guitar to give it a try. • The original video is here: • • Vintage Gretsch Chet Atkins Nashville... • ...And I clearly remember the customer not being happy with the tone of the guitar until after I re-pointed the saddles. So currently I'm mulling over the idea of ramping the string notch with a nut file and how well that would work. • I still believe re-pointing the saddles is valuable, especially when there's been a lot of wear, or in a situation like that Gretsch where the rosewood/Tune-O-Matic bridge has already been lowered as much as possible, and due to poor neck angle, the action can't come down enough. • In those cases, the notch has to be cut very deep just to get the string low enough, and the only way to make that right is to flat file the saddle way down, then re-point it. The question is whether it's necessary to make a thinner point than normal, or simply restore it to the original proportions and then focus on ramping the string in the notch for tonal and intonation purposes. • Anyway, I'll be thinking about this until the next job with a similar problem comes along, and may even make a video about it. Stay tuned! • ----------------------------------- • My eBay store with Handwound Pickups and more: • https://www.ebay.com/usr/md4239 • Instagram: Follow for pictures and updates on my work. I usually post more regularly here than on YouTube: • slight_return • Bandcamp: My music and covers in high quality .WAV file format: • md101089.bandcamp.com • Imgur. Snapshots of my guitar work and wiring diagrams: • https://guitarmd10.imgur.com/all

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