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Hope it was helpful! Safe driving! God bless!

Greetings from Canada! It's been down to -15c here the last couple weeks. And more cold weather for 2 more months, plus so much salt on the road. I probably won't be out again until April! Safe driving! God bless!

You can do a simpler mod by bending the back drivers seat posts backwards slightl ( about 3-4mm), free leave the seat in the middle position in the front bracket, and force the back into the lowest position. The modification I did with new holes likely requires removal of the front post to allow for tipping the tank up for air filter and other maintenance. A nuisance, sure, but not a deal breaker for me.

​@nedmilburn , will go out to do that now. Odd, I can't flat foot this one. I'm the same height/inseam as you are. It has a Sargent seat on it so that might be the issue. I need it lowered another 1/2...lol

@@jeffreygwinn5081 I haven't experienced aftermarket seats yet. The La Sellerie seat interests me, but it's a gamble to order and I'm not a financially rich man.

@@nedmilburn My shock preload isn't working!!! I guess that's why they threw in a shock with the line and adjuster.

@jeffreygwinn5081 For some reason, the oil in the rear shock preload drains. We (st13 riders) don't know if it's a system flaw or if it is the fluid choice honda used. It is easy to clean and replace the fluid... Just be careful not to loose the mini ball bearing for the detent. You'll find info on st owners dot com

Good point! There are reasons zero frets are rarely used. You've unfortunately experienced some of them.

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@@nedmilburn what is the name of your country??

Thanks for the suggestion! Appreciated!

There's another similar and fair question asked by another commenter. When I get a chance on a keyboard I'll type a full response.

I’m only just now getting interested in luthiery, but if the neck is warped, isn’t it pretty likely that it’ll warp further?

Good question... Please be patient, I'll explain further when I get a chance on a real keyboard. Stay tuned to your comment replies.

Yes, you're correct. Warmoth makes replacement necks for Fender guitars. You can search on their website.

I think you may be looking for the guitar sky hook in aisle 3... 😁✌🏻

It could be but I don't think so because the bridge doesn't have the 3 side walls on the bridge plate. Take a look at 12:20. But I'm not super knowledgeable on all the variations of Fender and Gibson guitars. My specialty is technical knowledge of the instruments. I'll lose to many amateurs regarding specific model knowledge for brand name guitars... lol Cheers!

Fair question... Remember, when you're checking the nut, you are fretting the string so it doesn't matter if the action is high or low. The nut slot measurement method removes the saddle action from the equation. I hope this addresses your question. Let me know if it doesn't. Cheers!

Thanks dude!

Thanks for the comment and for tuning in!!

Another new 335 i had in the shop last year showed some pretty bad scarring on the binding. My rule about building instruments is, don't injure an instrument before it is sold...

@@nedmilburn Yes i think such a big factory as Gibson shouldn't sell this guitars without checking, i bought mine in Italy and there were unfortunately binding glue on fretboard, we are talking about almost 3k guitars and the guitar should be in the best condition possibile. It had to clean and refret a guitar after buying it luckly i get a partial refound because it was a damage stock, all Standards are in the same condition so it was a factory machine fault

@@Tekno281 Sounds par for the course.. If you want an alternate choice with better build quality and EXCELLENT sounding, you can consider Ibanez guitars. I used one of their AMH-90 guitars (like a Gibson 339) as my main guitar for a year. Great sound!!

@@nedmilburn Yeah i've had an az premium and i was very happy, very well builded especially frets. I sold because i'm trying to get a prestige series

Thanks for running in... Yeah... This stuff can be pretty dry... LoL😂

Thanks for your comment and for tuning in... The best I can imagine is that Gibson doesn't have production managers who have a sufficient level of understanding about guitar playing and guitar maintenance. I used to be a pretty darn good guitar player (jazz and classical). This fact, included with the fact that I do repair, maintenance and guitar building, helps inform me as to a plethora of issues that can occur. So I have the advantage of being able to learn from mistakes of other builders' and companies' guitars, rather than just my own. BTW... Do you know what the ES stands for in "ES-335"...?

@@nedmilburn I'm sure I used to know what ES stands for but my memory is the shortest thing I've got ... I'm really glad that RUclips is recommending channels like yours, gathering knowledge is what I'm in to. Thanks again

@@nedmilburn I'd really like to have a semi hollow electric guitar

@@nedmilburn I cheated because I was so curious.. "Electric-Spanish" (as opposed to Hawaiian) 👍

​@@gearmeisterYou got it now!! Electric Spanish... I like that they give credit to the country that created the modern guitar.

Imagine Gibson guitars in the movie "Mars Attacks"... LoL

Please do instruct me as to the correct way since you project yourself as being a GOAT of fret work... And feel free to come visit my workshop to see my work. I'm the best in the East of Canada, and my fretwork is second to none. I learned from some of the best builders in Canada and USA. Me and my former boss were invited to Spain as fret work advisors for the Manuel Rodriguez guitar factory. So please inform me, a master artisan with international experience, how to do fretwork properly. Thanks!

@@nedmilburn I use a STRING TECH GPS tech deck for great fret work as compared to your FRED FLINSTONE SILLY PANTS METHOD you learned from an illegal spic !

Good for you!! GPS... That's awesome!! So you'll know where you are when you're driving around doing your fret work... 👍🏻

​@@joeballs5669BTW I checked out the unit you mentioned. Could be handy for tour techs but certainly doesn't bring any advantage for fretwork. And the neck strap shown in their pictures is ridiculous since you can't work on a guitar with its neck obstructed. Anyhow, thanks for showing up and watching and commenting! It helps the algorithms. 👍🏻

Thanks for this. Since I don't attempt to rip apart Yamaha necks I can't be sure what glue they use presently. The neck removal and reset operation is still quite invasive, however. Cheers!

@@nedmilburn oh of course without a doubt and I feel this is the most tedious of work, resetting a dovetail neck. From what I gathered from guitar builders, they like the dovetail because it is a secure joint but removing that dovetail is a nightmare which why I understand now why guitar shops charge an arm and a leg for it.

Thanks for your input. The finish pad is NOT a used 180. Flexible abrasives are different than sandpaper. And not all sandpaper is equivalent effective coarseness even if they read the same number grit. When blending the final fret crowning and moving to polishing, 180 Norton flexible abrasive is effective and not at all "atrocious". My finishing grit is at least 1000 equivalent but sometimes I'll go higher, although there's really not any effective difference finishing at 1000 vs 2000. Thanks for tuning in!!

Thanks for tuning in. Glad you found it useful. Do you do guitar work as well...?

Sadly they are moderately common. Usually it happens with decades old guitars that have deformed (compressed) bodies to either side of the sound hole. There is a weak point in the standard acoustic guitar X bracing pattern that buckles and compresses over time. But these issues can be made worse with over thinning of the scalloped portion of braces on key areas. Improper humidity control can accelerate issues like this. Then sometimes in rare cases you'll get a brand new guitar where they missed with the neck angle.

Lmao... That's funny! Thanks for tuning in!!

The package is actually an empty pack of guitar strings. If it were a real condom package that big, it'd be for a horse...! ;-)

Thanks for tuning in...! I hope my nutty humour isn't too crude... LoL

Sorry about the abrupt ending. I began posting on FB Reels which allows me 90 seconds. I'm still trying to adapt my video planning for the RUclips video freedom in length. What else would you like to see in the fretwork...? My most recent videos show some actual work on the guitar frets, not just a description of the result or stages in the process.

Nice!!

Thanks for tuning in...

They are! It's a decent build quality on this instrument!

It has just been oiled with "lemon oil". I use Dunlop 65. It is important to keep ebony and rosewood fingerboards clean and hydrated. Over time, you can prevent a fingerboard from cracking.

Thank you! Cheers!

Thanks for tuning in! If you could subscribe and share with some friends, that would be great. Cheers!

Thanks again for checking out these videos!!

Thanks for mentioning that!! I'm going to try a better solution. Cheers!

Cheers mate!! ;-)