Welcome, Tim!Bronson wrote:As another noob...The nut slots were high enough that fretting at the first through third frets was a MOTHER; a visit to a good luthier had her fixed up in no time.
Better the nut slots are too high than too low.
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Welcome, Tim!Bronson wrote:As another noob...The nut slots were high enough that fretting at the first through third frets was a MOTHER; a visit to a good luthier had her fixed up in no time.
This is not out of the ordinary unless you have had an instrument custom built and you were there during the final setup so the luthier could get it adjusted exactly to your liking before it left the shop.Hixy wrote:Doesnt anyone else find it very unusual that after spending thousands on a new Ric you have to spend more money to get it to play properly. I would have thought that it would be part of the quality control process to make sure these playable antiques of the future leave the factory in near to perfect condition. I hope I am wrong.
This is NOT a quality control problem- in fact you'll find that these instruments are all set up pretty much the same, a least as close as can be done for a product made of wood.Hixy wrote:Doesnt anyone else find it very unusual that after spending thousands on a new Ric you have to spend more money to get it to play properly. I would have thought that it would be part of the quality control process to make sure these playable antiques of the future leave the factory in near to perfect condition.
cjj wrote:If you want a guitar that doesn't have these "problems," get a plastic guitar. Of course those have other issues...