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A guitar will not continually require neck resets - only one or two for the life of the instrument. If this were not true, the guitar would eventually fold in half, and you'd run out of heel to trim during the reset.
- Do I need a neck reset?
- Do electric guitars need neck reset?
- Do all acoustic guitars eventually need a neck reset?
- Does a neck reset devalue a guitar?
Do I need a neck reset?
If you have almost any steel-string acoustic guitar for long enough, odds are it will need a neck reset at one (or some) point(s) in its life. Wood settles and string tension pulls the guitar's geometry around over time. The upshot can be that the action gets slowly higher and higher so that it's uncomfortable to play.
Do electric guitars need neck reset?
Yes, they do. And, it's not uncommon for a strat, tele, or other bolt on neck to need a reset.
Do all acoustic guitars eventually need a neck reset?
This happens to pretty much all steel string acoustic guitars eventually. ... A good indication that a guitar is a candidate for a neck reset is when a straight-edge along the top of the frets contacts somewhere below the top of the bridge (as in this image).
Does a neck reset devalue a guitar?
A: The seller is right that a neck reset can change the tone of a vintage guitar. Neck angle not only regulates action but also affects mechanical forces that load and drive a top. ... It's well known that '30s-era Martins and Gibsons sometimes lose tone after neck resetting.
