Problematic Gretsch

Had a bit of a problem with a Gretsch this week.  The owner wanted a setup to cure some fret buzzing, sadly it needed a bit more than just that.  The frets were quite uneven so they needed dressing to get the most out of it.e-01

Rather uneven frets….e-02Grinding the frets to level the tops…e-03Once the frets were level and the tops re-crowned and polished all it needed was a standard 5 point setup.  That should’ve been quite easy apart from the A and D strings, there wasn’t enough adjustment in the bridge saddles.  You can see here they’re both at then end of their adjustment.e-04So I turned the saddles around on the 1st three strings which just about gave me just enough movement.e-05Job done…e-06

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