Acoustic Guitar Upgrade with Bone Nut and Saddle

Hi, this is a Yamaha FG730S whose owner hated the sound and playability. He was about to sell it to me for $100 before I told him that I could solve all of his problems.

So, he skeptically agreed to this $600 upgrade which included: removing the frets and leveling the fretboard (as there was a hump at the body); putting the frets back in, along with 3 new ones to replace the severely pitted ones; leveled, crowned, dressed and polished the frets; wooden bridge pins and end pin; and best of all a custom bone nut and saddle with custom action and intonation. This was a fun project that turned out audibly well, and pleased this client - he's now glad that he didn't sell it for $100 and buy a new one that may have needed some work anyway!
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Music

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• Bone
• Nut
• Saddle
• Acoustic
• Guitar
• Matt
• Currie
• Music
• Inlays
• Fret
• Refret
• Bridge
• Pins

[bizzo142]

Mine sounds better than the modified one, and it's stock. $600 dollars to fit a bone nut and saddle, that's just stupid. That guitar is around $350 dollars in the UK, and is pretty good value for what you get. If you want something better, then buy it. Expensive mods are just that. Expensive, and not good value.

[MattCurrieMusic]

@bizzo142 perhaps you should read the full description, there was a lot more than the nut and saddle done to this particular guitar.

[MattCurrieMusic]

He liked the tone of this particular guitar. He wanted a bone nut and saddle. It didn't cost 600 just to level the frets. He got a lot more done to it than your comments allude to. Glad you all have your own minds! ;)

[MattCurrieMusic]

Maybe try better speakers.

[LiveinSHediac]

Sounds way tighter... I replaced the nut and saddle with Graphtech on my '79 FG-335 II, along with a JLD bridge doctor.

It's not the same guitar anymore... :)

[WhiteNacho]

I'm having this done as we speak to my Gibson Gospel. 18 years of being played daily has really taken a toll. Just recently started to get the 12th fret buzz and I knew it was time for some TLC. Upgrading to bone at nut and bridge. Cost $300

[watsonvillian]

@woshushe not a 100 dollar guitar, and actually ranks best with seagull at under 500 buck marker. Still spending twice as much to mod a guitar compared to original cost is dumb. That is 900 bucks into a guitar when he could of bought a martin around that price.

[aliwhitwell]

@taustinjacobs You should try one of the Freshman range of guitars. I have fairly short fingers too but found a Freshman to be as good as all the Taylors I tried and much better value. I bought a 500DCE and it is absolutely superb!

[bizzo142]

@MattCurrieMusic . I bet he's really happy, then. :)

[woshushe]

..a &600 upgrade on a $100 guitar? sure it does sound better but...always a $100 guitar paid 700. I don't mean to understimate you work, not at all, but -say- a $600 yamaha LL would be really something compared to a cheap upgraded guitar

[taustinjacobs]

Amazing, AMAZING, upgrade. I have a unique issue... And that is that I have very short fingers for a picker. I am very limited in my acoustic guitar selection by the depth and width of the neck. Unfortunately, mostly lower end guitar manufacturers (Alvarez and Epiphone being the best for me, and Taylors being the exception as they are most definitely not lower end guitars), usually have the necks I desire, but they do not have the clarity or sustain of a bone nut or saddle. My favorite player r