This wonderful little cigar box guitar needed a fair bit of work to get it in working order, the owner had requested that he could play it like a guitar and with a slide.
The action started off at about 5mm, I had a look at the saddles and they were pretty much flat to the bridge, the solution? a shim in the neck, as you can see below it’s not the ordinary sort of neck.
The action ended up about 2.5mm, I also leveled out the strings so the owner can use his slide easier,
The saddles, intonated and heights set, the intonation is still a bit out, as you can see the saddles and very much at there limits.
The nut also needed taking down a fair bit, i’m going to finish it off a bit more before I return ti to the owner, there’s still a bit more work needed before it’s completely finished.
Some general pictures of the guitar
Olley Neale Guitar Repair 