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by Doug Polkat
Thu Dec 14, 2017 4:22 pm
Forum: String Instrument Repair: Practical and Political Issues
Topic: Walden guitar Bolt on neck????
Replies: 4
Views: 8320

Re: Walden guitar Bolt on neck????

I should have mentioned that there are two bolts in the neck block. The second one is higher up (near the fingerboard) and you can't really see it. Uses the same hex tool but is hard to loosen only because you have to feel around with the hex tool. If you want to take the neck completely off, the fi...
by Doug Polkat
Wed Dec 13, 2017 6:00 pm
Forum: String Instrument Repair: Practical and Political Issues
Topic: Walden guitar Bolt on neck????
Replies: 4
Views: 8320

Re: Walden guitar Bolt on neck????

There is a darkish piece of wood on top of the neck block that has the name Walden printed on it. It's actually super thin and you can push into it with a screwdriver. Search around the cente4r until your screwdriver (or whatever) sinks in, then work the stuff away and you'll find the bolt head insi...
by Doug Polkat
Wed Dec 13, 2017 5:53 pm
Forum: String Instrument Repair: Practical and Political Issues
Topic: Help! Stuck with Walden neck reset.
Replies: 2
Views: 6688

Help! Stuck with Walden neck reset.

This should be easy as the necks in Walden's are bolt-ons. So I pulled the bolt from the neck block and loosened the fret board above the body, then watched the neck fall off. But.. .it didn't ! That neck is still very tight on the body. I've scored the finish around the joint so that's not it, and ...
by Doug Polkat
Sat Dec 02, 2017 5:36 pm
Forum: String Instrument Repair: Practical and Political Issues
Topic: Help needed with Walden D550
Replies: 4
Views: 7954

Help needed with Walden D550

It's basically a good guitar and sadly I'm poor and can't afford anything else. I do have past experience in instrument repair (mostly violin making) and am not afraid of such work. The problem is that the fingerboard has little radius (almost flat as a classical) and the frets are tiny (like strand...

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