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I bought an almost-mint `90s AT1 about a year ago, and decided to take it to the local Jackson-authorized guy who shares my appreciation for somewhat unusual guitars. He's a luthier to be precise, and charges way too much for a setup, but I still take some guitars to him exclusively. For its first trip to the shop, the AT1 went to him.
All was not well. Somehow, I hadn't noticed that the bushings for the Wilkinson bridge were rising up out of the body, which were ultimately removed, glued and reseated. Then there was a different issue, also relating to the bridge - it was installed too far from the neck joint, and thus doesn't intonate quite right. Definitely a build issue, the tech tells me, unrelated to the bushings issue. He set it up as best he could without any woodwork, but it will always intonate slightly flat.
I'm just wondering if anyone else has an AT1, and if they've had any intonation issues. This is one of the initial builds with the 4+2 headstock, of which I've read there were only 20 made, but I doubt that anything else was different between those and the 3+3 version. I bought this guitar mostly for the "cool factor" rather than to gig or record with, but I am curious if this was just one guitar that slipped past QC, or if they all are slightly off.
All was not well. Somehow, I hadn't noticed that the bushings for the Wilkinson bridge were rising up out of the body, which were ultimately removed, glued and reseated. Then there was a different issue, also relating to the bridge - it was installed too far from the neck joint, and thus doesn't intonate quite right. Definitely a build issue, the tech tells me, unrelated to the bushings issue. He set it up as best he could without any woodwork, but it will always intonate slightly flat.
I'm just wondering if anyone else has an AT1, and if they've had any intonation issues. This is one of the initial builds with the 4+2 headstock, of which I've read there were only 20 made, but I doubt that anything else was different between those and the 3+3 version. I bought this guitar mostly for the "cool factor" rather than to gig or record with, but I am curious if this was just one guitar that slipped past QC, or if they all are slightly off.
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