Anyone have their JC Plek'd?

[SweetPete]

If so, how did it turn out?

If you haven't heard about the Plek, here's some info:

www.plek.com

[~K~]

Re: Anyone have their JC Plek\'d?

no but I've had a san dimas guitar that was plek'd ..it's great

[Top Jimmy B]

Re: Anyone have their JC Plek\'d?

What is this plek-ing of which you speak? Something to do with the frets?

[sully]

Re: Anyone have their JC Plek\'d?

yeah, they're leveled by machine, with the strings still on.

[DonP]

Re: Anyone have their JC Plek\'d?

Lot's of bro's at the LP forum have this done and swear by it. Once a plek is local to Cinci I will give it a shot on one of my Lesters.

[surfdork]

Re: Anyone have their JC Plek\'d?

How much does it cost?

[SweetPete]

Re: Anyone have their JC Plek\'d?

Cost-wise, I've been getting quotes between $129-$200. Seems to usually require some nut and saddle work as well.

[~K~]

Re: Anyone have their JC Plek\'d?

it takes a reading under tension and off tension then creates a level fretjob that is supposed to be better then by hand.. It is definetly a nice fretjob

[Twisteramps]

Re: Anyone have their JC Plek\'d?

The 1/2 dozen or so San Dimas guitars that I played were factory plek'd and had PERFECT frets. I think having a guitar plek'd is more expensive than a luthier doing a grind and polish, but it's many times more accurate. Last time I checked though, there were only a few of the machines in the USA - one in nashville and I think one in california.

Pete

[surfdork]

Re: Anyone have their JC Plek\'d?

Hey Pete...I clicked the link in the first post, and it says it's now available in Norman, OK at the Norman Music Center. Might be worth checking out.

[guitarsjb]

Re: Anyone have their JC Plek\'d?

Cool, that's right down the road for me. I'll have to check it out.

[Twisteramps]

Re: Anyone have their JC Plek\'d?

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Hey Pete...I clicked the link in the first post, and it says it's now available in Norman, OK at the Norman Music Center. Might be worth checking out.

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Wow, that's cool! It's been a few years since I read up on it - I was at Lloyd's house checking out the San Dimas guitars when I first heard about the process from him.

Pete

[DarkMare]

Re: Anyone have their JC Plek\'d?

Hmmm, how does it handle guitars with binding over fret ends?

[SweetPete]

Re: Anyone have their JC Plek\'d?

Hylian,

It must not be a problem - as someone else mentioned, a lot of guys in the Les Paul Forum have had theirs done, and I haven't seen anyone complain about the "nibs" at the fret ends.

[Dreamland_Rebel]

Re: Anyone have their JC Plek\'d?

john suhr has one of those machines and swears by them.