Re: New soundfile, tech comments, etc on Avandel OOO

Hi Dave, nice tune and nicely played, a thought occured to me regarding
your overpowering 6th string, I seem to remember Alan Marshall telling
me, (amongst the usual pile of drivel he comes out with) that you can
drill a tiny hole in the saddle under the offending string and
apparantly it cures it, in a reverse way something similar happened to
a guitar I had, the top E was really quiet and he said there may be an
air bubble in the nut and / or saddle, he replaced the nut and bingo
....top E string back. For once his snake oil worked...just a thought.
Cheers, Pete Smith
www.petesamithjohnbuckley.co.uk

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