Andy Eagle ( Guitar repair tech for 30 years )

[Eagle]

I saw an older thread about plek and you gave your thoughts…do you still have the same opinion? I know for example suhr quit using them and claim their own way is better but of course I’m a bit dubious of a claim like that

I haven’t read why John stopped using it. Post it I would be interested. I fail to see why a different process could improve on it . It is a tool though and subject to the intention of the operator. I suspect it’s more about being a blockage in the production line. In fairness to John if you start out with a stable straight piece of wood with evenly pressed frets it’s not going to be doing much and certainly not what it excels at.
For me Plek is a repair tool for the analysis and correction of issues in an instruments fingerboard geometry using actual data. But almost nobody utilises this capability fully.

 

[Henry]

What is your opinion on Luxxtone (Choppa S) guitars, if you have run into them? Do you know what SS fret wire they use, and how their own pickups sound?

 

[Eagle]

What is your opinion on Luxxtone (Choppa S) guitars, if you have run into them? Do you know what SS fret wire they use, and how their own pickups sound?

I’ve set up four or five and they are very good. I think the wire is Jescar. Fender custom shop quality. Pickups; I can’t really comment because I only played them through my bench amp ( tech 21 Trademark 10).