Washburn N4 redo

[jeremy]

Re: Washburn N4 redo

looks great man! heres hoping that its finally stable

[kramersteen]

Re: Washburn N4 redo

good work ol mate.

[d1dsj]

Re: Washburn N4 redo

Well flipin hell, that looks bang on!

[Ayrton]

Re: Washburn N4 redo

Been playing it for a couple days now and it seems fine. I can bottom out the strings with the rod, so it works.

I have been trying hard to get thru so many of these old projects.

[metalchurch79]

Re: Washburn N4 redo

Nicely done buddy! What radius did you go with?

[Ayrton]

Re: Washburn N4 redo

Nicely done buddy! What radius did you go with?

12", same as stock. I wanted it to remain like factory. I no plan to sell it, but the price of the early "Davies" models have skyrocketed.

[metalchurch79]

Re: Washburn N4 redo

Nice, I like a 10-12” myself...
Love the Kahler Steeler trem as well... Im assuming these pics were mid setup because your saddles are a little off... How’s she play?

[Ayrton]

Re: Washburn N4 redo

The intonation has been since tweaked, but it was close. I don’t know why, but some guitars get weird.

Plays great! I have the action a little lower than I normally run and I finally got the trem dialed in to return to zero. My guitar taste have drifted a bit snce I went thru several of these, but there is no denying they are great guitars.

[Mincer]

Re: Washburn N4 redo

That really looks amazing...thanks for showing the in-process pics. I really love that kind of stuff!

[devastone]

Re: Washburn N4 redo

I've had a couple of N4s, no Davies but I hear they are sweet. Had a custom maple neck made for a padauk factory body I picked up, that was an awesome guitar, one that I wish I still had. Looks like the prices on all of those has gone up, at least since I last looked.

[metalchurch79]

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My lefty buddy has one and he wont get off of it but man I tell ya Id love to try it out!
Hows the neck profile on these? That would really be my only concern actually. That neck heel looks very comfy kinda reminds me of my Soloist which had a great feel as well.

[Ayrton]

Re: Washburn N4 redo

Normal comfy C is how I would describe it. I can measure it later tonight (making dinner)

[metalchurch79]

Re: Washburn N4 redo

Ok cool. Did you check the dc to see which pickup you have in it? It looks like it has some nice weight to it and they all gave me that impression but Ive been wrong on that too! Haha! I know what you mean about some guitar’s intonation being slighty askew at a glance, yet they’re dialed in as good as youd ever get...just caught my eye, I know you know your stuff.

Im wondering what neck you’re working on next. Maybe its a 700DX neck?

[Ayrton]

Re: Washburn N4 redo

Nut width: 1.69"
Neck thickness @ 1st: .792"
Weight: 7.4#

Bridge DCR @jack: 11.54k
Neck DCR @jack: 7.33k

[metalchurch79]

Re: Washburn N4 redo

That would be L500L territory.
Thanks for taking time to spec that out. Mine are all in the 8lb 4oz range so I was actually gonna guess yours was that much or more...