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Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2024 15:23:08 +0000
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To: Kevin Hill <kevhill@sky.com>
Subject: Re: Used Eko ranger 6 string
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Hi Kevin

Thanks for the email

Good to hear the guitar arrived safely

Thanks for the pictures it looks like the headstock movement is historic 
and won't move further if stored correctly

This is a guitar of a certain age so some movement I suppose is to be 
expected, if it had caused any issues with the set up we would have 
corrected it before hand

This Eko Ranger was one of the best we have seen in years with a good 
neck angle and no issues on the top which is quite common

Hope this helps

Any issues just let us know

Phil
:)



On 2024-02-13 20:09, Kevin Hill wrote:
> Hello Harriet, hope you're well.
> 
> Just wanted to get your thoughts/advice regarding the Eko guitar. It
> arrived as arranged and certainly looked in really good condition as
> described.
> I let it settle for a few hours before unboxing and tuned it up (the G
> string broke at this point, no big deal though)
> Once tuned, check it over and noticed there was a twist at the
> headstock as you can see in the photos attached.
> 
> I decided to let the guitar sit for a further day or two with my other
> instruments in our `music` room which has a humidifier so the RH is
> pretty consistent.
> Over the weekend I removed the old strings, gave the guitar a good
> clean and double checked everything, all good, no cracks or damage,
> fitted new Elixir 12-52 strings, but the Headstock twist was still
> evident.
> 
> The guitar plays well and the neck itself seems ok, it`s just this
> headstock issue.
> 
> I`m just not sure what to do, my concerns are two fold, firstly, is
> the twist structural or just age related, so will it get worse, I
> don`t think it will but I`m no luthier.
> Secondly, if I decided to sell it at some point in the future, I would
> have to point out the `twist` and wonder how much I would actually get
> for it.
> I don`t really want to return it but if the twist is structural then
> I`ll end up with something unusable or beyond a viable repair. Perhaps
> your guitar tech may have some input/advice.
> 
> I would appreciate any advice and look forward to hearing from you
> soon.
> 
> Many thanks once again,
> Kevin