Thank you Roman Guitars for repairing my Mono 300
Posted: Thu May 07, 2020 8:49 am
Shout out to Bob @ Roman Guitars, who has done a wonderful job repairing my Mono 300. This guitar had been unplayable for over a decade because the neck was bowed and warped, and estimates to fix it went from $800 to $1000. However, Bob discovered that when tapping out the old, bad truss rod, the neck astonishingly became "dead straight". He put in a new double truss rod, checked out all the electronics, replaced a switch, and had the guitar perfect for under $400. I'm incredibly grateful to Bob for getting my guitar playable again!
I bought this guitar new around 1978 from Paul's Music Store in Moline, IL. It came with a matching bass guitar, which I sold to Frank Johnson, a great bass player in my high school's jazz band. The guitar itself originally had only the neck pickup, but I wanted more meat to the sound, so I had a Bill Lawrence bridge pickup added around 1980. I replaced the original Mosrite neck pickup with a Seymour Duncan P90 (still have the Mosrite pickup), shortly before the neck became bad, but I'm looking forward to hearing the tonal possibilities.
--rtdreep
I bought this guitar new around 1978 from Paul's Music Store in Moline, IL. It came with a matching bass guitar, which I sold to Frank Johnson, a great bass player in my high school's jazz band. The guitar itself originally had only the neck pickup, but I wanted more meat to the sound, so I had a Bill Lawrence bridge pickup added around 1980. I replaced the original Mosrite neck pickup with a Seymour Duncan P90 (still have the Mosrite pickup), shortly before the neck became bad, but I'm looking forward to hearing the tonal possibilities.
--rtdreep