I recently received a swamp ash special se. I was told that they have a three piece body. But, when looking at the end of the guitar, I see one seam where the strap holder is. It is clearly the only seam. Were some of them made with two pieces? I can post pictures if you want
Swamp Ash Special SE
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2 piece instead of 3 piece? What kind of shenanigans is that?! Return it immediately!
2 piece instead of 3 piece? What kind of shenanigans is that?! Return it immediately!
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Welcome @Leebr97!
You may indeed have a 2 piece, especially if it's light colored and you can easily see the body including the end grain and see only the one seam you described.
My opinion is that there are some SE's that just get more love. My SE 245 Soapbar has a nice 1 piece neck and while it has a 3 piece body, the pieces are from the same piece of wood and are book-matched. And irrespective of how many body pieces there are in yours, if it plays and sounds great it's a keeper!
Enjoy and post pics!
You may indeed have a 2 piece, especially if it's light colored and you can easily see the body including the end grain and see only the one seam you described.
My opinion is that there are some SE's that just get more love. My SE 245 Soapbar has a nice 1 piece neck and while it has a 3 piece body, the pieces are from the same piece of wood and are book-matched. And irrespective of how many body pieces there are in yours, if it plays and sounds great it's a keeper!
Enjoy and post pics!
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Really? One piece neck?!
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Well, it has the little winglets at the headstock and a 1/4" thick piece at the heel so the heel bottom matches the back (see NGD) but otherwise it's one piece. The grain isn't perfectly parallel to the neck so you can see grain crossing anywhere a seam could be. Plus the rosewood fretboard is nicer than on my Stripped '58.
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Sweetwater is great. I'm sure if you let them know you got cheated out of one piece, they'll take care of it.
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The only time someone is gonna congratulate you on having less wood.
On yours, does the bridge float?
Yes, but only about 1/16" or so.
Hmm. The back of mine is hitting the guitar.
Mine is not much better but I'm not a big trem user and when I do, it's a subtle wiggle. You would need to shim the neck butt end and then raise the trem posts to raise the action and trem up a bit.
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Just loosen the claw screws a bit and retune, repeat as necessary til bridge is parallel and floating. If you need to raise the front of the bridge, take off strings and springs first to prevent damage to the knife edges.
Can I lower them the same way? I understand they all have to be at the exact same level. My 1986 floats about 1/16" and I like it, so I would have to lower the front.
