I bought this guitar in 2004 on eBay from Boger City Pawn in North Carolina . They misrepresented it by not stating that it was a factory second and the guitar was in need of a neck reset. Aside from that it has an unbelievably awesome sound and despite the high action it plays excellent. However, after two years with it I decide that it had to be right so packed it up and shipped it to Elderly Instruments for a neck reset. The bridge is also splitting and they will fabricate a new one at the same time. I'm hoping though that the sound is not altered. This is the same Dove Custom model as used by Elvis Presley in concert in 1976 and this one is pictured for display purposes on Scotty Moore's website.

Elderly recently updated me with the status and had this to say, "As I check for necessary corrections, I have come to the conclusion that the reason your guitar was a factory second is because the bridge is incorrectly located, and the intonation is consequently sharp. Because it needs to be replaced at this time and the design has plenty of open unused space one it, it will be easy enough to make the corrections in the course of making the new bridge. Ideally you want the new bridge to fit the same footprint on the guitar's face as the old, so as not to have to mess with the finish on the face. The strange thing is that the bridge has the normally needed slant in saddle position (adjusting the amount of compensation from treble to bass) built into it, but it has been located such that the saddle is perpendicular to the strings, i.e. there is no compensation at all, treble or bass. Retaining the bridge position and adding the needed compensation will result in a slightly exaggerated appearance, though I don't believe it will be enough so to be noticeable to someone who is not looking critically at it. The bridge pins will have to move back about 1/8" from their present location (yes, the holes in the face will have to be filled and re-drilled also) and the saddle position moved back just over 1/16" on the treble end and 5/32" on the bass end."

The guitar was finished and returned to me. Arnold Hennig of Elderly Instuments did a phenomenal job with the repairs and the guitar now plays beautifully.