Last week a friend came by with a guitar that needed repairing.  I agreed to have a look and advise him but I didn’t really have the time to do the work on it.  It was a late 80’s Manuel Reyes and the action had been modified by the previous owner.  The saddle and nut were shimmed, the bridge was lifting which might have been the reason why the break angle was too low.  In order to “fix” that someone had filed grooves in the saddle.  The fingerboard was a bit concave (radiussed inwards) and the frets were a bit uneven probably due to that.   A hairline crack had developed next to the fretboard too.  Someone else did the work in the end and I think he was happy with it.  He played it a bit before the repair and I was surprised at how boomy it was.  I have experienced a few Reyes before and had never heard that.  The owner is Alberto Cuellar, I hope to tell you more about him and his work in China soon as I have asked him to write something for me here. Another interesting thing I learned from this visit is that I need another solution for making videos.