Epiphone Les Paul, Fret Dress and setup

It’s a sad reflection that some guitars are just not as good as they really should be.  This is a lovely alternative to it’s Gibson cousin but still should be better.  A little bit of attention to detail though and it’ll be better than the Gibson… The action at the 1st fret is a little […]

Hohner Rockbird Re-build – 1st update

I had another scrape at the neck.  There is no finish at all left on the fretboard and it’s proving rather difficult to get at. I think it’s going to be easiest just to pull all the frets so I can really get to grips with it. With all the frets out I was able […]

Hohner Rockwood Re-build

The next big job.  I think this one is going to take a while!!!  One of those projects where money is in shorter supply than time so it’s going to have to be fitted in around higher priority jobs… Starting with a box of bits… Most of it is there, perhaps a few screws etc.  […]

Gibson Les Paul Finished

With the cleanup finished all that’s needed now is to put it all back together and set it up.  First then the curve in the neck. It had a little too much of a bend so I tightened the truss rod a little… I had a look at the action at the 1st fret, it’s […]