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Jackson – Fret dress
Never been a meal fan, and this one needs quite a bit of work doing to get it playing properly.. The frets are a little worn, not too bad…. the trouble is there are some low spots… To sort out those 2 problems I’m going to level everything. First then, off with the nut.. and make sure […]
Gibson ES335 – Fret Dress and Setup
Wow, what a beautiful guitar. Reminds me of the first brand new guitar I ever bought, except mine was an Epiphone, I could never have afforded the Gibson when I was about 16. This one has been well loved but well used so is in need of a little TLC. I’m sure I can get […]
Squire Stratocaster – Upgrade
I know this is a budget guitar but it should have been better than this. However a little bit of work and I’ll get it playing nicely…. The first thing I did was to remove the nut. It’s a good job I was planning to replace it as the old one came out in bits….. I’m […]
Martin – Bone Saddle and Setup
A nicely put together guitar… just a rather high playing action…. Looking at the neck I think it had a little too much set in it as well. so the first thing I did was to bring that down. The only way to reduce the action is to take a little off the bottom of […]
US Fender Stratocaster – Fret Dress and Setup
Now this was a really lovely guitar. I think a late 80s, American Built Strat’ Considering its age there’s not much wrong with it. A little bit of wear and tear on the frets… The rest of it’s lovely, a really great colour too. There was however one big problem that I hadn’t anticipated, the […]
Gibson ES335 – Bone Nut
Back to that 335 again, still not playing right. I thought it might need a little more TLC. I’ve worked out where the problem is at least. The G-string is sticking in the nut! Should be an easy fix, put in a bone .onet… Here’s the old on still in placeSoon tap that out and […]
Italia Setup
I’ve not actually had one of these on the bench before, but I think they’re great looking guitars, a cross between a Duesenberg and a Rickenbacker. It could do with a little more work, the frets are rather worn.. They’re a little uneven as well, but for now it’s just going to have clean-up and […]
Epiphone Machine Heads
These are very reasonable alternatives to their more expensive Gibson cousins. Someone’s fitted some really cheap machine heads though, so it needs tidying up and some new heads fitting. The old ones…With them all off it looks like it’s had a dose of woodworm!Before fitting the new heads I drilled out some of the old […]
Gretsch Black Falcon – Fret Dress and Setup
Wow, another big bodied Semi-Acoustic to play with! This one needs a lot more work to get it playing properly mind you. Some of the frets are very uneven so they’ll need levelling if it’s ever going to play nicely. Before removing the strings it’s always a good idea to mark exactly where the floating […]