Most people stand in one camp or the other, Gibson or Fender, but this one crosses divides. It just came in for a once over, service and setup. A classic Fender? No, from the Gibson stable… Not a great deal wrong with it, just in need of a little TLC… The electrics were a little […]
Author: George
Tanglewood – Broken heastock
Rather a bad break, with big chunks of wood missing….First thing first, remove the out of place splinters so that the 2 halves knit together and glue the head back on… Using wood filler to replace the missing pieces, a bit of a mess…I’ll never be able to hide the crack on the face of […]
Epiphone Flying-V
I can’t say as I really like these, but a classic nonetheless. This one’s going to get an upgrade with a new pair of pickups…While the pickguard is off, wiring in the new pickups, I also gave the pots and switch a clean…. Also, while the strings were off, I gave the fretboard a good clean…and oil…The new […]
Ibanez Floyd Rose
Floyd Rose Trems’ can be a pain sometimes. For some reason this guitar sounds out of tune at various points up and down the neck. The intonation seems OK so I’m not entirely sure what’s wrong. Since the owner doesn’t really use the trem’ I’m going to fit a couple of blocks in place to hold […]
A Night out with The Tropics
Had a fantastic night out in the week. Went to see The Tropics supporting the Pete Williams Band..Check ’em out… https://www.facebook.com/itsthetropics?fref=ts
Taylor Baby – Electric Pickup
I rather fancy one of these myself. great little guitars, ideal for travelling. The owner wanted an electric pickup and mini-amp fitting It’s left handed so the mini-amp will sit this side.The corners need to be rounded off so start of with four large holes and roughly cut the sides.Next with a sharp chisel […]
3 Pickup Telecaster
I love these modern Telecasters, the only problem is you can’t get the original sound of the neck and bridge pickups together? The switch works just like a Strat’.What I’m going to do is add a mini switch to just bring in the bridge pickup no matter what else is selected. The modern players have […]
Left/Right hand Stratocaster
Here’s an oddball, is it a Left-hand or Right-hand Strat? The owner had it custom made but it just needed a few tweeks to get the full potential from it. The first problem was the nut. The grooves were much too shallow which made the playing action at the first fret way too high. But […]
7 String Ibanes GIO- wonky neck
This proved to be an odd one. I’ve always rated Ibanez very highly, if you’re looking for a starter guitar you can’t do much better than a second hand Ibanez. This one proved to be a little more troublesome though…. At first thought it had a couple of high frets at the top end… but […]
Ibanez Blazer re-fret
Now that’s a worn set of frets! Might just get away with dressing them, but then they would be very very low.. Rather than that, I’m going to replace them with new ones.Out with the old…Putting a slight bend into the new fret-wire. Gently tap the new wire into place… and trim the spare end. […]