Ouch! Bet that hurt…. Luckily it’s a clean break, along the grain and the parts fit together well. The veneer on the face of the head has kept it together. The guy taped it back together to keep it in place which is good. If you ever do break something like this it’s always best […]
Author: George
Fender Stratocaster – Setup
A nice new Stratocaster. Nothing much wrong with it, but the owner just wanted the action lowering and setting up. Starting at the top; the string height over the nut (measured at the 1st fret) was fine. The set in the neck was a rather high (0.023″) so I’ll straighten that out a little. The action height […]
Epiphone EJ-200, Lower action height
Rather a nice acoustic, although the owner wasn’t happy with the action height, It was a little high. Unfortunately, as with most acoustics, it isn’t adjustable. The only solution is to physically reduce the height of the bridge. Grinding down the bridge. The Neck also had a little to much of a curve as well […]
Jackson Fusion Pro – Floyd Rose Replacement
Jacksons have never been my style, I find them a little too extreme, but this one is nice. The main problem is the Floyd Rose is rather worn, in particular the screw threads have been stripped out There really isn’t much I can do with that but replace it. At some point the Guitar has also […]
Custom Build
I don’t quite know what to call this one, it started out as a fairly cheap second-hand Washburn, but I’m going to turn it into something rather special. So far I’ve pulled it apart, taken out all the electrics and taken the neck off. I bought a set of machine heads but might not use […]
Telecaster Build – Final Update
Got the Tele finished this afternoon. Not before the neck caused me more grief. Next stage, wire in the electrics. A slightly unconventional wiring with a 4 position switch so that the pickups can be selected singly, in parallel or series. Once the wiring was done It’s the final lap, put the strings back and […]
Telecaster Build – 3rd Update
Added most of the hardware today, even that proved more difficult than I thought. Since the pick-guard is of a very early design there are no holes for the neck pickup screws. I’ve mounted the pickup on two springs with screws directly into the body. Since the pick-guard has to fit over the pickup but under the […]
Telecaster Build – 2nd Update
Carrying on with the Telecaster I’ve come upon a problem. Its caused by the fact that the neck is second-hand. It doesn’t sit entirely square so over the length of the strings the bridge will be out by about 3mm. That leaves 2 choices: A. Line up the pickup mount with the bridge which will require […]
Telecaster Build – 1st Update
Had a go at the Telecaster today. The first step of course is to fit the neck to the body. Not quite as easy as I would have liked as the neck pocket was just too small for the neck. However with a coupe of hours work and some very sharp chisels and it’s in. Since […]
Music Man Service and Setup
Simon of “A Thousand Sins” seems to be having a clear out and asked me to check out and service one or two of his guitars… First on the list, the Music Man. Fundamentally nothing at all wrong with it. The action at the nut was fine but the neck perhaps had a little too […]