This was an interesting one. A 1970’s Fender Jaguar that’s seen some use! It’s actually in quite good condition, just a little worn. I’m sure it can be recovered and turned into something special…. The body’s been rubbed down to bare wood at some point, but looks cool! One of the switches has been broken, […]
Epiphone Les-Paul – Fret Dress
Nice looking guitar, just not playing right. The problem is with a couple of rather uneven frets. Unless they’re sorted out it’s never going to play well. With the strings off and the neck levelled it’s just a case of grinding the frets down to the lowest common point. You can see where the 4th, […]
Fender Stratocaster – New Pickup
Fancy and upgrade? How about a new pickup or 2? Not too sure about fitting them yourself? Just give me a shout… Just one to change in this case, the bridge pickup. It’s also a question of the quality of wire, I don’t use the cheap stuff. Decent wire not only lasts longer, will maximize the […]
Custom Build Explorer
I like a challenge now and again. A young lad has built this body but needs a little help getting the neck and bridge lined up properly. It only takes a millimetre out at the neck and the strings’ll never sit properly. It’s also vital that the bridge is in exactly the right place or it’ll […]
Fender Jazz Bass – Setup
What’s in a Bass setup? Much the same as a guitar really, just slightly different settings to allow for the heavier strings… The neck had a little too much set, or curve…. so a tweek of the truss-rod. With the neck flattened out a little it did bring the action at the 12th fret down […]
Telecaster – Bone nut and setup
What a fantastic looking guitar. Got to love a Tele’, but a Tele with a Bigsby, even better! That black and white finish look just great. There’s some problems with the bridge though. It’s sitting rather low, I’m not sure if it’s able to rock backwards and forwards properly? The trouble is, if I raise it […]
Ibanez RG – Fret Dress and Setup
I generally rate Ibanez guitars, but this one’s not so good. It’s got some very uneven frets. The only way to get it playing properly is to dress them all, to get a common level. It’s always easiest to do that with the neck off the guitar. There we go, taped up and levelled. As […]
Fender Stratocaster – Cleanup
Here’s a classic looking Strat, Just needs a bit of a clean, I think had a bit of damp at it. Nothing too bad, but that’s what I got off the face of the fretboard. The frets themselves were also a little corroded.. so gently polish them with steel wool It’s difficult to clean the […]
Hofner – Restoration
This is a little more of a clean and tidy-up than I’m used to, more of a restoration job really. It’s not seen any playing action for quite a while, so I’m not sure where I’m starting either? The head had a mod’ some time ago, three extra heads to make it a 9 string. […]
Vintage Acoustic – Fret Dress and Setup
Now there’s a great looking guitar. A real nod the 1960’s. I quite like Vintage guitars, they’re normally quite well made guitars but this one isn’t so good….. It’s got some very uneven frets. To really lift the tone I’m also going to replace the plastic bridge saddle with a bone one. Along with a […]