A few more parts arrived today, the screws for the pickups. Guess what? even that didn’t work out as easily as I would have liked. Should have expected that I suppose, I think this guitar hates me. Well you know what, I’m starting to hate it back!!! One of the screw holes is very worn so the […]
Telecaster Custom – Rebuild 4th update
This thing is really bugging me now. Every time I touch it something else doesn’t work! I finally worked out why the neck pickup wasn’t sitting properly…. The cutout for the pickup doesn’t line up exactly with the cavity in the body, there is about a 2mm lip that is just catching the pickup. Another […]
Telecaster Custom – Rebuild 3rd update
BAck to the Tele… Holes Plugged…. Turning my attention to the pick-guard there are more problems, I seem to be having one of those days! I had a look at the pickups but they haven’t come with any springs or screws. I keep a stock but guess what, none fit so I’ll have to order […]
Telecaster Custom – Rebuild 2nd update
Re-shaping the frets isn’t difficult, it just takes time and patience along with the right file.. Making sure only to file the edges of the fret and round it off without touching the top. Half way through fret No.1… Some time later, all done…. The file leaves a very rough finish so each fret now needs re-polishing […]
Telecaster Custom – Rebuild 1st update
I was out of the workshop all morning and had another small job to finish so didn’t manage as much as I would have liked. However I made a start on the fret-board. The first, and probably most important step, make sure the fret-board is perfectly flat. With the neck flat I always mask up the fet-board […]
Telecaster Custom – Rebuild
Got an interesting job lined up. Build a Telecaster Custom. The body, neck and pickups are second-hand but everything else will be new. The frets are rather worn so the first job will be to sort those out. I was out of the workshop all morning and had another small job to finish so didn’t manage […]
Epiphone Setup
A good-looking guitar. Nothing much wrong with it, just needs a few slight adjustments to get the setup right. Before doing anything else I took the old strings off and gave the fret-board a good clean. With the new strings in place I could properly assess the action. Unusually the fret-board was a little flat, nine […]
Epiphone Les Paul – Setup
The first step is to check the amount of curve in the neck. It should bend up slightly and is measured half way along the neck using a notched straight edge and a feeler gauge. The tension in the strings pulls the head up, increasing the curve. This tension is balanced against the truss-rod which […]
Baby Taylor – High Action
These are great little guitars, unfortunately some of them come out of the shop with a very high playing action. A fairly easy job to put right though… Starting at the top, with the action height at the first fret. This one was OK, otherwise it’s a simple job to cut the slots in the nut […]
How Green is your Gibson!
Had an interesting day in the Music Room, Lincoln today. You can find me there on the last Saturday of each month if you ever want a chat about your Guitar problems. Nothing out of the ordinary to deal with but one guitar for sale caught my eye… I love anything with a Bigsby and […]