Finished the Les Paul this morning. Not much left to do really, just fit the strings and re-tune. Once it was all back together I gave it a quick check-out and adjusted the pickup height. Although they aren’t Gibson pickups I went for Gibson setting which proved to be fine. Job done..
Telecaster Build
I’ve been asked to put together a Telecaster for a customer. He has most of the parts but wants it put together professionally. Most of the parts are new, apart from the neck, it’s from an old favourite guitar so he wants to incorporate it into the new guitar. Its seen some action so the first stage […]
Les Paul Upgrade
Got what might seem to be a strange request. To upgrade a modern Les Paul with old style electrics. The modern Les Pauls have all their electrics built in a modular fashion, which I guess make assembly much quicker and easy. What this guy wanted was very specific, I like it when the customer knows exactly what […]
Gretsch Fret Dress
Had a quiet week or so but back to work with a rather nice Gretsch Nothing much really wrong with it apart from a bit of buzzing around the 14th fret. Looking closely there were a few slightly high and some worn frets so a fret- dress should sort that out, (the black marks are […]
Gibson Flying V -5th Update
Got the wiring finished so all the bits and pieces back in place. Just one part missing, needed re-chroming which I really can’t do! Once that comes back all it’ll need is a new set of strings. To see the start of the project click here.
Gibson Flying V – 4th Update
Got the wiring done. A simple guitar, 2 pickups, 2 volumes, one tone, one switch and a jack socket. Nothing particularly fancy although I’ve been asked to include the volume tone fade fix. To see the entire project so far click here.
Gretsch Duo Jet Review
I’ve always been a Gretsch fan, I’m lucky enough to have an old, 1974, Country Gent I picked up in about 1982 but much as I love the look and sound of it, it is a little large. I came across these Electromatic guitars a couple of years ago and have to say I was impressed from […]
Custom Built Spanish 3rd update
In between other jobs I’ve done a little more on the Spanish Acoustic. With the sound hole finished it was time to glue in the bracing on the back of the sound-board. All done and shaped. With the neck and the soundboard complete it’s time to glue th two together. The important point is to […]
Gibson Les Paul, Fret Dress & Setup
I was asked to have a look at a Les Paul with a view to improving the setup, a nice easy couple of hour job, (or so I thought)! The first thing of course is to have a close look to see exactly what needs doing to improve the playing. If the owner was completely […]
Gibson Flying V – 3rd update
Now that the glue has dried I can refit the pickups to drill the new holes. I’ve used cotton in place of the E-strings to make sure the location is right. Holes drilled and pickups installed. I’ve left a slight gap between the bridge pickup and the pickguard otherwise the hole for pickup would be visible […]