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Taylor Setup

20th June 2025 George

Taylor Setup Not something I would expect to have to do, a setup on a top end Taylor. A guitar setup is quite a personal thing though, so the standard factory setings may not suit everyone.  The owner just wanted a slightly lower action. The neck had just a little more relief than I would […]

 Acoustic, Acoustic Guitar, Completed Projects, General, Guitars, Uncategorised

How do you deal with sharp fret ends?

5th February 20197th February 2019 George

How do you deal with sharp fret ends? There are a couple of reasons why your fret ends can seem sharp making the guitar hard and painful to play. The guitar was just badly made in the first place… The wood has dried out and shrunk a little, so leaving the fret ends poking out. […]

 Completed Projects, Electric Guitar, General, Uncategorised

Gretsch Fret Dress

23rd July 2013 George

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 […]

 Acoustic, Acoustic Guitar, Completed Projects, General, Repairs

Les Paul rebuild

30th April 2013 George

A bit of a bag of nails, this one is going to need quite a bit of attention. The fingerboard is filthy and the frets are badly worn. Neither of the pickups are even connected so a complete re-wire is needed. First job, get the guitar on the jig, dress the frets and clean the […]

 Completed Projects, Electric, Electric Guitar, General, Guitars, Repairs

Ukulele nut and setup

30th April 2013 George

Another Ukulele that seems a little hard to play.  A very high action so the first job is to reduce the action height at the nut.  Unfortunately the nut on this one was hollow so cutting deeper slots was not an option.  The only choice is to cut a new one from Bone. Start with […]

 Acoustic, Completed Projects, Repairs
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