What a beautiful piece of wood! A lovely American Strat’, just needs a setup. The neck was rather flat. so ease off on the truss-rod a little. Adjusting the neck relief will throw the action at the 12th fret, so that needs to be reset. Starting with the outside “E” strings. and then the others, […]
Here’s a rather nice Stratocaster, just needed a bit of a tweek on the setup. It’s got some nice pickups as well. Although for an American made Strat they got some basics wrong, the neck is on a little wonky. Since the neck will come off to adjust the truss-rod I’ll sort that out when […]
Those that know me will know I love a semi-acoustic, particularly Gretsch, and these ones coming out now are fantastic. Sadly the setup on this one wasn’t great. While the strings are off is the easiest time to oil the fretboard. The heads were also just a little loose as well. So with a […]
Hight frets? That can be sorted quite easily… A single fret isn’t something I would normally do on it’s own but there’s always an exception to the rule. This Firebird had just one slightly high fret. As there is just one odd fret I took just a little off the top.. Enough to level them […]
They say flying is easy, it’s the landing that can bight! Well this Flying V may have flown well but it must have been a hard landing! I’m not sure what happened but the neck pocket has been split along the line of the neck. It should have been quite simple. I opened up […]
When it’s on of these…. Perhaps not the worst guitar I’ve had on the bench but you can tell from all the details it’s not genuine.. At first glance it looks OK. Just take a look at the jack plate, and the lack of quality in the finish. The screws on the scratchplate haven’t been […]
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. […]
What a fantastic night out, watching The Story of the Guitar Heroes in the New Theatre Royal Lincoln. I’ve been struggling for more years than I care to remember to master the Guitar, I could practice for 25 hours a day for the next 200 years and I’ll still not achieve these levels! The playing […]
A friend of mine has asked me if I know of anyone interested in a Les Paul Custom? I don’t right now, do you? He wants £2200 for it, any offers?
All done. Cut the slots in the nut and finished off with a full setup. Looks even better with strings fitted. To see the re-fret in full click here.