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 […]
Category: Electric Guitar
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Gibson Flying V – 2nd update
I’ve started to fit the new parts but found another problem The pickups have been changed at some point and the holes for the pickup rings aren’t quite in the right place and they don’t quite sit squarely. The neck pickup isn’t too bad but the bridge pickup will have to be moved. I’ve filled […]
Gibson Flying V – 1st update
Having sorted out the sheered off strap button screws etc. Next I removed all the old bits and pieces, pickguard with electrics before giving the body a good polish to remove all the old dirt and minor scratches. Ready to start building in the new parts. Click here to see the start of the job.
Noisey Telecaster
I was asked if I could fix a noisy Telecaster, I thought that was the idea! However on listening there was an excessive amount of hum. I though it would be less complicated as you can get to the wiring without taking the strings off. However once I got it open I couldn’t immediately find anything […]