Been a quiet week, with nothing of real interest. A couple of fret-dressings. The last one a rather nice Epiphone Les Paul The fret-dress was a routine job, as was the setup.. The neck, unusually had very little set in it… The owner wants a fairly low action but I think it needs a little more […]
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Custom Build – 3rd Update
I had a little time so had another go at the custom build. I’ve got a pair of Gibson pickups which I’m going to use, the trouble is they don’t quite fit! Not a big problem; first mark out just how big the pockets need to be… …and use my smaller router to gently enlarge […]
Epiphone Bass – Update
Having got the pickups done it’s time to look at the top end. Fit a new set of machine heads. It should be easy apart from the fact none of the screw holes line up! Firstly then, plug all the old holes. Once the glue is dry trim the wooden pegs and fit the new […]
Epiphone Acoustic Fret-Dress
This is a well loved guitar, it’s been well looked after but is starting to show some signs of wear now. The frets at the top of the neck in particular. A fret-dress will even everything up nicely. Before I can level the frets I need to make sure the fretboard is level…. so a […]
Epiphone Bass Upgrade
Spent all day today in an update to an Epiphone Bass. New pickups and machine heads. There are a couple of problems to overcome. Firstly the bridge pickup is much bigger than the existing hole, although the old pickup rings are longer so there may be some old holes and marks visible. Second problem, the owner wants […]
Yamaha Setup
This is rather nice Guitar, very well put together and finished but the owner was unhappy with the action height, it was a little too high. Starting at the top the action at the first fret is a little high but since I’m going to fit a bone nut anyway I’ll adjust that once I’ve fitted it. […]
Custom Build – 2nd Update
Now that the body is done it’s about time I finished off the neck. I’ve got the fretboard nice but I have something special in mind for the head. unfortunately the head is just slightly too short to for what I have in mind so I need to add a couple of inches. The bracing […]
Soldering Day
A couple of small jobs today, one volume and one tone control. A simple replacement of a broken tone control. It does make life easy when the controls are on a separate plate, I don’t have to take the strings off to get to the trouble. Likewise this Yamaha, I was able to get to […]
Custom Build – 1st Update
Got the body back from the painters today, Wow!! I’ve got all the bits together so the next phase is to start putting it all back together. I’ve still got some work to do on the head mind you. I have something special in mind for that too… Keep watching. To see the project from the […]
Peavey Restoration – Final Update
With the body complete, bolt the neck back on and set it up. Since the whole guitar has been apart everything will need re-setting, starting with the truss-rod. The rest of it was simple, Job done…. To see the job in full click here