Peavey Renovation

This one will take a while.  It’s obviously been tucked away for some time.  The biggest problem will be the corrosion.  Most of the screws are rusted and I’ll have to do quite a bit to clean up the tremolo.  The electrics may also present a problem, but at worst I’ll replace the Pots and pickup […]

Squire Stratocaster – Fret Dress

A nice colour,  in fact a nice guitar.  I was asked to just adjust the setup but what it really needs is a fret-dress. Rather worn frets… After a few hours, level frets. Once it’s back together it will play as well as any new guitar.  A lot better than when it was new, the frets […]

New Gibson Pickups

Quite a simple update.  The chap has an Epiphone Les Paul that didn’t quite sound right and so asked me to fit a pair of Gibson pickups.  I like jobs like that, nice and easy, old ones out news ones in. Before… After…. (can you tell the difference?)  Well I guess you have to hear it. […]

Broken Machine head

This is quite a common problem. As guitars get old the machine heads can seize up.  Any oil in them dries out and if it’s been exposed to any moisture, they can rust inside.  Also the plastic of the key gets brittle, consequently they end up snapping off or breaking in two. The easiest way to […]

Telecaster Build – Final Update

Got the Tele finished this afternoon.  Not before the neck caused me more grief. Next stage, wire in the electrics.  A slightly unconventional wiring with a 4 position switch so that the pickups can be selected singly, in parallel or series. Once the wiring was done It’s the final lap, put the strings back and […]