Added most of the hardware today, even that proved more difficult than I thought. Since the pick-guard is of a very early design there are no holes for the neck pickup screws. I’ve mounted the pickup on two springs with screws directly into the body. Since the pick-guard has to fit over the pickup but under the […]
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Telecaster Build – 2nd Update
Carrying on with the Telecaster I’ve come upon a problem. Its caused by the fact that the neck is second-hand. It doesn’t sit entirely square so over the length of the strings the bridge will be out by about 3mm. That leaves 2 choices: A. Line up the pickup mount with the bridge which will require […]
Telecaster Build – 1st Update
Had a go at the Telecaster today. The first step of course is to fit the neck to the body. Not quite as easy as I would have liked as the neck pocket was just too small for the neck. However with a coupe of hours work and some very sharp chisels and it’s in. Since […]
Music Man Service and Setup
Simon of “A Thousand Sins” seems to be having a clear out and asked me to check out and service one or two of his guitars… First on the list, the Music Man. Fundamentally nothing at all wrong with it. The action at the nut was fine but the neck perhaps had a little too […]
Telecaster Build
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 […]
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 […]
Gretsch Fret Dress
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 […]
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.
Custom Built Spanish 3rd update
In between other jobs I’ve done a little more on the Spanish Acoustic. With the sound hole finished it was time to glue in the bracing on the back of the sound-board. All done and shaped. With the neck and the soundboard complete it’s time to glue th two together. The important point is to […]
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 […]