Now that the old holes are filled and a centre line accurately established its time to work out exactly where the holes for the new pickup rings should be. Using tape to protect the guitar top and some more tape to keep everything in place very gently drill the new holes. To make sure to top […]
Category: Improvements
Epiphone Emperor – 2nd Update
There isn’t much wrong with this one so all I’ve done today is give the fingerboard and frets a bit of a clean and oil. Changed the machine heads for some nice Gold ones To follow the project click here. To see where this guitar started click here.
Epiphone Emperor – 1st Update
Made a start, pulled out all the old electrics…. By using a piece of cotton I marked exactly where the strings will sit once the new tailpeace is fitted. From that I’ve worked out an exact centreline so I can correctly locate the pickup rings. I can now work out exactly where the holes need to […]
Ukulele Nut
Not quite a guitar but the owner was unhappy with the action on this Ukulele. The slots in the nut are very shallow giving it a very action at the first fret and so making it very difficult to play barre chords at the top of the neck. Quite a simple job. I took the […]
Schecter Bass pickup switch
A simple job. A good friend of mine, Simon from “A Thousand Sins” www.athousandsins.co.uk wanted the traditional pickup fade selector replaced with a simple 3 way switch. The standard guitar… Pickup Switch.