Want to improve on your Epiphone Les Paul? A good set of pickups has to be the starting point. While you’re at the pickups, a new set electrics to match isn’t a bad idea. A nice new set of Radioshop Pickups and wiring harness to match. There’s nothing specifically wrong with the existings volume and […]
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Custom Built Telecaster
It’s always nice to get my teeth into something interesting, this one was a little more challenging than it should have been though. Before starting I had a look over the parts, just to make sure it’s all going to fit and work together. Unfortunaltely the frets were very uneven. Sadly it’s never going to […]
Tokai Acoustic – Tidy up
This one has had a bit of a whack so needs a little bit of TLC. There’s a big chunk of the binding missing and some quite deep gauges in the fretboard. One of the bracings is also split a little. Getting the glue in there is quite easy but clamping it in place was […]
“Rocky” Stratocaster
Wow, just love this paint job! What George Harrison fan wouldn’t want one! The owner has done a fantastic job, with a couple of subtle twists of his own along the way. All it needs now is to be put back together, along with a pickup swap, and a full setup to make sure it […]
Fender Stratocaster – Neck transplant.
A rather nice Stratocaster. The owner just didn’t like the neck profile so found a replacement. Swapping a neck theoretically should be easy, it’s only 4 screws after all. If you get a genuine Fender neck, as this is then yes, it will fit straight in, but you will need to re-adjust the setup. Likewise […]
Dressing uneven frets
There are two reasons why you might want to have your frets dressed, the first is if they have uneven heights, particularly if you want a low action. The diagram below, not exactly to scale, shows how when the string (the red line) is pushed down at the 2nd fret it should just clear the […]
Fender Stratocaster – Setup
What a beautiful piece of wood! A lovely American Strat’, just needs a setup. The neck was rather flat. so ease off on the truss-rod a little. Adjusting the neck relief will throw the action at the 12th fret, so that needs to be reset. Starting with the outside “E” strings. and then the others, […]
Gibson J45 Intonation problems
A lovely guitar, just has a couple of setup problems. The intonation on the B string wasn’t very good. The bridge saddle isn’t compensated, the top is rolled over in a straight line The neck relief was rather large. I don’t even need to measure it, I can see by eye there’s too much curve. […]
Ibanez Jem77FP Floral
What a great looking guitar. I like the build quality that you get at the price with Ibanez, although it’s probably not a guitar I would choose for myself. However this one is rather beautiful… It might be a fairly old guitar but it’s in very good condition so it doesn’t really need a lot […]
Ukulele Electric Pickup
Ukuleles are really popular these days. This one is really nice and the owner wants an electric pickup fitted. Not a particularly difficult job, but lots of scope to cause a lot of damage…. The pickup sits under the bridge saddle, but the pickup is quite tall so if I just put it under […]