There wasn’t much really wrong with this one, it’s just been tucked away and neglected for a good few years.

The fretboard was rather caked in several years worth of goop.

It was rather thick and dry so I very gently used a cabinet scraper.  Very important not to scrape too hard, to only remove the dirt and not the wood.

Getting right into the edges of the frets with a scalpel.

 

Lastly with 0000 grade steel wool.

Under all that the wood was very dry so a splash of lemon oil to bring it back to life.

The satin finish is always a little tricky, I found Taylor Guitars make a really good polish for those finishes.

It also had a problem with an intermittent pickup switch.

I tried cleaning the contacts but it still wasn’t 100%, so I changed it for a new one.

 

With the guitar clean and working all it needs now is a standard 5 point setup.

All was basically fine apart from a very low D string at the first fret.

A standard quick and easy fix is to clean out the old slot, fill it with fine bone dust…..

and drop in a drip or 2 of thin superglue to bind it together.

Once that dries it’s an easy job to cut the slot down to the right depth.

So there it is, good to go again.

For anything similar just give me a call or drop me an email.

“George”