Here’s something a little different, rather than the usual round of Stratocasters etc.  An odd scale length for Fender as well, just a little shorter than the usual.  However it just wasn’t playing properly.

While the string were off I also gave the fretboard a good clean….

and oil….

The scale length means none of my notched strait edges will fit!  The other way to judge it, fit a capo at the 1st fret……

push down at the last fret….

then measure the height of the string above the fret half way up the neck.  It was way too low, no wonder there was a lot of fret buzz going on.

Quite easily sorted by just slackening the truss-rod a little.

With the neck set done I next sorted the action at the 12th fret, which was a little low.

The bridge was very badly adjusted.  It was sitting too low and so couldn’t move properly. It sits on 2 adjustable posts but needs to be high enough to be able to rock backwards and forwards.

With the bridge moving properly then adjust the outside string heights to give the right playing action.

Once the “E” strings are right then adjust the others to match the curve of the frertboard.

Next the action back up at the 1st fret.  Just about right, although with the slightly shorter scale and setup in drop-D it might be a little low.  Time will tell when it’s done.

Almost done, just the intonation, which was also way out.

Lastly a quick look at the pickup heights.  Again it’s just a starting point, plugging it in and playing it is the only real way to judge pickup outputs.

There it is, ready to Rock

A word or 2 from the owner:

“George is a great and friendly guy, extremely knowledgeable and just the guy to talk to guitars about. I highly recommend him If you’re wanting or needing any work professionally done on your instrument then he’s your man. Had my guitar set up through him and it now plays and sounds a great deal better then before I took it to him. Cheers fella”