There’s nothing really wrong with Martin Guitars, but pretty well any guitar can be improved. A simple upgrade for any acoustic is to replace the Nut and Saddle with bone ones. This Guitar seems to have some intonation problems. I’m not sure quite why, the action is a little high, the strings are a little […]
Does your guitar buzz playing open chords? at the top of the neck? It’s probably because the slots in the nut are too low. The proper answer is to replace the nut but a quick fix can be achieved…. It’s got a nice bone nut, but the action is way too low. As I say, […]
Classical, nylon strung guitars tend to have a higher action but this one was very high. The first thing was to flatten out the neck a little… That helped a little. but not enough. So I took out the bridge saddle and ground it down a little. finishing it off by hand to make sure […]
There’s nothing worse than trying to learn the guitar on one that’s really hard to play! The action on this one was very high which is only ever going to give you sore fingers! Measuring up at the 12th fret the action’s way too high… The frets are a little uneven so I’ll never be […]
What a beautiful Guitar. Really nicely made, but with a rather high action. The neck set was about right, so nothing I can do there. The frets are nice and even so I can afford to bring the action down by quite a bit. Up at the 12th fret the action is much too high… […]
Here’s a common problem. A nice guitar but the action is a little high. It can put you off, you’re not going o persevere if the guitar is hard to play. However don’t worry, as long as the guitar is basically sound and the frets are level it can be sorted. Looking up at the 12th fret the […]
I just love these. I think they’re probably the best value for money you can these days, and absolutely ideal as a starter for a youngster. This one just has a bit of a high action. The neck set was also just a little high…so a tweek on the truss-rod….The actin at the 12th fret was way […]
Nice 12 string, just wants a bone nut and saddle to make it into something special. I’ll make the new nut from a large blank since I don’t have one for a 12 string. First of all make sure it’s flat and square…Then shave it down to the right thickness.. Once it fits the slot […]
A nice acoustic, just needs a little work and some extras to lift it out if the ordinary. The first thing the owner wants is a bone nut and saddle, to improve the tone a little. The nut isn’t a problem but the saddle is a very complicated shape, I’m not sure if I’m looking forward […]
These are tough old guitars, you don’t find any more solidly built. The saddle on this one seems to have melted! I don’t know how but ‘m going to fit a new bone one. It took a bit of work to get the old saddle out, in pieces in the end. Not that it matters, […]