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 […]
Not the greatest of guitars, but could still play a lot better. It just needs the action height bringing down a little…. Before I take the strings off I like to set the neck relief where it should be, so I can tell exactly how high the bridge is. Now I know exactly how much […]
How does your guitar sound? One simple improvement is to replace the existing nut and saddle with bone ones… I’m a traditionalist and I really like traditional bone nuts and saddles. To make sure I get the size exactly right I need to get the action setup properly first. The neck was a little […]
What if the action on your acoustic is a little high? It can be an easy fix. This one is a little high so I’m going to give it a general setup. Starting with the neck relief. I always start that with the old strings, otherwise I’ll have to take the new ones off and […]
Rather than buy a whole new guitar if you want to plug your acoustic in, how about a Freshman Pickup and Pre-Amp? That’s where the pre-amp has to go.. Double check I’ve got the measurements right for the hole… This bit’s always a bit of a heart in the mouth moment, no going back now…… […]
This one is a little unusual. Normally when someone brings an acoustic for a setup it’s because the action is too high…. But once I’d put the new strings on this one was a little low… The truss-rod was actually to tight so there was too much curve in the neck as well, that’s only […]
This one’s seen some action, mostly around the open chords. The first 3 frets are really worn but the rest are probably OK. If I file them all down to the level of the grooves up there, then there’ll be practically nothing left! Off with the strings and nut and out with the first 3 […]
Got handed this one with a “What can you do with this”? Mainly it’s just missing a nut and one of the bridge pins. The frets are a little worn as well so I’m going to give them a dress as well. It’s seen a lot of action around those open chords.. Once they’re level, […]
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… […]