Martin – Bone nut and saddle

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 […]

Tanglewood – Lowered action

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 […]

Tanglewood Setup

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 […]

Partial Re-Fret

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 […]

Jay Turser – Fret dress and bone nut

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, […]