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, […]
Tag: Acoustic Guitar
A Grand Day Out
Had a bit of a busy weekend, culminating with a grand day out in Birmingham, at the Guitar Show. Some fantastic bargains to be had. I was looking for a small, portable, practice amp. Something simple with valves! I’m fed up with overly complicated amps with far too many effects. What I found isn’t quite that, […]
Ovation – Electric Pickup
These are nice. The owner wanted an electric pickup fitted. The usual place for the jack socket is to combine it with the strap button. Unfortunately I don’t think if I extend the hole it’ll be strong enough. So I’m going to use a standard jack socket mounted elsewhere. The pickup is actually a little […]
Santa Cruz – Setup and action lower
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… […]
Freshman – Setup and lower action
This is another nice one. I’m not a great fan of Freshman but this one feels right. Nothing much wrong, just a little high in the action. The neck had just a little too much set in it for my liking. so flatten it out just a little. I did that with the old strings […]
Classical Acoustic – New Nut and Saddle
This needs a little TLC if it’s going to play again. The bridge saddle is badly damaged so I’m going to make a new one. The nut’s broken as well, so that’ll need to be replaced as well. First the nut. From a bone blank. Next the saddle, using the old one as guide. One […]
11 String Tanglewood – Bone Nut
An odd one this, one of the strings wouldn’t stay in it’s slot. I thought the nut was broken but the slots were at a bit of an angle. Easy answer, a new bone nut. A nice guitar though. While the strings are off, a good clean. and oil… I don’t have any 12 string […]
Fender Acoustic – Action Height
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 […]
Washburn – Cleanup and Re-String
Now and again I get a really simple job, for example just changing a set of strings. While the strings were off it also needed a good clean, you can see the build-up on the fretboard. It can be quite tough, but I find the best thing to shift it is fine steel wool. With the dirt removed […]
Martin Acoustic-Electric conversion
Want an acoustic with an electric pickup? There are lots of simple conversion kits out there, this one more simple than most… First thing first, drill the hole for the new jack socket/strap button. It’s a little larger than even my largest drill, so it needed a little work with a round file.. The pickup […]