A nicely put together guitar… just a rather high playing action…. Looking at the neck I think it had a little too much set in it as well. so the first thing I did was to bring that down. The only way to reduce the action is to take a little off the bottom of […]
Tag: Acoustic Guitar
United Breaks Guitars
Got to love this one, just had to pass it on…
Baby Taylor – action height
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 […]
Freshman – Bone Nut & Saddle
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 […]
Tanglewood – Broken heastock
Rather a bad break, with big chunks of wood missing….First thing first, remove the out of place splinters so that the 2 halves knit together and glue the head back on… Using wood filler to replace the missing pieces, a bit of a mess…I’ll never be able to hide the crack on the face of […]
LAG – Broken Headstock
Ouch! not a easy fix this one either, quite a complex break. I had to remove some of the splintered wood s that the parts would fit back together. Since the split went 2 ways I glued it in 2 stages, first the back part…and then the front by injecting some thinned glue directly into the […]
EKO Saddle
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, […]
Custom Built Spanish – Finaly Complete!!
When I started this thing I had no idea just how long it would take! however It’s done.. To see this guitar build from the start click here.
Taylor T5
Is this the most flexible Guitar out there? Could well be. There was a slight holdup with the T5 I ordered at the #Taylor Roadshow, but finally got my hands on it this week. Thanks again to the Musicroom Lincoln for sorting that little one out. I don’t have a acoustic amp to make the most of it, but […]
Custom Built Spanish – 8th update
Its finally getting close! almost done… Today I put the frets in and levelled the edges.Although I’ve got the length right and a 45° angle on the edge they still need a little bit of work to remove the sharp edges.Might even be finished soon… Keep watching, to see it from the beginning click here. […]