Broken Headstock

Ouch, that’s a nasty brake, but fixable…. It’s split in 2 places and some small splinters are missing.  I glued it in 2 stages to make sure  it went back together correctly..Stage 2, glue and clamp.The wood has gone back together well although the edges are a little sharp.  I used a little wood filler […]

Acoustic Pickup

Want an Electro-acoustic? Rather than trade in your much loved old acoustic for one you can plug-in, how about an upgrade?  I did exactly that for the owner of this Fender.  Not exactly complicated, just a little time consuming to get right.The first part is to cut the hole for the pre-amp… With the hole […]

How to tell a good guitar from a bad one!

I’m often asked if such and such a guitar is any good? Is a ***** better than a *****?  The truth is they can all vary.  It’s possible to pick up a cheap guitar for less than £100 that plays nicely, on the other had you can spend £3,000 on a top end guitar that […]

Epiphone Hummingbird – Setup

A nice new guitar, just in need of a tweek to make it play a little better… The action was rather high making it difficult to play.  First I reduced the set in the neck… Then reduced the height of the saddle a little… That’s much better… 

Custom Built Spanish 6th update

As it was a little quiet last week I did a little more on the Spanish. I’ve put some fret markers on the side of the fretboard.  Using the pillar drill to drill the holes. The markers come as a long thin plastic rod.  Glue the end into the holes… and cut it just slightly […]

Custom Built Spanish 5th Update

I don’t seem to get much time to work on this one, but it’s been a little quiet this week so I’ve finished off the bridge. The 2 white strips are bone so that the strings don’t cut into the wood when they are tied on.  I’ve still got to cut the saddle for the […]

Epiphone Setup

A good-looking guitar.  Nothing much wrong with it, just needs a few slight adjustments to get the setup right.  Before doing anything else I took the old strings off and gave the fret-board a good clean. With the new strings in place I could properly assess the action.  Unusually the fret-board was a little flat, nine […]

Baby Taylor – High Action

These are great little guitars, unfortunately some of them come out of the shop with a very high playing action.  A fairly easy job to put right though… Starting at the top, with the action height at the first fret.  This one was OK, otherwise it’s a simple job to cut the slots in the nut […]

Encore Acoustic setup

As a cheaper guitars go these Encores are not bad.  This one just needs a bit of a clean and setup. The action at the first fret is OK…. but the set in the neck is huge, you could drive a coach and horses under there!! The action at the 12th fret is also huge.  […]