Framus

Now and again something really nice comes across the bench.  This week it was an old Framus.  There was nothing really wrong with it, it just needed a good clean and polish.  I don’t know when it was built but I could picture it in the hands of a very young John Lennon….

More Smoke Damage

This one is the twin to the one I did yesterday.  Was in the same place as the Bass so has the same sooty smoke damage.  Did exactly the same, pulled everything off and stripped it down as far as I could to clean and polish everything before putting it all back together. As before […]

Smoke damaged Acoustic Bass

I seem to have the set, a water damaged Rickenbacker last week now a smoke damaged acoustic bass this week! The light patch is where I’ve wiped away the soot.  You can see the grubby marks on the top as well. I started at the top, it wasn’t easy to clean around the machine heads so […]

Lets try that again….

That Taylor…. It really is a stunning piece of wood… As much as it’s a really nice guitar the owner wasn’t 100% happy with it, it was just choking out a little on the Bass E string, around the 2nd and 3rd fret. I had a look at the setup and the neck had a […]

Morris 12 String

I’ve never been a huge fan of 12 strings, but perhaps that’s just because I don’t have the playing skills to be able to play them properly?  Anyway all the owner wanted was a bit of a clean-up and service and a little look at the piezoelectric pickup.  When plugged in the volume was fine […]

Epiphone Acoustic Fret-Dress

This is a well loved guitar, it’s been well looked after but is starting to show some signs of wear now. The frets at the top of the neck in particular.  A fret-dress will even everything up nicely. Before I can level the frets I need to make sure the fretboard is level…. so a […]

Yamaha Setup

This is rather nice Guitar, very well put together and finished but the owner was unhappy with the action height, it was a little too high. Starting at the top the action at the first fret is a little high but since I’m going to fit a bone nut anyway I’ll adjust that once I’ve fitted it. […]