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….
Tag: Acoustic Guitar
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. […]
Fender Broken Headstock
Ouch! Bet that hurt…. Luckily it’s a clean break, along the grain and the parts fit together well. The veneer on the face of the head has kept it together. The guy taped it back together to keep it in place which is good. If you ever do break something like this it’s always best […]
Epiphone EJ-200, Lower action height
Rather a nice acoustic, although the owner wasn’t happy with the action height, It was a little high. Unfortunately, as with most acoustics, it isn’t adjustable. The only solution is to physically reduce the height of the bridge. Grinding down the bridge. The Neck also had a little to much of a curve as well […]
Gretsch Fret Dress
Had a quiet week or so but back to work with a rather nice Gretsch Nothing much really wrong with it apart from a bit of buzzing around the 14th fret. Looking closely there were a few slightly high and some worn frets so a fret- dress should sort that out, (the black marks are […]