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 […]

Yamaha – Fret dress, bone nut & saddle

A nice acoustic, just needs a little work and some extras to lift it out if the ordinary. The first thing the owner wants is a bone nut and saddle, to improve the tone a little. The nut isn’t a problem but the saddle is a very complicated shape, I’m not sure if I’m looking forward […]

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, […]

Faith Setup

A nice acoustic.  Plays nicely but could be better. Unusually the set in the neck was very low, “off the peg guitars” tends to be the other way, too much of a curve.  My feeler-gauges are even too slim to even measure it…Slackening the truss-rod a little easily sorted that out… That’s better.The action at the 1st […]

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. […]

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 […]