Nice guitars these, usually much better than this, but the Intonation was rather badly out in this one. There didn’t seem to be any real reason for it so I started off with a new, compensated, bone saddle…It sorted out most of the problem, but not quite the Bass “E”. Next I widened out the […]
Tag: Acoustic
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. […]