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 […]

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 […]

Spring Cleaning

How grubby is your guitar?  Need a bit of a clean?  It’s not something you might often bother with but it’s worth spending a little bit of time looking after your cherished guitar. This one wasn’t bad but it’s always worth giving the fretboard a light coat of oil whenever you change the strings. Some […]

Custom Built Spanish 4th update

After a busy week I had a fairly quiet weekend.  I had a little bit of a rub around the Spanish Acoustic I’ve been building for the last 18 months or so.  It occurred to me that I hadn’t published any pictures for ages and its come on a long way. The neck was just […]

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 […]