Custom Build Explorer

I like a challenge now and again. A young lad has built this body but needs a little help getting the neck and bridge lined up properly.  It only takes a millimetre out at the neck and the strings’ll never sit properly.  It’s also vital that the bridge is in exactly the right place or it’ll […]

Squire Start’ – Custom Pickups

Here’s a great way to improve our guitar.  Rather than trade it in for an upgrade how about changing the pickups?  These should sound good. About the only bits that I’m going to keep are the volume pot and the pickup switch. That’s the new wiring.  I’ve added push/push pots on each of the tone […]

US Telecaster – Setup

Why should a brand new guitar like this need a setup.  Simple answer, it shouldn’t.  However it’s been built a long way away, in a Californian desert, and travelled half way round the world.  How many temperature and humidity changes has it been through? It’s not really that bad, just needs a twist here and […]