A rather nasty break this one. It’s split along the grain though, so it’s repairable. It’s split into several parts so I need to deal with those loose parts first. Before gluing anything I removed any loose small chips that will get in the way of the head fitting closely back together. Then inject slightly […]
Tag: Electric
Ibanez RG – Fret Dress
This a rather unusual one, Ibanez guitars are normally a lot better than this… Having set it up to a normal standard it was choking out badly at the first fret. Turns out the first fret is really low. The only way to dial that problem out would be to put in a rather excessive […]
Jazzmaster – Shielding and Pickup swap
Need to improve the sound of your guitar? How about a new set of pickups and shield the pickup cavity to stop any unwanted hum while you’re at it… The inside of the Jazzmaster must be about as complicated as they come. However, a one-for-one pickup swap should be easy. Before the new pickups go […]
Custom built “Les Paul” style guitar
A kit guitar, just needs finishing off and setting up. It does have some problems though, the frets are very uneven and so causing quite a lot of fret-buzz. The first fret in particular is rather low. That’s a big problem as it means having to take every other fret down to that level. So, […]
Harley Benton Hard Tail
A nice looking guitar, built to a budget. The owner was just a little unhappy with the tail. He’d already changed the stock bridge but is still unhappy with the way the new bridge is pulling up. The wrap over bridge will tend to twist and pull up on the rear end when the strings […]
Ukulele Electric Pickup
Ukuleles are really popular these days. This one is really nice and the owner wants an electric pickup fitted. Not a particularly difficult job, but lots of scope to cause a lot of damage…. The pickup sits under the bridge saddle, but the pickup is quite tall so if I just put it under […]
Flying V – Hard Landing
They say flying is easy, it’s the landing that can bight! Well this Flying V may have flown well but it must have been a hard landing! I’m not sure what happened but the neck pocket has been split along the line of the neck. It should have been quite simple. I opened up […]
Gibson Les Paul Service and setup
I’ve never seen a Les Paul like this one… Rather unusual, It had a coupe of electrical gremlins so I replaced the jack socket with a nice new one… Gave the volume and tone pots’ a clean Also cleaned the contacts on the pickup switch.. While it was on the bench it also had a […]
Fender Strat – Not holding tune
This really is a beautiful guitar. It’s been through my workshop before but it’s not behaving as well as you would like with a guitar at this level. It doesn’t seem to want to hold it’s tuning very well. I think it’s the usual problem but the owner assures me that he never uses the […]
PRS – Fret Dress and Setup
I can’t say I’ve ever really been a fan of PRS Guitars, they’re normally better than this one though. This one has some rather uneven frets so it’s never going to play well as it is. A fret-dress and a setup will sort that lot out though. Using a Fret Rocker over 3 frets there […]