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 […]
Tag: Electric
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 […]
Les Paul – Final Assembly
What a great guitar! A friend of mine has been working on an Epiphone Les Paul. He’s done some fantastic work on the finish. It’s a gorgeous satin finish with just enough of the natural wood showing through. Pity, but the photographs don’t really do it justice! I was called in at the last minute […]
Custom built Telecaster
I like a project I can get my teeth into. Got handed a box of bits to put together. Some very nice parts there as well. First thing then, does the neck fit the body? Not quite. The neck pocket just need teasing out a little. Nothing much, but I don’t want to force it. The heads […]
Epiphone Casino – Rebuild
What a lovely guitar. It’s seen some action though, so needs a little bit of work. The owner’s decided rather than just a little TLC he want’s to go the whole hog and have some serious upgrades along the way as well… The pickups are already out, the covers are away being re-chromed. It’s missing a strap button […]
Gibson ES335 – Setup
What a beautiful instrument, Gibson seem to be doing a bit better with their quality these days, just needs a tweek here and there to make the most of it. It looks like Gibson are finally getting their act together, the frets are nice and even at least. It’s even got a nice Bone nut. […]