I can’t say as I really like these, but a classic nonetheless. This one’s going to get an upgrade with a new pair of pickups…While the pickguard is off, wiring in the new pickups, I also gave the pots and switch a clean…. Also, while the strings were off, I gave the fretboard a good clean…and oil…The new […]
Tag: Electric Guitar Modification
Ibanez Floyd Rose
Floyd Rose Trems’ can be a pain sometimes. For some reason this guitar sounds out of tune at various points up and down the neck. The intonation seems OK so I’m not entirely sure what’s wrong. Since the owner doesn’t really use the trem’ I’m going to fit a couple of blocks in place to hold […]
3 Pickup Telecaster
I love these modern Telecasters, the only problem is you can’t get the original sound of the neck and bridge pickups together? The switch works just like a Strat’.What I’m going to do is add a mini switch to just bring in the bridge pickup no matter what else is selected. The modern players have […]
Ibanez Blazer re-fret
Now that’s a worn set of frets! Might just get away with dressing them, but then they would be very very low.. Rather than that, I’m going to replace them with new ones.Out with the old…Putting a slight bend into the new fret-wire. Gently tap the new wire into place… and trim the spare end. […]
#Jackson – Project
I picked this up a week or so ago. It’s not something I would even consider but a good friend of mine bought it on e-bay and it wasn’t exactly what he expected so I’ve taken it off his hands and I’m going to see what I can do with it. The first thing I did was […]
Custom built Telecaster
The owner wanted to build the electrics himself so I’ve just got it back to complete the setup…. Looks good so far…First thing first, the neck set…It’s just a little high so I’ll need to tweek the truss-rod. Unfortunately the screw is on the bottom of the neck so I’ll have to take off the scratchplate. […]
Tanglewood – Fret dress
It’s nice sometimes to get stuck into something a little more out of the ordinary, I would probably pass this one by in a shop if it were for sale but it’s nice, nice but with a few fundamental flaws. Once they’ve been sorted out it’ll be really nice… First thing first, the nut. A plastic […]
Washburn – Rebuild and upgrade
Not the greatest of guitars, but with a bit of work this one is going to something special!I I’ve been given almost a free hand to do whatever I want so I’m looking forward to producing something different. The first thing it needs is a god clean. The next step is to sort out the […]
Washburn Setup
A fairly simple job, the setup wasn’t that far out. Having said that setting up a Floyd Rose is never easy! Before the setup I’ve also added a treble bleed circuit. It stops the quality of the tone from fading and going “woolly” as you back off the volume. Before I start the setup I also gave […]
Ibanez – New Scratchplate
Quite a nice guitar, just been a little damaged… Can’t really fix that, but I know of a firm that’ll make me a new one. While I’m at it, the customer wants the new one in Mint Green rather, than another black one.The parts swapped, ready to fit to the guitar.I’m going to remove the protective […]