Nothing much wrong with this one realy, I think this range of guitars are excellent value for money, it just needs a little tweek here and there to optimise its setup. While the strings are off (It’s always worth fitting new strings before completing a setup) I gave the fretboard a clean and oil. The […]
Tag: Electric Guitar Repair
Fender Telecaster – Intonation problems
Everyone loves a Telecaster, a cassic guitar, no-one should be without one! There is, however, one fundamental problem with the original design. The strings are paired up on the bridge saddles and so the intonation is always a compromise, perticulrly on the D and G strings. There is a simple solution though, compensated saddles. I’ve […]
Gibson Les-Paul – Overhaul
What a great old guitar! Despite it’s age (dialling the serial number into the web came out with 1960) it’s not seen a great deal of wear, it’s just had a little damp getting to it lately. Luckily I think we’ve got it just in time! The frets are a little worn around the usual […]
Jackson – Fret dress
Never been a meal fan, and this one needs quite a bit of work doing to get it playing properly.. The frets are a little worn, not too bad…. the trouble is there are some low spots… To sort out those 2 problems I’m going to level everything. First then, off with the nut.. and make sure […]
Gibson ES335 – Fret Dress and Setup
Wow, what a beautiful guitar. Reminds me of the first brand new guitar I ever bought, except mine was an Epiphone, I could never have afforded the Gibson when I was about 16. This one has been well loved but well used so is in need of a little TLC. I’m sure I can get […]
US Fender Stratocaster – Fret Dress and Setup
Now this was a really lovely guitar. I think a late 80s, American Built Strat’ Considering its age there’s not much wrong with it. A little bit of wear and tear on the frets… The rest of it’s lovely, a really great colour too. There was however one big problem that I hadn’t anticipated, the […]
Gibson ES335 – Bone Nut
Back to that 335 again, still not playing right. I thought it might need a little more TLC. I’ve worked out where the problem is at least. The G-string is sticking in the nut! Should be an easy fix, put in a bone .onet… Here’s the old on still in placeSoon tap that out and […]
Italia Setup
I’ve not actually had one of these on the bench before, but I think they’re great looking guitars, a cross between a Duesenberg and a Rickenbacker. It could do with a little more work, the frets are rather worn.. They’re a little uneven as well, but for now it’s just going to have clean-up and […]
Epiphone Machine Heads
These are very reasonable alternatives to their more expensive Gibson cousins. Someone’s fitted some really cheap machine heads though, so it needs tidying up and some new heads fitting. The old ones…With them all off it looks like it’s had a dose of woodworm!Before fitting the new heads I drilled out some of the old […]
Epiphone Wildkat – Setup
Anyone that knows me will know I do love big bodied semi-acoustics, so it was quite nice to get my hands on this little tinker….