Tag: Electric Guitar Repair

Gibson ES335 – Bone Nut

George

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

George

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

George

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 […]

Classic Vibe Stratocaster – Setup

George

What a lovely Strat’, I never really used to like this colour, but it’s growing on me.  There’s nothing much wrong with it mind you, just needs a bit of a setup. The first problem however was getting the old strings off…  Why the plate on the back was on the wrong I’ve no idea?  […]

Bone Nut

George

This one rather sits at the bottom end of the market, but even so, it should play OK.  This one had a very strange “buzzing” sound.  It’s all down to the cheap plastic nut with its overly slack slots. The only way to cure that is to fit a decent nut.The blank was just a […]