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 […]
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Guitar Bridge Height Adjustment
Hi Folks, How’s the setup going? Once you’ve got the neck set OK the next step is the action at the bridge. Have a look at this….
Guitar Setup Stage 1: Neck Set
Want to know about Guitar Setup. Keep watching for the first stage of a 5 point setup… The neck set, or curve…
Burns Marquee – Fret Dress and Setup
A lovely guitar, just not quite as good as you would hope… The nut slots have been widened out and then repaired, rather badly. The only real way to fix that is to replace the nut. Some of the frets are a little un-even, so I’m going to dress them to get a common level. […]
Guitar Tone Improvement
Want better tone from your guitar? Even with good quality pickups you can loose signal through the tone circuits. Set to 10 there is still some signal going through the variable resistor and capacitor. There is a solution, variable resistors that go to open circuit when at max, thereby disconnecting the tone circuit completely. This is a Stratocaster I upgraded recently. These […]
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Samick – Fret dress and setup
A nice looking guitar, sadly the build quality has rather let it down. The first problem was a dodgy volume control, a little intermittent. I was going to replace it but once I got the wiring out I found a dry joint. I would say it was an easier fix but the biggest problem is […]
Dean Dime – Service and setup
One for the Metal fans, not quite my cup of tea but still deserves the same time and attention as anything else. Nothing badly wrong with it mind you, just needs a nip here and a tuck there… The action at the 1st fret was a little high to start with. Trouble is, with a […]
Tanglewood Chicago – Service and setup
What a lovely guitar. I’m not sure if it’s been under a bed or at the back of a wardrobe but it’s not been played for ages and needed a good cleanup and service.The electrics were the biggest problem, scratchy and crackling at best, and plain just not working at worst.To be sure I pulled […]
#Telecaster – Setup and service
A little unusual this one, not the standard Tele’. It had few minor problems, nothing too difficult… The first one was a couple of stripped out screws. It’s easy to do, in this case it’s the screws from the control plate. I drilled out the old hole and glued in a couple of wooden plugs… Once […]