What a lovely guitar, just needs a bit of a tweek here and there to bring get it playing to it’s best. Before the setup it just needs a bit of a clean, nothing too bad but while the strings are off, might as well.And a spot of lemon oil to rejuvenate the wood. On with […]
Tag: Electric Guitar Repair
Jackson Custom-build
A recovery of something just about fit for the bin. A bit of a mess really, but I thought I’d see what I could come up with…. Before: in need of quite a lot of work… The fretboard was coming off so I helped it along it’s way. Next I drilled out the old fret […]
Gibson ES 335 – Bone Nut
I Love these guitars. Their Quality control isn’t great, but there’s nothing that can’t be fixed. A bone nut will help the sustain and keep it in tune… I’m going to use a large blank….This one is already nice and square which saves a little work.It’s a little thick mind you, so I’ll need to […]
Rickenbacker 360 – Service and Setup
Anyone who knows me will know I’m a Rickenbacker fan, and this is a fantastic example… Nothing much wrong with it, just needs a bit of a clean and setup with new strings..I’ve always though 12 string heads look too large and cluttered but Rickenbacker got it right. With the strings of I first gave […]
Telecaster Build
I’ve just been given a mixed bag of bits, some old some new, to put together…. I think there’s a very nice Telecaster in there somewhere! But where to start?How about at the top, the machine heads. First the guides.. they’re rather tight so rather than hammer them in and risk damaging them I pressed them […]
Epiphone Les-Paul – Fret dress and Nut
A nice little guitar. The trouble is they’re built to a budged, seemingly without much care. However I’m going to make this one play really nicely. While I’m at it I’ve been asked to fit a TUSQ nut. Not something I like to be honest, but I’ll stick it on and see how it works. […]
Fender or Gibson which do you prefer?
Most people stand in one camp or the other, Gibson or Fender, but this one crosses divides. It just came in for a once over, service and setup. A classic Fender? No, from the Gibson stable… Not a great deal wrong with it, just in need of a little TLC… The electrics were a little […]
Epiphone Flying-V
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 […]
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 […]
Left/Right hand Stratocaster
Here’s an oddball, is it a Left-hand or Right-hand Strat? The owner had it custom made but it just needed a few tweeks to get the full potential from it. The first problem was the nut. The grooves were much too shallow which made the playing action at the first fret way too high. But […]