A quiet day in the workshop today, a couple of odd bits and bobs. Did have a rather nice Tele’ in need of a setup. Nothing really wrong with it, just needs a tweek here and there. The neck set was a little high, so about a 1/4 turn on the truss-rod. The action at […]
Tag: Electric Guitar Service
Jazzmaster Build – Final update
At last the pickups have arrived so I’m on the final lap. The only problem is, they don’t fit! The standard covers the pickups came with are designed to mount differently. The pole pieces are slightly closer together… The covers have 4 holes for mountings but the pickups have 2, one at each end.. All I can […]
Epiphone Les Paul, Fret Dress and setup
It’s a sad reflection that some guitars are just not as good as they really should be. This is a lovely alternative to it’s Gibson cousin but still should be better. A little bit of attention to detail though and it’ll be better than the Gibson… The action at the 1st fret is a little […]
Hohner Rockbird Re-build – 1st update
I had another scrape at the neck. There is no finish at all left on the fretboard and it’s proving rather difficult to get at. I think it’s going to be easiest just to pull all the frets so I can really get to grips with it. With all the frets out I was able […]
Hohner Rockwood Re-build
The next big job. I think this one is going to take a while!!! One of those projects where money is in shorter supply than time so it’s going to have to be fitted in around higher priority jobs… Starting with a box of bits… Most of it is there, perhaps a few screws etc. […]
Jazzmaster Build – 4th update
While I’m waiting for the last couple of parts I fitted the strap buttons. Carefully marking the centreline… I thought that was all I could do today until the postman arrived. Again I marked out the centreline and screw holes, making sure everything is square. Drill the holes……. and screw it in place… Just the pickups […]
Jazzmaster Build – 3rd update
I didn’t manage as much as I wanted today, it’s been another of those days. However I did finish the wiring, apart from the pickups which are on order…. It fits in place anyway. While I’m waiting for the last of the parts (tremolo tail and pickups) there isn’t a great deal more I can […]
Telecaster Custom – Rebuild final update
The final stage, fit the strings and a setup, should be easy, not with this one…. more problems…. Starting with the neck set, a little large…. so a quick turn of the truss-rod. So far so good. The action at the first fret is a little high…….. so I cut each nut slot down a […]
Telecaster Custom – Rebuild 6th update
Well I finally think I’ve got it worried. I did hope to have it finished this afternoon but then, what was I thinking, anything on this guitar was always going to take twice as long as planned! Next then the neck picukup cavity. Needs to ba at least this much bigger… With a small router […]
Epiphone Les Paul – Setup
The first step is to check the amount of curve in the neck. It should bend up slightly and is measured half way along the neck using a notched straight edge and a feeler gauge. The tension in the strings pulls the head up, increasing the curve. This tension is balanced against the truss-rod which […]