Simon of “A Thousand Sins” seems to be having a clear out and asked me to check out and service one or two of his guitars… First on the list, the Music Man. Fundamentally nothing at all wrong with it. The action at the nut was fine but the neck perhaps had a little too […]
Tag: Electric Guitar Service
Les Paul Upgrade – Copleted
Finished the Les Paul this morning. Not much left to do really, just fit the strings and re-tune. Once it was all back together I gave it a quick check-out and adjusted the pickup height. Although they aren’t Gibson pickups I went for Gibson setting which proved to be fine. Job done..
Telecaster Build
I’ve been asked to put together a Telecaster for a customer. He has most of the parts but wants it put together professionally. Most of the parts are new, apart from the neck, it’s from an old favourite guitar so he wants to incorporate it into the new guitar. Its seen some action so the first stage […]
Gibson Flying V -5th Update
Got the wiring finished so all the bits and pieces back in place. Just one part missing, needed re-chroming which I really can’t do! Once that comes back all it’ll need is a new set of strings. To see the start of the project click here.
Gibson Les Paul, Fret Dress & Setup
I was asked to have a look at a Les Paul with a view to improving the setup, a nice easy couple of hour job, (or so I thought)! The first thing of course is to have a close look to see exactly what needs doing to improve the playing. If the owner was completely […]
Gibson Flying V – 2nd update
I’ve started to fit the new parts but found another problem The pickups have been changed at some point and the holes for the pickup rings aren’t quite in the right place and they don’t quite sit squarely. The neck pickup isn’t too bad but the bridge pickup will have to be moved. I’ve filled […]
Gibson Flying V – 1st update
Having sorted out the sheered off strap button screws etc. Next I removed all the old bits and pieces, pickguard with electrics before giving the body a good polish to remove all the old dirt and minor scratches. Ready to start building in the new parts. Click here to see the start of the job.
Noisey Telecaster
I was asked if I could fix a noisy Telecaster, I thought that was the idea! However on listening there was an excessive amount of hum. I though it would be less complicated as you can get to the wiring without taking the strings off. However once I got it open I couldn’t immediately find anything […]
Gibson Flying-V Restoration
Gibson Flying-V Restoration This is bit of a long term job. I started a couple of months ago with a fret-dress but it’s time to start the rest of it. It should be quite simple apart from a couple of sheered off and striped out screw heads. The only way to get that screw out is bit […]
Encore Strat Setup
This became more of a referb’ than just a setup. A bit of a mess to be honest, a prime example of what can go wrong if you don’t really know what you are doing. The guitar was also rather grubby so the first thing it will need is a good cleanup. At some point […]