A great looking guitar, sadly not playing as well as it should. In fact they made a bit of a mess of this one, the frets are all over the place..The 11th was the highest but they were all very uneven. You’d like to think a new guitar would be better than that but, sadly, […]
Tag: Electric Guitar Setup
Richie Sambora Stratocaster
Nice guitar but It’s got some problems. Probably been there from new, but now I’m going to put it all right… The first problem is the Intonation. No matter what the owner did it just didn’t sound right all the way up and down the neck.Looking at the nut the slot for the bass E […]
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 […]
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. […]
Custom Build
An interesting little one, finishing of a project. Most of the hard work has been done, and they’ve made a good job of it, but I’ve been asked for a little help with the last little bit to get it playing properly… The first thing, the wiring. A couple of dry joints just needed sorting out…..With the […]
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 […]
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 […]