A fairly simple repair although setting up some guitars is a little more difficult… The bottom of the nut blank didn’t quite fit the slot. It’s a 7½” radius rather than the 10″ of the fretboard. While the strings are off it’s always worth giving the fretboard a good clean and oil. Here is the […]
Tag: Electric Guitar Setup
Vintage Fret Dress
A great looking guitar, now plays as good as it looks… There was nothing very wrong with it, just some slightly uneven frets and a rather high action. First mask off the fretboard and body to protect it… and level the fret tops. Once the frets are re-shaped and polished I put the strings back […]
Yamaha Pacifica setup
How well does your guitar play? This one was almost impossible. However all it needed was a little TLC and it’s a lot better… The frets are also a little uneven, but that’s a whole other job. The set in the neck is huge! You could drive a coach and horses under there! Not sure […]
Hohner Rockwood Re-build, 4th update
With a new neck plate I was able to re-fit the neck. At least it looks like a Guitar again. With the strings fitted I reset the neck set. with a tweek of the truss-rod. Reset the action height. and lastly the intonation. At long last, all back together. To see the project from the […]
BC Rich Bass
The new blank is a little thin but at least it’s long enough. In fact a little too long so I’ll have to take a little off the end. It doesn’t have slots marked so I need to mark them myself….. and start the slots. While the strings are off I gave the fretboard a […]
Epiphone Les Paul – Fret Dress and Bone Nut
I’m often asked what’s the best way to improve an average guitar? The first thing to consider is do you want to improve the sound it makes or the way it feels to play? The first is easy, strip out the pickups and fit something special, Bare Knuckle are probably my favourite, and their choices are […]
Fender Telecaster setup
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 […]
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 […]
Gibson Les Paul Finished
With the cleanup finished all that’s needed now is to put it all back together and set it up. First then the curve in the neck. It had a little too much of a bend so I tightened the truss rod a little… I had a look at the action at the 1st fret, it’s […]
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 […]