What a fantastic night out, watching The Story of the Guitar Heroes in the New Theatre Royal Lincoln. I’ve been struggling for more years than I care to remember to master the Guitar, I could practice for 25 hours a day for the next 200 years and I’ll still not achieve these levels! The playing […]
So here’s a thing, this is a left handed guitar but the owner wants it strung as per a right handed guitar, but he doesn’t want a right handed guitar as he plays it left handed. A little odd, but relatively simple… First of all then, out with the old nut. Since neck had it’s […]
What a lovely old guitar. I don’t quite know how old it is but it’s a beauty. Sadly I don’t think it’s been out of its case for quite some time and is in need of a little TLC. None of the electrics are working for a start. The bridge is missing a couple of […]
I do love a big semi-acoustic. For a Chinese made guitar these are excellent value. This one’s been fiddled around with a little though, so it needs a setup. It’s fairly new so doesn’t really need any cleaning as such, but a splash of lemon oil never goes amiss. A little polish on the top before […]
I usually enjoy a complete guitar build, something to get my teeth into and turn out something nice. It helps to work with the customer first mind you, to make sure I get bits that work together. The trouble with cheaper parts, from various places it can be a bit of a challenge! At first […]
I like these, great value, really well made although there are some slight problems. Much as I love a Bigsby they do have one or 2 weak points. The first one is not staying in tune, or more correctly not returning to tune once you use the trem. Part of the problem is the bridge […]
I rather like these, I’m always a sucker for a semi-acoustic. This one’s brand new but sadly isn’t playing very well. the pickups still even have the plastic film on them. The biggest problem is in the frets, some of them a very uneven.. So out with the nut… and level the neck. Tape it […]
What a great looking guitar. I’ve never really liked Burns guitars but this one’s rather lovely. It’s an odd sort of thing, It’s got a sound hole, but there really isn’t any sound coming out of it? Some of the frets are a little worn…. and just a little uneven. A fret dress will sort out […]
This is a rather nice US Strat, just needs a little tweek here and there. The basic setup wasn’t far off ,although the intonation was all over the place. The owner also didn’t like the tremolo, he doesn’t really use it so I’m going to block it off. You can just clamp the trem’ claw […]
I’ve rather fancied one of these myself. One of these years. This one just has a few problems though, the biggest one being not staying in tune. Most tuning stability problems come from the nut, bending a string pulls it through a little but when you let go it doesn’t go back fully, leaving the string […]