Hi Folks, How’s the setup going? Once you’ve got the neck set OK the next step is the action at the bridge. Have a look at this….
Tag: Electric Guitar
Ibanez – Pickup swap and new nut
A fairly simple job, swap the pickups for a pair of “Bare Knuckles” and, while I’m at it, put in a Bone nut. First of all I need to take out all the old wiring. The old pickup was coil tapped but the customer doesn’t want to bother with the new one so I need to […]
Guitar Setup Stage 1: Neck Set
Want to know about Guitar Setup. Keep watching for the first stage of a 5 point setup… The neck set, or curve…
Burns Marquee – Fret Dress and Setup
A lovely guitar, just not quite as good as you would hope… The nut slots have been widened out and then repaired, rather badly. The only real way to fix that is to replace the nut. Some of the frets are a little un-even, so I’m going to dress them to get a common level. […]
Guitar Setup – Tools
So if you saw my last video, what’s in a setup, and feel you want to have a go here are the tools you’re going to need… Alternatively, give me a call…
Epiphone Les Paul – Setup
A nice one this, just needs a little TLC.. Nothing much wrong with it really, just needed a little bit of a clean and oil.. followed by a standard 5 point setup.. 1. The neck set… A little high so a turn on the truss-rod… 2. The action at the 12th fret… a little high […]
Guitar Tone Improvement
Want better tone from your guitar? Even with good quality pickups you can loose signal through the tone circuits. Set to 10 there is still some signal going through the variable resistor and capacitor. There is a solution, variable resistors that go to open circuit when at max, thereby disconnecting the tone circuit completely. This is a Stratocaster I upgraded recently. These […]
Fender Telecaster Setup
Had a lovely Tele’ on the bench this week, a 52 Re-Issue. Nothing really wrong with it, just needed a setup to get it playing right… The trouble with these guitars is the truss-rod adjustment, it’s on the bottom of the neck. You could make the adjustment by loosening the strings and the neck, give […]
Samick – Fret dress and setup
A nice looking guitar, sadly the build quality has rather let it down. The first problem was a dodgy volume control, a little intermittent. I was going to replace it but once I got the wiring out I found a dry joint. I would say it was an easier fix but the biggest problem is […]
Problematic Gretsch
Had a bit of a problem with a Gretsch this week. The owner wanted a setup to cure some fret buzzing, sadly it needed a bit more than just that. The frets were quite uneven so they needed dressing to get the most out of it. Rather uneven frets….Grinding the frets to level the tops…Once […]