This one is going to take a while, I like a challenge now and then! It’s perhaps going to take longer than I thought but since it’s a quality guitar it shouldn’t be too difficult. The guitar with the new parts… Along with the new parts it also needs a little bit of TLC, the […]
Tag: Electric Guitar
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 […]
Jazzmaster Build – Final update
At last the pickups have arrived so I’m on the final lap. The only problem is, they don’t fit! The standard covers the pickups came with are designed to mount differently. The pole pieces are slightly closer together… The covers have 4 holes for mountings but the pickups have 2, one at each end.. All I can […]
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 […]
Hohner Rockbird Re-build – 1st update
I had another scrape at the neck. There is no finish at all left on the fretboard and it’s proving rather difficult to get at. I think it’s going to be easiest just to pull all the frets so I can really get to grips with it. With all the frets out I was able […]
Hohner Rockwood Re-build
The next big job. I think this one is going to take a while!!! One of those projects where money is in shorter supply than time so it’s going to have to be fitted in around higher priority jobs… Starting with a box of bits… Most of it is there, perhaps a few screws etc. […]
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 […]
Gibson Les Paul, Fret-dress and general tidy up
Just a little bit of housekeeping, tidying up a rather “road worn” Gibson Les Paul. It’s been well used and someone has made a few modifications. It’s been modified with some very fancy “auto tuning” machine heads but the owner want’s them replacing with standard ones. Keep an eye open as they will be re-appearing […]
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 […]
Jazzmaster Build – 2nd update
I had a bit of a think overnight and decided to attack the problem from the other end. Since it’s a much better quality body than neck I think it more appropriate to adjust the neck to fit the body rather than the other way. It would be more likely that someone would want to […]