Things have been a little quiet in the workshop this week, a couple of minor jobs but nothing worth putting on the blog. I did find some time to finally wire in the custom job I’ve been working on in my spare time, I just haven’t had much spare time lately. I’m not so keen […]
Tag: Electric Guitar
Rickenbacker 360
An unusual request, a water damaged guitar. The chap had a burst pipe in his house that pretty well flooded the place. Luckily the Ric wasn’t soaked but you can see where the damp has got to it. Actually extreme dryness can cause more damage to a guitar than damp can! The frets are a […]
Jim Harley “Rickenfaker”
Something I bought ages ago but never quite had the time to finish off It started out as a £150 second hand Jim Harley… I’d always fancied a Rickenbacker 350 but couldn’t really afford one so I though I could do something with this.? The frets aren’t too badly worn, a little uneven but a […]
Tanglewood Health Check and Setup
How well does your guitar play? You probably take your car in to be serviced regularly but what about your prized Guitar? Normally people come to me with problems but just now and again it’s just for a quick “once over” Had one today, I think it’s for sale and the guy just wanted to […]
Fender Strat – Floyd Rose setup – completed
Got the screws… all I need to do now is put the springs back and fit a new set of strings… Now for the balancing act! adjusting the tension of the springs against the tension in the strings so that the tailpiece sits parallel with the body. Complete the rest of the setup and it’s ready […]
Squire Strat with new Tele neck
A chap came to see me with an upgrade he has had a problem with. It seemed like an easy job, fit a new neck on to an old body. This is as far as the screws got before they jammed solid and tore the heads out… The problem is the holes in the body […]
Epiphone Les Paul – Fret Dress and Setup
Been a quiet week, with nothing of real interest. A couple of fret-dressings. The last one a rather nice Epiphone Les Paul The fret-dress was a routine job, as was the setup.. The neck, unusually had very little set in it… The owner wants a fairly low action but I think it needs a little more […]
Custom Build – 3rd Update
I had a little time so had another go at the custom build. I’ve got a pair of Gibson pickups which I’m going to use, the trouble is they don’t quite fit! Not a big problem; first mark out just how big the pockets need to be… …and use my smaller router to gently enlarge […]
Custom Build – 2nd Update
Now that the body is done it’s about time I finished off the neck. I’ve got the fretboard nice but I have something special in mind for the head. unfortunately the head is just slightly too short to for what I have in mind so I need to add a couple of inches. The bracing […]
Soldering Day
A couple of small jobs today, one volume and one tone control. A simple replacement of a broken tone control. It does make life easy when the controls are on a separate plate, I don’t have to take the strings off to get to the trouble. Likewise this Yamaha, I was able to get to […]