Epiphone Sheraton – TLC

Here’s a beautiful little guitar, just needs a little attention and an upgrade or 2 along the way… The frets are rather worn for a starter…. and it came with a nice pair of Gibson pickups…… To start with, out with the old, the old nut… off with the volume and tone knobs, so I […]

Gibson Les Paul – Setup

A nice one this. just needing a little work to get it playing nicely. Before anything else I like to start with a good clean. A spot of Lemon Oil to keep the wood in good condition. So a full setup, starting with the neck relief… with a small twist on the truss-rod. Next the action […]

Fender Showmaster – Fret-dress and setup

What  beautiful piece of wood.  Sadly it’s a little worn and actually wasn’t very well built in the first place, but I can sort all that out… As I say, some of the frets up at the paying end are rather worn. Some of the frets are way off.  I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a […]

Custom built Telecaster

I like a project I can get my teeth into. Got handed a box of bits to put together.  Some very nice parts there as well. First thing then, does the neck fit the body?  Not quite. The neck pocket just need teasing out a little.  Nothing much, but I don’t want to force it. The heads […]

Epiphone Casino – Rebuild

What a lovely guitar.  It’s seen some action though, so needs a little bit of work.  The owner’s decided rather than just a little TLC he want’s to go the whole hog and have some serious upgrades along the way as well… The pickups are already out, the covers are away being re-chromed. It’s missing a strap button […]

Eternal Guitar – Sticky Switch

I don’t often get calls emergency calls, but I’m always willing to help gigging musicians if I possibly can.  I got a call on Friday from a tech’ needing a little help.  Got a guitar with a sticky switch and not enough time to strip it down and change it. As it goes it was a fairly simple […]

Fender Stratocaster – Service and Setup

What a lovely old Strat.  In need of a little TLC but basically sound… The bridge is all a little manky, rather corroded, but I’m sure that can be sorted. It’s just a case of taking it all apart and getting the wire brush in there. That’s better, just needs setting up again. Another thing […]