The final stage, fit the strings and a setup, should be easy, not with this one…. more problems…. Starting with the neck set, a little large…. so a quick turn of the truss-rod. So far so good. The action at the first fret is a little high…….. so I cut each nut slot down a […]
Tag: Fender Guitar Repair
Telecaster Custom – Rebuild 6th update
Well I finally think I’ve got it worried. I did hope to have it finished this afternoon but then, what was I thinking, anything on this guitar was always going to take twice as long as planned! Next then the neck picukup cavity. Needs to ba at least this much bigger… With a small router […]
Telecaster Custom – Rebuild 5th update
A few more parts arrived today, the screws for the pickups. Guess what? even that didn’t work out as easily as I would have liked. Should have expected that I suppose, I think this guitar hates me. Well you know what, I’m starting to hate it back!!! One of the screw holes is very worn so the […]
US Stratocaster Setup
Had a rather nice US Stratocaster on the bench today. Nothing major, just a clean and setup. I rather like the body, nice paint finish over a very nice piece of wood…. The fretboard was a little grubby… A quick rub down with some steel wool will remove that and polish the frets at the same time. […]
Fender Flame
Wow, what a fantastic guitar! I guess I’m lucky, just now and then someone brings in something really nice…. All it needed was a new jack socket so it was an easy fix..
Very Special Stratocaster
Wow, this has to be the nicest Strat’ I’ve ever had the pleasure of working on! I’ve had both extremes this week, probably the cheapest and nastiest neck fitted to an old Squire and now this…..Absolutely stunning!! I actually did very little, since it didn’t need much doing but I just wanted to share it […]
Telecaster Custom – Volume fix
I’ve never really been a fan of these but to see a 70s guitar like this is nice. The owner wasn’t happy as the bridge pickup was just too much when on 10. I’ve never really come across such a request but he was right, it just had too much of an edge to it, […]
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 […]
Fender Strat – Floyd Rose setup
A classic guitar in need of a little TLC… The main reason for getting into this one is that the Floyd Rose is sitting flat on the body, effectively a hard tail. With the rear cover off I can see why, the spring claw is screwed right in… Apart from that the heads on the […]
US Fender Stratocaster – Re-Fret – Final Update
All done. Cut the slots in the nut and finished off with a full setup. Looks even better with strings fitted. To see the re-fret in full click here.