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 […]
Tag: Fender Telecaster Setup
Telecaster Custom – Rebuild final update
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 […]
USA Fender Telecaster Tuning problems
A really nice Tele’ but the owner’s unhappy as it won’t stay in tune. There is always the problem with the standard Tele’ bridge. The Intonation is always a compromise so I’m going to change them for a compensated set… With the strings off I’ve had a good look at the machine heads. They […]
5 String Telecaster
The first thing I did was to have a good look at the Guitar. Since the owner wants a low action the question is how accurately are the frets set, any high frets will cause buzzing when the action is lowered. I’m pleased to say it’s pretty good so I won’t need any work […]