Hofner – Restoration

This is a little more of a clean and tidy-up than I’m used to, more of a restoration job really.  It’s not seen any playing action for quite a while, so I’m not sure where I’m starting either? The head had a mod’ some time ago, three extra heads to make it a 9 string.  […]

Ibanez – Setup

Here’s a lovely guitar, just not behaving properly, needs a little work. The first thing is the bridge. The trouble with the wooden bridge is that intonation is always a bit of a compromise. The “Tune-o-matic” option means each string can be adjusted separately.  Since it’s a floating bridge the tape is there just so […]

Epiphone Setup

What a lovely Guitar, just in need of a tweek here and there to get it playing as it should. The frets were good and even so they didn’t need any work for once. Since it’s got a floating bridge I put some low adhesive tape on the body before removing the strings.  That way […]