A nice one here, just a little worn… You can see the worn spots here… So off with the strings, level the neck and tape it up to protect it while I’m working. I believe in doing the whole lot together, with adhesive backed sandpaper and a calibrated beam. You can see there were some […]
Tag: Gibson Fret-Dress
Gibson – Low Fret
Now this is a lovely guitar, a pity it’s just got that Gibson inconsistency about it. Some of the frets are rather uneven. The first one’s particularly low. The only way to really sort that lot out is with a fret-dress. There we go, with the fretboard flat, the nut removed and taped up to […]
Gibson Les-Paul – Overhaul
What a great old guitar! Despite it’s age (dialling the serial number into the web came out with 1960) it’s not seen a great deal of wear, it’s just had a little damp getting to it lately. Luckily I think we’ve got it just in time! The frets are a little worn around the usual […]
Gibson Les Paul – Fret Dress
It’s very sad but even the big boys turn out duff guitars sometimes. Nothing that can’t be fixed, but you really shouldn’t have too!Not really a very good advert especially as it’s a special edition… There are some really high frets causing some nasty fret buzzing. The only way to sort that is to file […]