With all the parts together now all I have to do is put it all back together. Life is never that simple though, the pointers for the Vol/Tone controls don’t fit the pots’. Not a big problem, I just need to file the hole out a little. With the new pots’ fitted, wire them all […]
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Gibson Les Paul – Overhaul, 1st update
Got the frets polished… Next I turned my attention to that broken nut. I used a grinding disk to cut a bone blank to the required size… It’s a fiddley job which I rather hate, the job is easy, it’s just the smell of grinding bone, like working in a slaughter-house! yuk. It needs a […]
Gibson Les Paul Finished
With the cleanup finished all that’s needed now is to put it all back together and set it up. First then the curve in the neck. It had a little too much of a bend so I tightened the truss rod a little… I had a look at the action at the 1st fret, it’s […]
How Green is your Gibson!
Had an interesting day in the Music Room, Lincoln today. You can find me there on the last Saturday of each month if you ever want a chat about your Guitar problems. Nothing out of the ordinary to deal with but one guitar for sale caught my eye… I love anything with a Bigsby and […]
Another Gibson Fret Dress
They do make some classic guitars, I’ve got one or two on my wish list, but their quality control doesn’t seem to be so good these days! This one wasn’t that bad but to get a really sweet setup I needed to level the frets……
Gibson Flying V- Final Update
Well got it done at last. I was just waiting for one small part that was being re-chromed, only took 3 months!!! While I was waiting I thought I’d better do something to keep the owner happy so I’ve thrown in a bone nut. Since the guitar has such nice pickups, which should sound great, […]
Paul Custom for sale
A friend of mine has asked me if I know of anyone interested in a Les Paul Custom? I don’t right now, do you? He wants £2200 for it, any offers?
Les Paul Upgrade – Copleted
Finished the Les Paul this morning. Not much left to do really, just fit the strings and re-tune. Once it was all back together I gave it a quick check-out and adjusted the pickup height. Although they aren’t Gibson pickups I went for Gibson setting which proved to be fine. Job done..
Les Paul Upgrade
Got what might seem to be a strange request. To upgrade a modern Les Paul with old style electrics. The modern Les Pauls have all their electrics built in a modular fashion, which I guess make assembly much quicker and easy. What this guy wanted was very specific, I like it when the customer knows exactly what […]
Gibson Flying V -5th Update
Got the wiring finished so all the bits and pieces back in place. Just one part missing, needed re-chroming which I really can’t do! Once that comes back all it’ll need is a new set of strings. To see the start of the project click here.