I do love a big semi-acoustic. For a Chinese made guitar these are excellent value. This one’s been fiddled around with a little though, so it needs a setup. It’s fairly new so doesn’t really need any cleaning as such, but a splash of lemon oil never goes amiss. A little polish on the top before […]
I love these, some great guitars coming out Gretsch these days. Great value an very well made. This one just has a slight problem, staying in tune. It’s probably the nut. I’m not much a fan of these new fanged materials, I don’t think you can beat good old fashioned bone. Unfortunately I can’t find […]
Nothing much wrong with this one realy, I think this range of guitars are excellent value for money, it just needs a little tweek here and there to optimise its setup. While the strings are off (It’s always worth fitting new strings before completing a setup) I gave the fretboard a clean and oil. The […]
Wow, another big bodied Semi-Acoustic to play with! This one needs a lot more work to get it playing properly mind you. Some of the frets are very uneven so they’ll need levelling if it’s ever going to play nicely. Before removing the strings it’s always a good idea to mark exactly where the floating […]
Had a bit of a problem with a Gretsch this week. The owner wanted a setup to cure some fret buzzing, sadly it needed a bit more than just that. The frets were quite uneven so they needed dressing to get the most out of it. Rather uneven frets….Grinding the frets to level the tops…Once […]