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Tag: Guitar Service

Tanglewood – Deep Clean and Setup

15th September 2025 George

Nothing much fundamentally wrong with this one, it’s just in need of a thorough clean and setup.  It’s not been used for quite some time but I believe it has significant sentimental value. The fretboard and frets were rather dirty, as was the rest of the guitar. A good scrub with 0000 grade steel wool […]

 Acoustic, Acoustic Guitar, Completed Projects, Guitars

Epiphone Casino – Bridge Upgrade

15th September 2025 George

A great guitar that’s been through the workshop once or twice before for a couple of other upgrades. I do love a semi-acoustic with a Bigsby, but they sadly they aren’t the most stable of tremolo units.  A roller bridge can help quite a bit though. The original bridge had a nasty habit of lowering […]

 Electric, Electric Guitar, Guitars, Improvements, Semi-acoustic, Uncategorised

Gibson Les Paul – Pickup and electrics upgrade

16th July 2025 George

There are a lot of after-market pickups out there which can represent a good upgrade.  While I was at that with this guitar the owner also wanted me to remove the modern printed circuit board and replace it with traditional potentiometers and capacitors, he felt they would be more reliable in the long run. The […]

 Completed Projects, Electric, Electric Guitar, General, Guitars, Uncategorised

Taylor Setup

20th June 2025 George

Taylor Setup Not something I would expect to have to do, a setup on a top end Taylor. A guitar setup is quite a personal thing though, so the standard factory setings may not suit everyone.  The owner just wanted a slightly lower action. The neck had just a little more relief than I would […]

 Acoustic, Acoustic Guitar, Completed Projects, General, Guitars, Uncategorised

Hofner bridge and nut upgrade

25th May 202529th May 2025 George

A rather nice guitar, but with room for improvement.   I’ve had this guitar in the workshop before but we couldn’t quite get the intonation properly adjusted as there wasn’t enough space to move the saddles far enough. The nut is also plastic, so while we’re upgrading the bridge, I’ll cut and fit a bone […]

 Electric, Electric Guitar, Guitars, Improvements, Uncategorised

Fender Strat – Not holding tune

26th April 201927th April 2019 George

This really is a beautiful guitar.  It’s been through my workshop before but it’s not behaving as well as you would like with a guitar at this level.  It doesn’t seem to want to hold it’s tuning very well.  I think it’s the usual problem but the owner assures me that he never uses the […]

 General, Uncategorised

PRS – Fret Dress and Setup

9th January 20199th February 2019 George

I can’t say I’ve ever really been a fan of PRS Guitars, they’re normally better than this one though.  This one has some rather uneven frets so it’s never going to play well as it is.  A fret-dress and a setup will sort that lot out though. Using a Fret Rocker over 3 frets there […]

 General, Uncategorised

What are the best replacement pickups?

5th December 20189th February 2019 George

A question I often get asked:  What are the best replacement guitar pickups available to upgrade my Guitar? Quite simple:  Radioshop Pickups.  They make a fantastic range of hand wound pickups and come right at the top of my list of upgrades… I’ve just fitted a pair of P90s to an Epiphone Casino.  Rather than […]

 General, Uncategorised

Jackson – Service and setup

29th November 20189th February 2019 George

I seem to be having a short run of this sort of thing, not quite my cup of tea though.  This one has a few problems as well, just needs a little TLC and a setup. Some of the hardware has seen better days.  A couple of new pickup rings and new screws all round […]

 General

Martin Bone Saddle and Nut upgrade

7th November 20189th February 2019 George

There’s nothing really wrong with Martin Guitars, but pretty well any guitar can be improved.  A simple upgrade for any acoustic is to replace the Nut and Saddle with bone ones. This Guitar seems to have some intonation problems.  I’m not sure quite why, the action is a little high, the strings are a little […]

 General, Uncategorised

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