I rather fancy one of these, This one needed quite a bit of sorting out though… The string break angle over the bridge looks a little extreme to me, but I can sort that out when I get it back together and complete the setup. The frets have got some worn spots…. and are a […]
Tag: Guitar setup
Unknown Bass – re-wire
I’ve never been sure exactly what this is, it’s a bitsa’ (bitsa’ this and bitsa’ that) It’s not been working properly lately, the electrics have been playing up so I’m going to replace the pots’ and possibly the switch. just a direct swap, one for one. While I’m at it, I drilled out and plugged […]
Innes Sibun “Strat”
What a beautiful guitar. There are lots of Strats’ out there so it takes something out of the ordinary to stand out, and this certainly does that. It’s got just one slight flaw, some of the frets are just a little un-even. I’ve seen worse, but to get it playing really nicely they need to […]
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 […]
Partial Re-Fret
This one’s seen some action, mostly around the open chords. The first 3 frets are really worn but the rest are probably OK. If I file them all down to the level of the grooves up there, then there’ll be practically nothing left! Off with the strings and nut and out with the first 3 […]
Classical Guitar – Reduced Action Height
Classical, nylon strung guitars tend to have a higher action but this one was very high. The first thing was to flatten out the neck a little… That helped a little. but not enough. So I took out the bridge saddle and ground it down a little. finishing it off by hand to make sure […]
Schecter – Fret Dress and setup
Not quite my cup of tea, and it’s got a bit of a problem, a couple of low spots. High spots are easy, to lower two high frets down to the rest is quite easy but I’ve got to bring the other 22 down to the low 2, if you follow my drift! With the […]
Travelling with a guitar
I’ve just been asked about a Bass that they could take away with them. It reminded me of a video I saw a while ago. It’s got to be worth another view, just click on the link below…. United Breaks Guitars If you do suffer such a problem just give me a call or visit […]
Washburn – Fret dress and setup
A rather lovely guitar, in need of a little bit of work to get it playing properly though. A lovely piece of wood. Some of the frets are rather uneven. Big fat frets with some very low points, so it’s going to be quite a bit of work. There’s quite a bit of wear and tear […]
Tronical Min-ETune Auto-tuner
Anyone struggle to tune your guitar? Do you use non standard tunings? Need to change them between songs in a hurry? In that case you’ll love the Tronical Auto Tuners. If you don’t, and you find it easy enough to tune your guitar and it stays in tune then you’ll probably think they’re a pain […]