Epiphone Setup

What a lovely Guitar, just in need of a tweek here and there to get it playing as it should. The frets were good and even so they didn’t need any work for once. Since it’s got a floating bridge I put some low adhesive tape on the body before removing the strings.  That way […]

Bone Nut

This one rather sits at the bottom end of the market, but even so, it should play OK.  This one had a very strange “buzzing” sound.  It’s all down to the cheap plastic nut with its overly slack slots. The only way to cure that is to fit a decent nut.The blank was just a […]

Burns Marquee – Fret Dress and Setup

A lovely guitar, just not quite as good as you would hope… The nut slots have been widened out and then repaired, rather badly.  The only real way to fix that is to replace the nut. Some of the frets are a little un-even, so I’m going to dress them to get a common level. […]

Problematic Gretsch

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 […]

Fender or Gibson which do you prefer?

Most people stand in one camp or the other, Gibson or Fender, but this one crosses divides. It just came in for a once over, service and setup.  A classic Fender? No, from the Gibson stable… Not a great deal wrong with it, just in need of a little TLC… The electrics were a little […]

Fender Jaguar – Full setup

Always had a soft spot for the Jaguar. I don’t think it’s ever really received the credit it’s deserved, always in she shadow of it’s big brother, the Stratocaster, pity really. There was nothing much wrong with this one, it just needed a little TLC and  tweek here and there on the setup….As always I […]