A fairly simple repair although setting up some guitars is a little more difficult… The bottom of the nut blank didn’t quite fit the slot. It’s a 7½” radius rather than the 10″ of the fretboard. While the strings are off it’s always worth giving the fretboard a good clean and oil. Here is the […]
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Tremol-No
What a great idea. A real easy way to lock your trem’ in place. It just replaces the claw for the trem’ springs and has a rod that locks into the trem’ block. The thumb wheels can either lock the trem’ or be loosened off to allow the trem’ to move as normal.
A visit from the un-dead?
I had an interesting visitor with an unusual guitar in an even more unusual case. You’ve just got to love this…… Keep watching. I’ve ordered some bits, when they arrive I’ll show you what’s inside!
Custom Built Spanish 5th Update
I don’t seem to get much time to work on this one, but it’s been a little quiet this week so I’ve finished off the bridge. The 2 white strips are bone so that the strings don’t cut into the wood when they are tied on. I’ve still got to cut the saddle for the […]
Hohner Rockwood Re-build
The next big job. I think this one is going to take a while!!! One of those projects where money is in shorter supply than time so it’s going to have to be fitted in around higher priority jobs… Starting with a box of bits… Most of it is there, perhaps a few screws etc. […]
Jim Harley “Rickenfaker”
Something I bought ages ago but never quite had the time to finish off It started out as a £150 second hand Jim Harley… I’d always fancied a Rickenbacker 350 but couldn’t really afford one so I though I could do something with this.? The frets aren’t too badly worn, a little uneven but a […]
Encore Strat Setup
This became more of a referb’ than just a setup. A bit of a mess to be honest, a prime example of what can go wrong if you don’t really know what you are doing. The guitar was also rather grubby so the first thing it will need is a good cleanup. At some point […]