Fancy and upgrade? How about a new pickup or 2? Not too sure about fitting them yourself? Just give me a shout… Just one to change in this case, the bridge pickup. It’s also a question of the quality of wire, I don’t use the cheap stuff. Decent wire not only lasts longer, will maximize the […]
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Custom Build Explorer
I like a challenge now and again. A young lad has built this body but needs a little help getting the neck and bridge lined up properly. It only takes a millimetre out at the neck and the strings’ll never sit properly. It’s also vital that the bridge is in exactly the right place or it’ll […]
Telecaster – Bone nut and setup
What a fantastic looking guitar. Got to love a Tele’, but a Tele with a Bigsby, even better! That black and white finish look just great. There’s some problems with the bridge though. It’s sitting rather low, I’m not sure if it’s able to rock backwards and forwards properly? The trouble is, if I raise it […]
Fender Stratocaster – Cleanup
Here’s a classic looking Strat, Just needs a bit of a clean, I think had a bit of damp at it. Nothing too bad, but that’s what I got off the face of the fretboard. The frets themselves were also a little corroded.. so gently polish them with steel wool It’s difficult to clean the […]
Hofner – Restoration
This is a little more of a clean and tidy-up than I’m used to, more of a restoration job really. It’s not seen any playing action for quite a while, so I’m not sure where I’m starting either? The head had a mod’ some time ago, three extra heads to make it a 9 string. […]
Telecaster – New Machine Heads
These were a nice touch I thought, a nice upgrade. There’s nothing wrong with the old heads, but the owner wanted Black ones The new ones are slightly different, and need new holes for the screws. Making sure they’re all lined up squarely. There we go. Match the guitar quite nicely. To see what else […]
PRS – Rebuild
A bit of a mess this one, but with a bit of effort I think it should be recoverable.. The first fault is rather obvious, it’s just between the nut and the machine heads! To glue it back together was quite simple, the break was along the grain. The trouble is there were some large pieces […]
Telecaster rebuild
Wow, an interesting mix of old and new. The neck is genuine Fender, but I don’t know about the rest. The body’s probably the heaviest Telecaster I’ve ever come across. I’m going to fit the neck to a new body with a mix of old and new hardware. The first stage is to sort out the […]
Tokai – New Pickups
A rather interesting looking guitar. The owner’s looking for an upgrade, so out with the old.. and in with the new..New Pots, Pickups and Switch etc…. The screws on the bridge needed a bit of a clean while I was at it….. The fretboard also needed a bit of a clean…. and oil… There was […]
Gibson SG – Fret Dress and setup
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 […]