I do love big semi-acoustics, and you don’t have to spend a huge amount to get a nice one… This one’s pretty good. I’m sure that wiring isn’t original, and its in a rather untidy place. The volume and tone are rather crackly so they need a good clean. While the strings are off its also […]
Tag: Intonation
Gibson ES335 – Setup
What a beautiful instrument, Gibson seem to be doing a bit better with their quality these days, just needs a tweek here and there to make the most of it. It looks like Gibson are finally getting their act together, the frets are nice and even at least. It’s even got a nice Bone nut. […]
Epiphone Les-Paul – Fret Dress
Nice looking guitar, just not playing right. The problem is with a couple of rather uneven frets. Unless they’re sorted out it’s never going to play well. With the strings off and the neck levelled it’s just a case of grinding the frets down to the lowest common point. You can see where the 4th, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Texas Custom Telecaster – Setup
What a lovely piece of wood, a really great looking guitar. It’s got a couple of problems, mostly just setup, but the neck isn’t on straight either. Since the truss-rod adjustment is on the heel of the neck I’ll have to take it off anyway. I don’t need to measure that with a feeler gauge, […]
Squire Mustang – Setup
Here’s something a little different, rather than the usual round of Stratocasters etc. An odd scale length for Fender as well, just a little shorter than the usual. However it just wasn’t playing properly. While the string were off I also gave the fretboard a good clean…. and oil…. The scale length means none of […]
Custom Shop Fender Stratocaster
WOW What a great guitar! It’s not often I get such lovely guitar on the bench. However It wasn’t quite playing as well as it should, so I gave it a bit of a tweek here and there. This really is something special, when Fender put you name on it for you. out of deference to […]
Fender Telecaster – Intonation problems
Everyone loves a Telecaster, a cassic guitar, no-one should be without one! There is, however, one fundamental problem with the original design. The strings are paired up on the bridge saddles and so the intonation is always a compromise, perticulrly on the D and G strings. There is a simple solution though, compensated saddles. I’ve […]
Guitar Setup – Intonation
The last bit of the playing action, the Intonation….