Samick – Fret dress and setup

A nice looking guitar, sadly the build quality has rather let it down. The first problem was a dodgy volume control, a little intermittent. I was going to replace it but once I got the wiring out I found a dry joint.  I would say it was an easier fix but the biggest problem is […]

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 […]

Martin – Intonation problem

Nice guitars these, usually much better than this, but the Intonation was rather badly out in this one. There didn’t seem to be any real reason for it so I started off with a new, compensated, bone saddle…It sorted out most of the problem, but not quite the Bass “E”.  Next I widened out the […]

Washburn Setup

A fairly simple job, the setup wasn’t that far out.  Having said that setting up a Floyd Rose is never easy! Before the setup I’ve also added a treble bleed circuit.  It stops the quality of the tone from fading and going “woolly” as you back off the volume. Before I start the setup I also gave […]