Gibson SG – new pickups

    I’ve got one of these on my wish list, one day! In the meantime I’ve got this one on the bench to upgrade.  It’s had the pickups swapped once already, unfortunately that caused a few problems in itself. One of the problems was with the Push-Push pot’ used to coil tap the neck […]

Epiphone Sheraton – TLC

Here’s a beautiful little guitar, just needs a little attention and an upgrade or 2 along the way… The frets are rather worn for a starter…. and it came with a nice pair of Gibson pickups…… To start with, out with the old, the old nut… off with the volume and tone knobs, so I […]

Fender Stratocaster – New Pickup

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 […]

Gibson Les-Paul Custom – Pickup Ring replacement

You’d  have thought this job would be easy, but if you really want it done properly there’s a little more to it. One of the pickup rings took a knock and broke so needs to be replaced.  The trouble is the classic Gibson rings have a flat bottom and aren’t flexible enough to bend around the […]