Squire Stratocaster – Setup

A nice new guitar.  They can be good guitars but, sadly, they don’t seem to have the time to set them up properly in the factory.  They just need a little work to make the most of them. While I’m at it the owner wants all the protective plastic removing, not actually as easy as you […]

Fender Squire – Fret-dress and new heads

A fairly routine job.  Take a standard Squire Stratocaster and those special touches which will make it so much better.  The biggest setback to a really good playing action are the slightly uneven frets. They are a little worn as well so a fret dress will sort out both problems. The other problem lies in the machine heads.  […]

Squire Strat with new Tele Neck – Update

Had a spare slot this week so managed to finish off the Strat’.  What a job, I like a challenge sometimes but not like this one… Not only were the frets very uneven but the truss-rod is stuck solid.  There is a slight back-bow without the strings so I bolted it on the jig to […]