Vintage SG – New nut, setup and service

Some of these “Vintage” guitars can be quite good.  For some reason the nut slots on this one have been cut rather deep and the open strings are buzzing a little.  There are quick fixes but the proper thing to do is to replace the nut. Gently out with the old one. The new bone […]

Vintage Metal XX – Setup

I’ve never been a fan of this sort of thing, and Vintage Guitars are not the best, but this one worked out quite well. There are a couple of bits missing, but they should be easy to find… The trem’ was a little gummed up, so I stripped it all down to clean each part. […]

Vintage Acoustic – Fret Dress and Setup

Now there’s a great looking guitar.  A real nod the 1960’s. I quite like Vintage guitars, they’re normally quite well made guitars but this one isn’t so good….. It’s got some very uneven frets. To really lift the tone I’m also going to replace the plastic bridge saddle with a bone one. Along with a […]