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 […]

Vintage Fret Dress

A great looking guitar, now plays as good as it looks… There was nothing very wrong with it, just some slightly uneven frets and a rather high action. First mask off the fretboard and body to protect it… and level the fret tops. Once the frets are re-shaped and polished I put the strings back […]

Broken Machine head

This is quite a common problem. As guitars get old the machine heads can seize up.  Any oil in them dries out and if it’s been exposed to any moisture, they can rust inside.  Also the plastic of the key gets brittle, consequently they end up snapping off or breaking in two. The easiest way to […]