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 […]
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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 […]