Things have been a little quiet in the workshop this week, a couple of minor jobs but nothing worth putting on the blog. I did find some time to finally wire in the custom job I’ve been working on in my spare time, I just haven’t had much spare time lately. I’m not so keen […]
Month: November 2013
More Smoke Damage
This one is the twin to the one I did yesterday. Was in the same place as the Bass so has the same sooty smoke damage. Did exactly the same, pulled everything off and stripped it down as far as I could to clean and polish everything before putting it all back together. As before […]
Smoke damaged Acoustic Bass
I seem to have the set, a water damaged Rickenbacker last week now a smoke damaged acoustic bass this week! The light patch is where I’ve wiped away the soot. You can see the grubby marks on the top as well. I started at the top, it wasn’t easy to clean around the machine heads so […]
Rickenbacker 360
An unusual request, a water damaged guitar. The chap had a burst pipe in his house that pretty well flooded the place. Luckily the Ric wasn’t soaked but you can see where the damp has got to it. Actually extreme dryness can cause more damage to a guitar than damp can! The frets are a […]
Lets try that again….
That Taylor…. It really is a stunning piece of wood… As much as it’s a really nice guitar the owner wasn’t 100% happy with it, it was just choking out a little on the Bass E string, around the 2nd and 3rd fret. I had a look at the setup and the neck had a […]
Now that’s what I call a beautiful piece of wood!
If this connection to Facebook works this time I’ll post some more pictures of a lovely Taylor that came through the workshop last week…
Another Gibson Fret Dress
They do make some classic guitars, I’ve got one or two on my wish list, but their quality control doesn’t seem to be so good these days! This one wasn’t that bad but to get a really sweet setup I needed to level the frets……
Morris 12 String
I’ve never been a huge fan of 12 strings, but perhaps that’s just because I don’t have the playing skills to be able to play them properly? Anyway all the owner wanted was a bit of a clean-up and service and a little look at the piezoelectric pickup. When plugged in the volume was fine […]
Facebook problem solved!
Hi out there in Facebook land. Some of you may have noticed that my posts have not had the intended pictures, just the generic header. We’ve been looking at it for a while and thanks to my IT Guru Clive at Octagon Technology http://www.octagontech.com/ we seem to have sorted the problem out! so stay tuned! George