Since I was in London for a few days over Christmas I thought I would see if I could find anything interesting in Tin Pan Alley, any bargains in the January Sales! I used to love the place as you never quite knew what you would find, lots of old bits and pieces, a neck here or […]
Month: December 2013
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas to all out there in Guitar-land….. At least I managed to clear the bench for Christmas, so I don’t have any customers banging on my door, needing their instruments back for the holiday. Now I can put my feet up for a rest. Speaking of Christmas though. If any of you should get anything […]
5 String Telecaster
The first thing I did was to have a good look at the Guitar. Since the owner wants a low action the question is how accurately are the frets set, any high frets will cause buzzing when the action is lowered. I’m pleased to say it’s pretty good so I won’t need any work […]
Maverick, fret-dress and setup
I don’t think I’ve had one of these on the bench before. Not quite my cup of tea but different. It’s obviously had a lot of use and needs a spot of TLC. The frets are a little worn and the fret-board has several years worth of goop on it. There were also a couple of high […]
Encore Acoustic setup
As a cheaper guitars go these Encores are not bad. This one just needs a bit of a clean and setup. The action at the first fret is OK…. but the set in the neck is huge, you could drive a coach and horses under there!! The action at the 12th fret is also huge. […]
More George Martin than George Harrison!
Been working on an interesting project with some friends. My web-guru Clive, from Octagon technology http://www.octagontech.com/ and Lizzie, from Develop and Promote http://www.developandpromote.co.uk/ asked me if I could help them record a pod-cast. It’s a very long time since I was in a recording studio but I’ve got some gear so offered my services. Like most people I […]
Very Green Ibanez!
Quite a long job this one, been on the go for a couple of weeks. The customer wanted a really nice setup, which really ment a fret dress before he had the body re-painted. I though it was a bit daft to do the setup twice so ended up pulling it apart and doing the […]
Framus
Now and again something really nice comes across the bench. This week it was an old Framus. There was nothing really wrong with it, it just needed a good clean and polish. I don’t know when it was built but I could picture it in the hands of a very young John Lennon….
Fretless Hofner
Well it was fretless when I started! Someone elses project, already started, so all I’ve been handed is a body and neck. The first stage of the project is to fit new frets. So, step one, make sure the fret-board is nice and level. There are a couple of deep points but it’s mostly in good condition. […]