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Month: June 2014
EKO Saddle
These are tough old guitars, you don’t find any more solidly built. The saddle on this one seems to have melted! I don’t know how but ‘m going to fit a new bone one. It took a bit of work to get the old saddle out, in pieces in the end. Not that it matters, […]
Duesenberg 49er – Fret dress and setup
I think this is a great guitar, well it could, and will be. Sadly they’ve let themselves down with the detail. Nothing that can’t be fixed, but it’s something that shouldn’t need doing. While I’m at it I’ll tidy up a couple of other problems. It’s seen some action so the frets are a little […]
Custom Built Spanish – Finaly Complete!!
When I started this thing I had no idea just how long it would take! however It’s done.. To see this guitar build from the start click here.
Faith Setup
A nice acoustic. Plays nicely but could be better. Unusually the set in the neck was very low, “off the peg guitars” tends to be the other way, too much of a curve. My feeler-gauges are even too slim to even measure it…Slackening the truss-rod a little easily sorted that out… That’s better.The action at the 1st […]
Custom Built Spanish – 9th update
Although I’ve got several jobs in the queue they are all waiting for parts. So I though I’d have a bash at the old Spanish. I did hope I wouldn’t have to do this, but the frets weren’t as even as I hoped and I scratched the tops of some while getting the ends sorted. Since […]
Taylor T5
Is this the most flexible Guitar out there? Could well be. There was a slight holdup with the T5 I ordered at the #Taylor Roadshow, but finally got my hands on it this week. Thanks again to the Musicroom Lincoln for sorting that little one out. I don’t have a acoustic amp to make the most of it, but […]
Custom Built Spanish – 8th update
Its finally getting close! almost done… Today I put the frets in and levelled the edges.Although I’ve got the length right and a 45° angle on the edge they still need a little bit of work to remove the sharp edges.Might even be finished soon… Keep watching, to see it from the beginning click here. […]
Broken Headstock
Ouch, that’s a nasty brake, but fixable…. It’s split in 2 places and some small splinters are missing. I glued it in 2 stages to make sure it went back together correctly..Stage 2, glue and clamp.The wood has gone back together well although the edges are a little sharp. I used a little wood filler […]