#Jackson – Project

I picked this up a week or so ago.  It’s not something I would even consider but a good friend of mine bought it on e-bay and it wasn’t exactly what he expected so I’ve taken it off his hands and I’m going to see what I can do with it. The first thing I did was […]

Troublesome Jack

Jack sockets quite often present problems, they wear out and the contacts become loose, this one was proving to be tricky on several counts…. It keeps falling out as the locking plate’s rather bent and twisted out of shape and isn’t locking into the wood.  There’s also a third wire, I don’t know what that’s […]

Custom built Telecaster

The owner wanted to build the electrics himself so I’ve just got it back to complete the setup…. Looks good so far…First thing first, the neck set…It’s just a little high so I’ll need to tweek the truss-rod.  Unfortunately the screw is on the bottom of the neck so I’ll have to take off the scratchplate. […]

Squire Precision Bass – Setup

A nice bass just in need of a little tweek here and there. The basic principles are the same, just a few subtle differences.  Sadly the frets are a little uneven so I’m not going to get a really sweet action without a little buzz.The neck had rather too much set so I’ve flattened it […]