Had a fantastic night out in the week. Went to see The Tropics supporting the Pete Williams Band..Check ’em out… https://www.facebook.com/itsthetropics?fref=ts
Month: January 2015
Taylor Baby – Electric Pickup
I rather fancy one of these myself. great little guitars, ideal for travelling. The owner wanted an electric pickup and mini-amp fitting It’s left handed so the mini-amp will sit this side.The corners need to be rounded off so start of with four large holes and roughly cut the sides.Next with a sharp chisel […]
3 Pickup Telecaster
I love these modern Telecasters, the only problem is you can’t get the original sound of the neck and bridge pickups together? The switch works just like a Strat’.What I’m going to do is add a mini switch to just bring in the bridge pickup no matter what else is selected. The modern players have […]
Left/Right hand Stratocaster
Here’s an oddball, is it a Left-hand or Right-hand Strat? The owner had it custom made but it just needed a few tweeks to get the full potential from it. The first problem was the nut. The grooves were much too shallow which made the playing action at the first fret way too high. But […]
7 String Ibanes GIO- wonky neck
This proved to be an odd one. I’ve always rated Ibanez very highly, if you’re looking for a starter guitar you can’t do much better than a second hand Ibanez. This one proved to be a little more troublesome though…. At first thought it had a couple of high frets at the top end… but […]
Ibanez Blazer re-fret
Now that’s a worn set of frets! Might just get away with dressing them, but then they would be very very low.. Rather than that, I’m going to replace them with new ones.Out with the old…Putting a slight bend into the new fret-wire. Gently tap the new wire into place… and trim the spare end. […]
Gibson 335
Well 1st job of the year, that 335. For some reason it just doesn’t sound right. The strings don’t seem corroded but I’ve no idea how long they’ve been fitted. They’re a little light so I’m going to try a set of 10s and have a closer look at the setup…One problem I had was […]
Happy New Year
Well here we are, another year! How’s that Guitar you got for Christmas? Not quite playing as easily or nicely as you would like? I’ll be in the Music Room, Lincoln on Saturday. Bring it down and I’ll have a look and see if it can be sorted out. I’ve got an interesting one as […]