What a lovely Strat’, I never really used to like this colour, but it’s growing on me. There’s nothing much wrong with it mind you, just needs a bit of a setup. The first problem however was getting the old strings off… Why the plate on the back was on the wrong I’ve no idea? […]
Month: July 2015
Guitar Setup – Pickup Heights
The last step in any good electric guitar setup, the pickup heights…
Guitar Setup – Intonation
The last bit of the playing action, the Intonation….
Epiphone Setup
What a lovely Guitar, just in need of a tweek here and there to get it playing as it should. The frets were good and even so they didn’t need any work for once. Since it’s got a floating bridge I put some low adhesive tape on the body before removing the strings. That way […]
Guitar Setup stage 3: Action at the 1st fret
Hi folks, how’s that setup coming? Once you’ve got the bridge sorted now it’s time to set the action at the 1st fret, by cutting the slots in the nut…
Bone Nut
This one rather sits at the bottom end of the market, but even so, it should play OK. This one had a very strange “buzzing” sound. It’s all down to the cheap plastic nut with its overly slack slots. The only way to cure that is to fit a decent nut.The blank was just a […]
Guitar Bridge Height Adjustment
Hi Folks, How’s the setup going? Once you’ve got the neck set OK the next step is the action at the bridge. Have a look at this….
Ibanez – Pickup swap and new nut
A fairly simple job, swap the pickups for a pair of “Bare Knuckles” and, while I’m at it, put in a Bone nut. First of all I need to take out all the old wiring. The old pickup was coil tapped but the customer doesn’t want to bother with the new one so I need to […]