Travelling with a guitar

I’ve just been asked about a Bass that they could take away with them.  It reminded me of a video I saw a while ago.  It’s got to be worth another view, just click on the link below…. United Breaks Guitars If you do suffer such a problem just give me a call or visit […]

Washburn – Fret dress and setup

A rather lovely guitar, in need of a little bit of work to get it playing properly though. A lovely piece of wood. Some of the frets are rather uneven.  Big fat frets with some very low points, so it’s going to be quite a bit of work. There’s quite a bit of wear and tear […]

Tronical Min-ETune Auto-tuner

Anyone struggle to tune your guitar?  Do you use non standard tunings? Need to change them between songs in a hurry?  In that case you’ll love the Tronical Auto Tuners.  If you don’t, and you find it easy enough to tune your guitar and it stays in tune then you’ll probably think they’re a pain […]

Jay Turser – Fret dress and bone nut

Got handed this one with a “What can you do with this”?  Mainly it’s just missing a nut and one of the bridge pins.  The frets are a little worn as well so I’m going to give them a dress as well. It’s seen a lot of action around those open chords.. Once they’re level, […]

Gibson ES335 – Setup

I do like the different, and this one really is that!  a touch of 1970’s Glam Rock I think… The first problem is the bridge, most of the saddle screws are rusted solid and one’s missing. Not difficult, just time consuming.  Take each screw out and clean it with a wire brush on a dremel, […]

Gibson Les-Paul Custom – Pickup Ring replacement

You’d  have thought this job would be easy, but if you really want it done properly there’s a little more to it. One of the pickup rings took a knock and broke so needs to be replaced.  The trouble is the classic Gibson rings have a flat bottom and aren’t flexible enough to bend around the […]

Squire Start’ – Custom Pickups

Here’s a great way to improve our guitar.  Rather than trade it in for an upgrade how about changing the pickups?  These should sound good. About the only bits that I’m going to keep are the volume pot and the pickup switch. That’s the new wiring.  I’ve added push/push pots on each of the tone […]

A Grand Day Out

Had a bit of a busy weekend, culminating with a grand day out in Birmingham, at the Guitar Show.  Some fantastic bargains to be had.  I was looking for a small, portable, practice amp.  Something simple with valves!  I’m fed up with overly complicated amps with far too many effects.  What I found isn’t quite that, […]