I was out of the workshop all morning and had another small job to finish so didn’t manage as much as I would have liked. However I made a start on the fret-board. The first, and probably most important step, make sure the fret-board is perfectly flat. With the neck flat I always mask up the fet-board […]
Tag: Fret Dress
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas to all out there in Guitar-land….. At least I managed to clear the bench for Christmas, so I don’t have any customers banging on my door, needing their instruments back for the holiday. Now I can put my feet up for a rest. Speaking of Christmas though. If any of you should get anything […]
Another Gibson Fret Dress
They do make some classic guitars, I’ve got one or two on my wish list, but their quality control doesn’t seem to be so good these days! This one wasn’t that bad but to get a really sweet setup I needed to level the frets……
Epiphone Acoustic Fret-Dress
This is a well loved guitar, it’s been well looked after but is starting to show some signs of wear now. The frets at the top of the neck in particular. A fret-dress will even everything up nicely. Before I can level the frets I need to make sure the fretboard is level…. so a […]
Peavey Renovation – 1st Update
Got the body stripped down and cleaned. Nothing too severe, just enough to remove the surface dirt. I’ve also cleaned off the rust from all the tremolo screws. They all move freely now so I’ll be able to set the bridge height and intonation easily. I’ve stripped all the electrics from the pick-guard. I’m going […]
Squire Stratocaster – Fret Dress
A nice colour, in fact a nice guitar. I was asked to just adjust the setup but what it really needs is a fret-dress. Rather worn frets… After a few hours, level frets. Once it’s back together it will play as well as any new guitar. A lot better than when it was new, the frets […]
Custom Build
I don’t quite know what to call this one, it started out as a fairly cheap second-hand Washburn, but I’m going to turn it into something rather special. So far I’ve pulled it apart, taken out all the electrics and taken the neck off. I bought a set of machine heads but might not use […]
Gretsch Fret Dress
Had a quiet week or so but back to work with a rather nice Gretsch Nothing much really wrong with it apart from a bit of buzzing around the 14th fret. Looking closely there were a few slightly high and some worn frets so a fret- dress should sort that out, (the black marks are […]
Gibson Les Paul, Fret Dress & Setup
I was asked to have a look at a Les Paul with a view to improving the setup, a nice easy couple of hour job, (or so I thought)! The first thing of course is to have a close look to see exactly what needs doing to improve the playing. If the owner was completely […]
Fiesta Red Strat – Final Update
Another job done. Looks and sounds great. I’ve included a small electrical mod I cam across recently, a resistor and capacitor in parallel across the live and output of the volume pot. It ensures you retain the quality of tone when the volume is turned down rather than it all go a little dull. Only […]