Dressing uneven frets

There are two reasons why you might want to have your frets dressed, the first is if they have uneven heights, particularly if you want a low action. The diagram below, not exactly to scale, shows how when the string (the red line) is pushed down at the 2nd fret it should just clear the […]

Les Paul – Final Assembly

What a great guitar!  A friend of mine has been working on an Epiphone Les Paul.  He’s done some fantastic work on the finish.  It’s a gorgeous satin finish with just enough of the natural wood showing through.  Pity, but the photographs don’t really do it justice!  I was called in at the last minute […]

Ibanez – Fret Dress

These are normally better than this.!.  If you’re looking for a good starter guitar then I reckon you can do a lot worse than pick up a second-had Ibanez.  Sadly I think this one must have been built on a Friday afternoon!  Still a good looking guitar though… Mostly it’s fine, It just has a couple […]