Gretsch – Bone nut

I love these, some great guitars coming out Gretsch these days.  Great value an very well made.  This one just has a slight problem, staying in tune. It’s probably the nut.  I’m not much a fan of these new fanged materials, I don’t think you can beat good old fashioned bone. Unfortunately I can’t find […]

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, […]

Gretsch Black Falcon – Fret Dress and Setup

Wow, another big bodied Semi-Acoustic to play with!  This one needs a lot more work to get it playing properly mind you. Some of the frets are very uneven so they’ll need levelling if it’s ever going to play nicely. Before removing the strings it’s always a good idea to mark exactly where the floating […]