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2015 Les Paul – Upgrade?

Well I’ve had a Les Paul on the wish list for ages.  A truly iconic guitar but a little out of my reach.  However I came across this in a local guitar shop.  It’s been hanging on their wall for a few years and they’ve just not been able to sell it. For one thing […]

Epiphone Casino Radioshop Pickups

Epiphone Casino – Radioshoppickups

What a lovely guitar, see you don’t have to spend a fortune to have a really nice guitar!  The owner brought this one round with some lovely upgrades from the start. It’s a nice guitar from the start, but I love the ideas this guy had… Before… A couple of cosmetic changes, a black pick-guard, […]

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Telecaster – Refurb’

This has to be the heaviest Tele’ I’ve ever come across.  It’s big old chunk of pine (I think) and a solid brass pick-guard. It’s got a few intermittent electrical faults, that wiring doesn’t look too good, and I think the outside of the braded cable was shorting against the wiring on the pots’ It’s […]

How to set up a 6-String Bass

Wow, what a monster.  I’ve looked at some of these before but I’ve never really tried one out, it just seems so huge! The basic principles for a setup are the same as any guitar, just scaled up a little. It’s also got a problem with the nut.  The slots are a little deep so the […]

Gretsch – Setup

I do love a big semi-acoustic. For a Chinese made guitar these are excellent value.  This one’s been fiddled around with a little though, so it needs a setup. It’s fairly new so doesn’t really need any cleaning as such, but a splash of lemon oil never goes amiss. A little polish on the top before […]

Epiphone Sheraton – TLC

Here’s a beautiful little guitar, just needs a little attention and an upgrade or 2 along the way… The frets are rather worn for a starter…. and it came with a nice pair of Gibson pickups…… To start with, out with the old, the old nut… off with the volume and tone knobs, so I […]