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, […]
Not quite my cup of tea but a nicely built guitar. The owner has decided on a pickup upgrade so it should be a fairly simple job. Off with the control knobs. It’s all plug in so shouldn’t need any soldering, apart from the cable for the neck pickup, just not long enough so I spliced […]
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 […]
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 […]
This is one I built about 10 years ago but have never been fully happy with. I used modern acrylic paint but without baking facilities it took about 5 years to properly cure! 10 years down the line it’s got some dings and scratches and actually looks great. The biggest problem was the sound though. […]
Here’s a nice looking Strat’. A rather nice upgrade with a new pick-guard and a set of Iron Gear Pickups. It’s also got a problem with one of the saddle height screws. A new set will sort that out. The new pickups are switchable with a Low/High output so I’m going to fit three Push-Push pots. […]
Well here’s an interesting project. Want a Les Paul but can’s afford one? Well I know that feeling. There are some, not too bad, Chinese copies out there. The trouble is the hardware tends to be rather cheap and nasty. A decent one can be a good starting point though. Just replace everything else!! With all […]
I’ve often said that any guitar can be improved by fitting a Bigsby. I guess that’s not exactly true, but how about this one! Fitting it isn’t difficult, it’s only 4 screws after all. As ever the devil is in the detail though! I’m figuring about there…. Just far enough down to cover up the witness mark […]
I’m still not really sure about these. There’s certainly nothing seriously wrong with them, in fact they’re terrific for money. I just can’t put my finger on it. Anyway, I’ve had this one on the bench before and already done quite a bit to it, I’ve dressed the frets and performed a full setup on […]
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 […]