What a beautiful piece of wood! A lovely American Strat’, just needs a setup. The neck was rather flat. so ease off on the truss-rod a little. Adjusting the neck relief will throw the action at the 12th fret, so that needs to be reset. Starting with the outside “E” strings. and then the others, […]
Here’s a thing, Don’t really use your tremolo. A simple answer is to just screw the trem’ claw sprigs in so that the tremolo sits flat on the body. If you want to increase the sustain then you need to add a small block of wood between the tremolo block and the body. The block […]
This is a rather nice US Strat, just needs a little tweek here and there. The basic setup wasn’t far off ,although the intonation was all over the place. The owner also didn’t like the tremolo, he doesn’t really use it so I’m going to block it off. You can just clamp the trem’ claw […]
I don’t often get calls emergency calls, but I’m always willing to help gigging musicians if I possibly can. I got a call on Friday from a tech’ needing a little help. Got a guitar with a sticky switch and not enough time to strip it down and change it. As it goes it was a fairly simple […]
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. […]
There comes a point when even the best of guitars need a service and setup. Most people will have their car serviced regularly, why not your guitar? While the strings are off I always give the fretboard a good clean. The heads were a little stiff so a little light oil. and a bit of […]
Here’s a bit of an oddball. This guy’s just got hold of a great guitar, the only trouble is it’s got no neck! Yeh, it’s a complicated story, but I’ve sorted out a new one which should do nicely… The profile is really nice and it’s got a great finish too. The only trouble is it’s got […]
What a beautiful guitar. There are lots of Strats’ out there so it takes something out of the ordinary to stand out, and this certainly does that. It’s got just one slight flaw, some of the frets are just a little un-even. I’ve seen worse, but to get it playing really nicely they need to […]
Now this was a really lovely guitar. I think a late 80s, American Built Strat’ Considering its age there’s not much wrong with it. A little bit of wear and tear on the frets… The rest of it’s lovely, a really great colour too. There was however one big problem that I hadn’t anticipated, the […]
Here’s an oddball, is it a Left-hand or Right-hand Strat? The owner had it custom made but it just needed a few tweeks to get the full potential from it. The first problem was the nut. The grooves were much too shallow which made the playing action at the first fret way too high. But […]