Tanglewood – Lowered action

What if the action on your acoustic is a little high?  It can be an easy fix. This one is a little high so I’m going to give it a general setup. Starting with the neck relief.  I always start that with the old strings, otherwise I’ll have to take the new ones off and […]

Tanglewood – detached bridge

Ah here’s a fairly common problem, the bridge has come away from the top of this one.  It should be a fairly simple repair although it’s been complicated by the owners attempted repair.  Well you would try and fix it wouldn’t you. The biggest problem is to remove the glue that he used, it’s very tough […]

Tanglewood Setup

This one is a little unusual. Normally when someone brings an acoustic for a setup it’s because the action is too high…. But once I’d put the new strings on this one was a little low… The truss-rod was actually to tight so there was too much curve in the neck as well, that’s only […]

11 String Tanglewood – Bone Nut

An odd one this, one of the strings wouldn’t stay in it’s slot.  I thought the nut was broken but the slots were at a bit of an angle.  Easy answer, a new bone nut. A nice guitar though. While the strings are off, a good clean. and oil… I don’t have any 12 string […]

Tanglewood Chicago – Service and setup

What a lovely guitar.  I’m not sure if it’s been under a bed or at the back of a wardrobe but it’s not been played for ages and needed a good cleanup and service.The electrics were the biggest problem, scratchy and crackling at best, and plain just not working at worst.To be sure I pulled […]

Tanglewood – Fret dress

It’s nice sometimes to get stuck into something a little more out of the ordinary, I would probably pass this one by in a shop if it were for sale but it’s nice, nice but with a few fundamental flaws.  Once they’ve been sorted out it’ll be really nice… First thing first, the nut.  A plastic […]

Tanglewood Health Check and Setup

How well does your guitar play?  You probably take your car in to be serviced regularly but what about your prized Guitar?  Normally people come to me with problems but just now and again it’s just for a quick “once over”  Had one today, I think it’s for sale and the guy just wanted to […]