I had a little spare time this afternoon so had a bit of a play with the old Rapier. As I’ve not been able to find the proper bridge I decided to fit a “Tuneomatic” one. First thing I need to work out exactly where it’s going to fit so I needed to establish the […]
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1960’s Watkins Rapier – 3rd update
Had a spare afternoon so turned my attention to James’s old Rapier. I’ve got some ideas as to what to do with the body, but more of that later. Since the neck has no truss-rod the options were to either completely remove the fingerboard and install one or, the easier quicker, and from James’s point of view, the […]
1960’s Watkins Rapier 33 – 2nd update
Had a look at the neck on the Rapier. A bit of a problem, there is quite a set in the neck already (about 10 thou’ at the 7th fret) but that’s with no strings! I would like a little less than that with the strings fitted and under tension but the trouble is it doesn’t have a […]
1960’s Watkins Rapier 33 – 1st update
It might be nice to put this guitar back to original but finding the parts is proving rather difficult, particularly with a limited budget. James has some ideas though and wants something rather different. First stage give the body a good clean out…. To follow the progress click here.
1960’s Watkins Rapier 33
In need of more than a little TLC this one is going to take a while. The cost of putting it back to original is out of the question so between us we have a couple of ideas to make something a little different.. Most of its there but missing the bridge and neck plate. […]