Fighting BanjosThis Banjo that came in the other week was pretty much unplayable due to the neck angle and resulting high action. It came good with some adjustment and shimming, not without a fight however, as some of the old brass screws were burred and the screw holding the truss rod firm to the neck […]
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Banishing the woolly MouldothThis is a Guitar that a student purchased off of Trademe. It had a whole new Eco system growing on it! (see pics in comments) after relocating the Woolly Mouldoth in an environmentally friendly way, I discovered it was a Schecter Diamond Series. After a Major clean up, fret-board polish, action setup […]
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Brighten my dayThis was already a lovely guitar to play. I just gave the frets some extra love by getting them mega smooth and shiny. Share0 Share +10 Tweet0
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Cost effective repairThis is a common problem I have seen with some lower price range guitars, especially in soft cases.This could be made to look like it never happened, that however would be completely unrealistic given how much it would cost vs the price/value of the guitar.Next best option is what you seen below, you […]
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Fret-board dandruff Had the chance to get one of my guitars on the bench a while back. I actually bought this one used so the frets already had some wear (plus I am hard on frets when I play). The white flakes on the second pic down are not dandruff, but because of the bad flat […]
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Rated PG |This Ibanez PG belongs to a good friend of mine, it has a few good miles on it as evident by the wear on the frets.I gave it a good all round clean up, leveled, crowned and polish frets, set up and intonation with new strings and its now plays and sounds great. […]
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Fret job and intonation = huge difference!This one belongs to one of my students. The intonation was miles off as someone had fitted the bridge back to front. With that fixed and a level and crown on the fret-board, this thing now plays and sound great! dav Share0 Share +10 Tweet0
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An Eko from the pastThis one came with with a lot of issues. Apart from the general wear from the fact that the Guitar was made in the 70s, the guitar had a major belly bulge, which I corrected using a “bulge buster”. I also fashioned a new bridge saddle, cut a new nut, fixed […]
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Tokai TeleTokai have made some really nice guitars over the years. This awesome Tokia Tele just had a bit of a birthday, polished frets, general cleanup and service, along with a fresh set of strings, a set up and intonation done. Plays really nicely now, hard to put it down. Share0 Share +10 Tweet0
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Whats on Tele?Some nice shiny frets, that’s what! But they didn’t always look like this!A student bought this Tele from an online store in Europe.It is actually a really nice guitar, well now anyways. The body is Ash, nicely finished, the pickups sound good, the neck has a great feel, but the frets were lacking […]
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