Fender-style truss rods that adjust at the body-end of the neck can be a bit of a pain. Sometimes (not often enough), manufacturers build in some concessions to those setting up instruments but even some of these can bring their own challenges.
Read MoreA reader request, this one. Floyd Rose trems are less than straightforward in many areas and setting height and radius on the saddles is definitely one of those.
Get the info on how to change Floyd saddle height…
Read MoreSo, you might have heard along the way that the tremolo bridge should really be called a vibrato bridge. And you might have heard that it's Leo Fender's fault that we have to live with this heinous misnomer. Oh, the pedantic angst of it all!
Well, I wanted to confirm this and found some interesting stuff…
Read MoreFor the best playability, it's important that your string heights match the radius of the fingerboard. But what happens when you can't actually adjust each saddle height?
Read MoreThis article kicks off with a doctor joke. Immediately comes back with a fret-buzz joke, and then discussed player psychology and guitar repair.
It's got everything…
Read MoreOK, so I'm taking a sharp turn off to left-field with this one. If your work involves dealing with people in any way, you may have recognised little behaviours and quirks in them. These will usually be related to whatever your job is because that's what drives your interaction.
Well, a guitar repair person deals with people. Read on if you're interested in some of the ways people hear problems with their guitars…
Read MoreIt's the story of the week. Gibson Guitars my be bankrupt soon.
What's the story behind this? Why is it happening? What can be done? What's likely to be done? And, what should Gibson do in the future to try to claw their way back from this?
Read on for my barely-informed armchair punditry…
Read MoreThere's a big chunk of my income that comes from repairing broken necks and headstocks. And, by far the biggest chunk of that comes from repairing the broken necks and headstocks of Gibson guitars.
So what is it that makes Gibsons more prone to lose their heads?
Read MoreSo, we're rounding out our discussions on frets. We've covered a lot and it makes sense to finish off with a quick and dirty round-up of some of the relevant properties of frets.
Read on for more…
Read MoreGibson has installed binding with small 'nibs' at each of the fret-ends for years. This doesn't really serve any functional purpose but is mainly aesthetic. Nothing wrong with that but, when it comes time for a refret, it poses a bit of a problem.
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Read MoreWhen a fingerboard has binding along its edge, there are some considerations that have to be taken during a refret. Because the fret slot-ends aren't accessible preparing the slots and the frets themselves is a little different. Doing it right is the difference between a great refret and a potential disaster.
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Read MoreReplacing only a couple of the most worn frets on your guitar can sound like a fantastic solution to get fret wear sorted and save some cash to boot. And sometimes it is.
However, here's what you should know about a partial refret…
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