Removing a nut from a Gibson guitar or bass isn’t hugely difficult but there are a couple of things that can trip you up and cause problems.
Find out how to do it safely…
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More stuck stuff. A slightly unusual one, this week.
If you work on (or if you have) an older Gibson you’ll occasionally come across a guitar with a curious output jack…
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More stuck stuff. We’ve dealt with tailpiece bushings and now we’re moving up to tun-o-matic bridge posts. The vintage-style bridge posts can be tricky to remove.
But no longer — Check it out…
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Yeah, armchair pundit time again. You might have read, a few days ago, Gibson’s CEO Henry Juszkiewicz gave his opinion on the public’s perception of quality control at his organisation.
Now get mine…
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It’s occurred to me that a lot of a guitar repairer’s time is spent removing things from guitars. Sometimes that just involves unscrewing some screws but, other times (often?), some additional effort and knowledge is required to safely remove something.
Like various ‘bushings’. Read on…
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For 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?
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It'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…
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There'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?
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Gibson 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.
Check it out…
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Getting the top of an acoustic instrument moving is vital to getting the best tone from it. You have to make sure you're transferring as much of the strings' energy as possible and a too low a saddle can mess that up and really kill your tone.
Find out more…
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For the last while I’ve been rambling on about string angle over the nut. Now, I’m going right down the other end. Let's talk about how the angle your strings break over your bridge saddles can impact your Gibson (or Gibson-style) guitar.
Specifically, let's talk about collapsed bridges…
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