Why do some guitars have necks that angle back towards the player while some don’t? What’s the reason for this angled neck? Do we even need it?

SetupGerry Hayes3 May 2019repair, guitar, bass, jazzmaster, strat, les paul, archtop, neck, bridge, shim

How to Remove a Gibson Guitar Nut

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…

Guitar RepairGerry Hayes26 July 2018repair, les paul, gibson, finish, guitar, sg, lacquer, nut, bass

Stuck Stuff: Removing tun-o-matic bridge posts

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…

Guitar RepairGerry Hayes17 July 2018bridge, post, thumbwheel, removal, mandolin, gibson, tunomatic, les paul, sg, repair

Gibson Quality Fake News

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…

OpinionGerry Hayes10 July 2018gibson, bankrupt, quality, les paul, rant

The Gibson Bankruptcy Mess

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…

OpinionGerry Hayes28 February 2018les paul, sg, business, bankrupt, gibson

Why do Gibson headstocks break?

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?

Balancing Pickup Output/Volume

Now that we've looked at individual string balance for pickups, and looked at the problems with incorrectly adjusted pickups, let's get each of the pickups in your guitar or bass balanced so they sound good.

Let's go…