Neck Resets 3: Steaming out the neck

Steaming off the neck is where it gets serious for most people. Let’s see if we can step through it…

Guitar RepairGerry Hayes2 December 2020guitar, bass, repair, luthier, neck, reset, neck reset, guitar neck reset

Neck Resets 2: Beginning to remove the neck

Removing a guitar neck can be an involved business. Let’s start to step through it.

Guitar RepairGerry Hayes25 November 2020guitar, bass, repair, luthier, guitar neck reset

Neck Resets 1: Introduction

Acoustic guitar neck resets. Why and how?

Guitar RepairGerry Hayes20 November 2020guitar, bass, repair, luthier, neck, reset, neck reset, guitar neck reset

Haze Guitars status update

I wanted to give you an update as to where things stand at Haze Guitars. Long story, short: I’m monitoring things but will remain closed for now. I’m sorry.

HousekeepingGerry Hayes10 September 2020housekeeping, covid-19, coronavirus, opening hours

Free Social Distancing for Musicians Sign

If you run somewhere that musicians hang out, feel free to use this sign.

OpinionGerry Hayes2 August 2020guitar, bass, repair, luthier

Strat Elite - Jammed Tremolo Arm

The whammy bar is jammed in this Strat Elite. Trapped. Won’t come out. What’s to be done?

Guitar RepairGerry Hayes2 July 2020guitar, repair, luthier, strat, elite, tremolo, whammy, bridge, vibrato

Repairing a damaged acoustic guitar bridge plate

A worn or mangled bridge plate can be a big deal. Left unattended, it can seriously damage your guitar’s top and even bridge. Addressing the problem can often involve having to remove and replace the entire bridge plate. Or, you could repair and patch it.

Guitar RepairGerry Hayes1 July 2020guitar, bass, repair, luthier, acoustic, bridge, bridge plate, guitar repair

Straightening a bowed neck: Correction and Reassembly

The final part of correcting this very problematic neck. I unveil my cunning plan to get the improperly cut truss rod channel corrected and get this neck straightened again.

Guitar RepairGerry Hayes29 June 2020guitar, bass, repair, luthier, warp, bow, neck, neck deformation

Remove Blue Pencil Lines in Affinity Photo

Utterly non-guitar related but it might be helpful to someone, somewhere. And we’re all about helping each other. 🙂

OpinionGerry Hayes24 June 2020art, illustration, photo, sketchy setups

Straightening a bowed neck: Truss Rod Operation

Last time we removed the fingerboard to assess what had gone wrong with a bowed neck and a truss rod that had burst through the back. And we’ve figured out what was wrong.

Guitar RepairGerry Hayes16 June 2020guitar, bass, repair, luthier, warp, bow, neck, neck deformation

Straightening a bowed neck (with some complications)

Straightening a badly bowed neck is one thing. When the truss rod is misbehaving enough to burst out the rear of that neck adds an extra layer of complication.

Guitar RepairGerry Hayes15 June 2020guitar, bass, repair, luthier, warp, bow, neck, neck deformation

Guitar setup 'vision'

With Series 2 of Sketchy Setups launching in a couple of days, I thought I’d share some of the reasons I wanted to create these guitar setup guides and (more importantly) the reasons you might want to read one.

BooksGerry Hayes10 June 2020setup, guide, sketchy setups, book, ebook, learn, tutorial, instruction

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