Monday, July 27, 2015

Setup - Squier Affinity Jazzmaster Dual Humbuckers Arctic white

Basic setup on this newer model Squier Affinity HH Jazzmaster. Needed a neck shim, truss rod adjustment and intonation. Restrung with Ernie Ball 10s








Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Repair - 1990s Epiphone SG made in Korea with vinyl record backplate

  • Made new backplate out of vinyl record
  • Glued and screwed headstock break
  • Cut off and sand down damage done to back of guitar edge
  • took off old bumblefoot skull sticker on headstock and replaced with updated version (Skullface)
  • level crowned frets
  • saddle and bridge adjusted for intonation
  • New Ernie Ball Heavy top skinny bottom hybrid strings














Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Repair - Framus West German made parlor acoustic guitar made in 1965 Part 1

 

1965 Framus parlor guitar in for some restoration, repair, and setup.
Neck reset
Frets leveled and crowned
New 3x tuners








Friday, January 16, 2015

Setup - Yamaha FG-110 Acoustic Guitar Made in Tawain 1970s

Setup and maintenance on this vintage Yamaha acoustic guitar. The action had gotten unplayable so the saddle and some of the bridge were filed down, frets leveled and crowned and then EB earthwoods medium light 12 gauge had this old guitar singing again






Thursday, August 21, 2014

Repair - Harmony 1969 H-165 Vintage Acoustic Guitar Made in USA

This job required some repair, modification and then a setup.

Its all mahogany  front back and sides with Indian rosewood. This model has a truss rod so it dates it to around 1968 -1970.