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31st January 2012

Fender Japan Paisley Telecaster partial refret and a setup/service

This early reissue Tele has been a favourite and was brought in for a partial refret. The first 7 frets were removed, the fretboard sanded, the slots cleaned and re-cut. The new fret wire was shaped, cut, tapped into place then seated. The fretboard was levelled and the frets crowned.

We then set it up and serviced the electrics. It is now ready to work again and awaits collection.

The Prs has had a tremol-no fitted and a set up.

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24th January 2012

Refinish on a custom LP fanned fret guitar

The owner of this fanned fret Junior decided to strip the gold paint ready for a refinish in Candy Apple Red.  Purfling and binding has been added to the front body edge. The guitar was masked up and the front primed. Once dry it will be rubbed down ready for the colour coat.

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24th January 2012

Set ups and servicing

Here are some new arrivals requiring setups and servicing.

Epiphone Zakk Wylde, Fender Jaguar Special and Squier vintage modified Precision bass,

Yamaha Pacifica and 3/4 classical

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25th January 2012

Framus acoustic, headstock refinish

The headstock on this lovely old Framus acoustic had been overpainted with very thick, soft varnish. The owner rubbed it down and unfortunately rubbed through the brass inlaid logo damaging the bottom section of the "F".

We carefully filled the dip with lacquer and levelled the area.

A piece of gold colour matched waterslide decal was prepared and fitted to the missing letter section.

The entire headstock has been finished in light tinted nitro cellulose for an invisible repair.

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20th January 2012

Progress

Work continues on the mando-uke. The fret slots are recut and the neck is refretted.

The black guitar with a cracked neck/headstock has been secured and clamped

The P bass body has been fine sanded and primed ready for a candy apple red metallic finish in nitro cellulose once it has hardened off for a few days

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14th January 2012

More projects

The alder precision bass body is here for finishing in candy apple red nitro. The Tele bass neck will have a nitro tint.

The Fender Japan Paisley telecaster needs a partial refret and a set up.

The black Les Paul has been dropped resulting in a crack near the headstock.

2 Les Pauls and an SG await coil taps and Ntune on board tuners.

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