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Small hands, big necks

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Small hands, big necks

A good customer of mine brought in one of his student’s guitars on his last visit to the shop. The student was having difficulties fretting her vintage Goya classical guitar as she has smaller hands ...

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Lifting frets :: the Razor's Edge

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Lifting frets :: the Razor's Edge

A customer contacted me about his custom semi-hollowbody. He commented that the frets were very sharp and cutting his hands when he tried to play it. This made the guitar totally unplayable and it sat in it's case for years ...

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1968 Vox Grand Prix :: an Electronic Odyssey

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1968 Vox Grand Prix :: an Electronic Odyssey

Now here is something that doesn’t come across your bench very often, a 1968 Vox Grand Prix! The guitar’s owner brought it in because it would not pass a signal anymore. Normally this isn’t too difficult to troubleshoot. Just work through the circuit and find the band connection or component. This guitar is a little bit more complicated ...

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