Heywood Guitar Doctor

Heywood Guitar Doctor PHONE
or TEXT 07894 077965 Electric, acoustic and bass guitar setup, electrical fault finding, repairs, pickup swaps and restoration is what I do. Thank you.

I am a retired engineer who has also played guitar in a variety of bands over the years and understand the needs of players based on my own experience. 'Heywood Guitar Doctor' is my retirement project and as such is not a shop front type business, I work from a home based workshop so flexible with respect to drop-offs and collections, which operates by appointment only.

Craig's custom built and custom painted Strat using Fender parts. So its had a some assembly adjustments, fingerboard an...
22/03/2026

Craig's custom built and custom painted Strat using Fender parts. So its had a some assembly adjustments, fingerboard and fretwork, tremolo claw and springs supplied and installed, string trees fitted, re-strung with Elixir 10's and trem balanced and set to float, full setup for E standard tuning.

Craig's 'Noel' Signature Les Paul on the bench. Pickups replaced with Gibson P90s, tuners upgraded, electrics upgrade wi...
17/03/2026

Craig's 'Noel' Signature Les Paul on the bench. Pickups replaced with Gibson P90s, tuners upgraded, electrics upgrade with a Monty's loom comprising CTS pots and switchcraft selector and fancy caps, frets levelled and polished, fret ends smoothed, figerboard waxed, final setup for E standard tuning with 10's Elixirs top wrapped.

Nick Bold's Stanford Fatboy 95 semi-acoustic on the bench for a new guitar setup. Frets levelled and polished, fret ends...
14/03/2026

Nick Bold's Stanford Fatboy 95 semi-acoustic on the bench for a new guitar setup. Frets levelled and polished, fret ends smoothed, fingerboard oiled and waxed, new Bigsby vibrato installed and balanced, floating bridge located for correct intonation, action and neck relief set, nut re-cut to improve action at first fret, nut slots lubricated, bridge slots smoothed and lubed, re-strung with 11-42 and set for standard concert pitch tuning.

Lee Revil's Kotzen Fender Tele in for a setup check and tweak and restring with Elixir 10's.
13/03/2026

Lee Revil's Kotzen Fender Tele in for a setup check and tweak and restring with Elixir 10's.

A couple of interesting guitars on the bench for Keith, a Epiphone Nighthawk and Vox Apache, both are in for restrings a...
24/02/2026

A couple of interesting guitars on the bench for Keith, a Epiphone Nighthawk and Vox Apache, both are in for restrings and setups and some repairs tio electrics.

Mikes Jazz style LH bass on the bench. Damaged top nut replaced with a Graphtech self lubricating jobbie, frets dressed ...
22/02/2026

Mikes Jazz style LH bass on the bench. Damaged top nut replaced with a Graphtech self lubricating jobbie, frets dressed and polished, fingerboard cleaned and oiled and edges rolled, saddle screws shortened, general cleanup and polish, re-strung with Daddario 45-105 strings and setup for E standard tuning.

Mike's Sire Larry Carleton Signature Thinline Tele (LH) on the bench for Jack socket upgrade, re-string and full setup. ...
20/02/2026

Mike's Sire Larry Carleton Signature Thinline Tele (LH) on the bench for Jack socket upgrade, re-string and full setup. Cracking guitar, outsanding quality.

Lee Revill's refurbished Robin on the bench for fitting of a new Gotoh Floyd Rose tremolo system, mounting post arrangem...
16/02/2026

Lee Revill's refurbished Robin on the bench for fitting of a new Gotoh Floyd Rose tremolo system, mounting post arrangements modified to suit new pivots, new tremolo mechanism adapted to fit, new locking nut, all set up to suit Elixir 10's with E flat tuning.

Keith's Epiphone SG on the bench for a cleanup, fret dress, restring and setup.
14/02/2026

Keith's Epiphone SG on the bench for a cleanup, fret dress, restring and setup.

Guy's Schecter Machine Gun Kelly Tele on the bench for a fret dress and polish, restring and setup. Huge sound!
12/02/2026

Guy's Schecter Machine Gun Kelly Tele on the bench for a fret dress and polish, restring and setup. Huge sound!

A bunch of guitars for Liam. This was a cellar and loft rescue mission for 6 guitars that had been left unloved for donk...
09/02/2026

A bunch of guitars for Liam. This was a cellar and loft rescue mission for 6 guitars that had been left unloved for donkeys years in a cellar and in the loft. A Fender Strat, Vox White Shadow, Aria Pro II active bass, Squier Strat, Squier P Bass, and a Taylor big baby. Liam wanted a restoration and rebuild and a clean and polish whilst retaining the originality as far a possible and return everything to full work order .. a bit of a challenge but I loved it. They turned out pretty good, and it kept me out of mischief for a while.

Tony's 1982 Yamaha SG2000 on the bench for a bit of restoration, service, fret dress and polish, restring and full setup...
05/02/2026

Tony's 1982 Yamaha SG2000 on the bench for a bit of restoration, service, fret dress and polish, restring and full setup. A les Paul killer this one!

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Monday 10am - 4pm
Tuesday 10am - 4pm
Wednesday 10am - 4pm
Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm
Saturday 10am - 1pm
Sunday 10am - 1pm

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