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Repairs, modifications & Set up services for string instruments. HND Cert. Trained by Patrick Eggle.

14/10/2025

Change of plan, I've had half a day today to drop my car off. I'm back in work now until 6pm.

11/10/2025

I'll be closed on Tuesday this week and open Wednesday in lieu of it.

Thanks..

09/10/2025

Oh dear.... Wood filler, glue and lost hopes and dreams all in one Yamaha headstock...

I'm going for a lie down.

**up

02/10/2025

A lovely Koa Taylor guitar in for a clean (it needed it) and a restring with 12s. You may see this at a few acoustic gigs with FM/Steve Overland & Jim Kirkpatrick.

Lord knows what was all over it, but it took some getting off.

Shared because it's pretty.

01/10/2025

Be aware of fake strings. I thought these looked a bit odd and should have quizzed the customer, but I presumed he'd bought them reputably and I was probably overthinking it.

However...

These are definitely fake. There's a YouTube video out there and the packaging matches the counterfeit comparison.

No real harm done, but I fitted them initially thinking they looked slightly dull too, but benefit of the doubt etc. Hopefully he can raise a claim.

Sure enough, they were nothing like a set of 10s are usually in terms of tension, much weaker, more like 9s. Look at the awful intonation too with regards to how the saddles are sitting.

Anyway, I removed them, fitted Rotosounds and sure enough all the problems were solved.

Be careful out there, it's not worth it to save a couple of £s.

01/10/2025

Epiphone 335 Dot - Bigsby fit

Fitting a Bigsby B7 to an epiphone dot 335.

Firstly remove the tailpiece inserts from the body. (The owner has a plate to cover the remaining holes).

After that, it's all about lining up the string run before you drill. Mask off contact points & Check everything a couple of times then jump in. Bigsby even provide some lovely red string to help with the alignment.

Once fitted, the guitar was setup with Ernie Ball 9-42 in standard tuning.

29/09/2025

Stringing guitars like this, you know who you are...

You're also in my book alongside the..

"My guitar has no output"..
Have you checked the battery?
"Ha! Of course, still dead"

I change the battery, guitar works. 😣

27/09/2025

Just a heads up but I'm open Monday thru Thursday this week and closed Friday to do the last FM date at Cornwall Rocks. After that I'll be back to my usual hours of Monday to Friday 10.30 to 6 closed Wednesdays..

Thanks for bearing with me over the last few weeks.

01/09/2025

When you're restringing a guitar and that 11 gauge string end stabs you in the finger.....

but then carries on out the other side....fun times.

30/08/2025

Just Monday & Tuesday in my workshop this week. I'll finish as many as I can of those guitars that are with me currently.

30/08/2025

One from a week or two back...I've been too busy to photograph and post, sorry.

Kierans Custom Shop Strat..

Presented with a terrible setup, the action was hindered by some uneven frets. A bit of a shocker on a Custom Shop, but it can happen on any guitar. It's wood at the end of the day and as such is prone to movement due to temperature and moisture changes.

I straightened the neck and levelled the frets, profiling and polishing each one to a mirror finish.

Once that was done it was all setup to optimum. As you can see, the action ended up stupidly low at around 1mm on the bass side at the 12th fret.

28/08/2025

This coming Saturday is my last Saturday at The Rhythm House until September 20th.

Anything I pick up this week to repair can potentially be collected from Nantwich, if I get it finished, but obviously with the FM dates I'm only working a couple of days in my workshop in-between.

I'm out on every date below bar 20th, 27th and 28th. The 3rd has also been added to the tour.

Address

Stuart House, 1-4 Arnold Street
Nantwich
CW55QB

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 6pm
Tuesday	9am - 6pm
Thursday	9am - 7pm
Friday	9am - 6pm

Website

http://www.theguitardoctor.co.uk/

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