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 Gibson SG Special. Pickups needed to be moved nearer the bridge, so new scratchplate had to be made. Original used as a template |  Ongoing rough-cutting of plate edges, and pickup holes. Bridge post holes drilled and awaiting final finishing |  Final hand finishing of edges and pickup holes |
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 Screw-holes drilled and countersunk, and protective film removed |  New scratchplate fitted, and original on left |  Overall view of finished guitar. New 498T pickup was also fitted in bridge position |
 Accumulated grime on '80s Warwick bass |  After deep-clean |  All the bridge screws were seized with rust preventing proper adjustment during setup |
 Bridge was completely disassembled, and every component cleaned and polished, and lubricated where necessary |  Headstock, before and after cleaning. The brass nut was polished after freeing three of the height adjustment screws which were seized |  Original battery box cover was missing and battery was held in by duct tape, so new box fitted and tape residue removed from wood grain |
 Accumulated dirt and grease on fretboard |  Fretboard cleaned and polished, and fret polish in progress |  Fender Stratocaster in need of a good clean and setup |
 Tuners - before and after. All the plated parts were similarly tarnished |  Tuners again - before... |  ... and after |
 Fret clean and polish |  Control knobs - volume cleaned and polished, tone knob yet to be done |  Peavey Foundation bass in need of total overhaul. Bridge before and after |
 Clean pickups and polish out body scratches |  Duct tape had been used to hold on broken knobs. Tape residue removed, and scratches polished out |  Overall view of body after cleaning. New speed knobs matching the originals were obtained and subsequently fitted |
 Ibanez fretless bass bridge |  Pickups |  Jack socket plate |
 Fingerboard during cleaning |  Tuner |  Restoring colour to cracked lacquer |
 Making tuner bush from scratch as originals are unobtainable |  Final finishing, and fitted to bass |  Yamaha bass in for a setup. Bridge ready to be removed, disassembled cleaned and polished |
 Reassembled after cleaning and lubrication. Gold wash is notoriously difficult to clean as it comes off if you do anything more than look at it! |  Pickups, rings and screws all needed clean and polish |  Work complete |
 Every screw was individually cleaned and refinished |  Fretboard after cleaning and fret polish |
GUITAR AND BASS GALLERY...
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It's difficult to show pictures of a guitar or bass setup as they pretty much look the same before and after (!), so here are some examples of other work that I've done...
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