Fret end dress & string tree :: Warmoth Telecaster [8.3 lbs]

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Fret end dress & string tree :: Warmoth Telecaster [8.3 lbs]

Fret end dress & string tree :: Warmoth Telecaster [8.3 lbs]

Flame maple top, mahogany back and birdseye neck on this humbucker-equipped Tele.  The neck is a short-scale 24.75" conversion neck with 24 frets.  This Warmoth came into the shop for a fret end dress and a setup.  Originally it did not have a string tree on the headstock so the lower tension of the shorten scale left the high strings buzzy and lacking sustain.  The added vintage-style string retainer greatly improved the tone and dynamic range of these two strings.

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Making the best of wonky frets :: Ibanez ATK300 bass [11.0 lbs]

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Making the best of wonky frets :: Ibanez ATK300 bass [11.0 lbs]

Making the best of wonky frets :: Ibanez ATK300 bass [11.0 lbs]

Here's a bass with the common issue of loose and uneven frets that come with many of the low-cost imported instruments.  Ideally the neck should be properly refretted (including knocking down the fingerboard rise over the body) - or at the very least have the frets glued in place and then leveled and dressed.  But despite not getting the bass to fret as cleanly as I would like, the player was happy and we kept the cost down.

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Repairing removable sides :: 1999 Luthier Music Corp travel classical

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Repairing removable sides :: 1999 Luthier Music Corp travel classical

Repairing removable sides :: 1999 Luthier Music Corp TRVL01 travel classical

Let's see how this goes. Here's a travel classical with removable sides and the tabs have been repaired numerous times in the past.  I made two cauls out of InstaMorph, along with fiberglass and mahogany veneers to sandwich the tabs. The trick will be pulling this off somewhat cleanly as I'm using epoxy. If this turns out well, I get to repeat this three more times.

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