Month: November 2021

Ernie Ball Musicman Silhouette @shrop.rock.doctor today for a service /setup. Possible pickup issue to be investigated & jack socket replacement required. #guitar #guitarrepair #guitartech #bridgnorthbusiness #guitarsetup #guitarservice #shropshirebusiness #electricguitar #ernieball #ernieballguitars #ernieballsilhouette #guitarwiring View this post on Facebook

Progress on the Columbus bass transformation to fretless. Other issues to be addressed while dismantled are the grossly misaligned strings to neck centre & the failed pickup replacement. The neck is now de-fretted & inset with maple strips, fingerboard leveled and oiled. Headstock was sanded to remove the Columbus logo & will now be refinished […]

Two more custom cables completed today . These are 8 way circular locking plugs that are 4m / 7m lengths. They are for a customer whose Line6 amplifier and control pedals I modded to replace the flimsy Cat5 interconnects whose Rj45 plugs always lose their locking tabs. Bespoke cabling is OK so long as you […]

As requested a 10 meter interconnect for the Marshall AVT 150H & related foot controller. The ends are terminated with 15 way female connectors that have two lines of pins, 1-8 & 9-15. Marshalls schematic for the AVT 150H shows pins 3,12 & 13 are not connected. This allowed the use of a screened 12 […]

So the Line6 Spider HD100 Bognor tube head issue appears to be well documented online & is therefore a common fault. The amps front end is all digital DSP & as the issue resides on the main DSP board explains why no signal reaches the tube power section. Checked all test point voltages post dual […]

Maple infills for the de-fretted Columbus bass neck. The contrasting colour of the infill to the rosewood fingerboard will give the illusion of frets. The neck is edge bound so the infills won’t be visible from the side. #shropshirebusiness #guitartech #bridgnorthbusiness #guitarsetup #guitarservice #bassguitar #fretlessbass #fretless #guitarrepair View this post on Facebook

Today @shrop.rock.doctor this Columbus bass is not getting a re-fret but simply a de-fret. Owner has made the decision to go fret less. A recent Ebay purchase, the bass required attention to several issues from a shorted pickup to totally misaligned strings down the length of the neck which additionally was screwed into an oversize […]