Showing posts with label make over. Show all posts
Showing posts with label make over. Show all posts

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Special meddle (1)

As with all my guitars, I make it a point to serve my needs & address my quirks. The instrument should be a personal reflection of the player & it should be set up & tweaked to the owner's specs. The Fender American Special received its initial tweaks today- nothing excessive though...

As I won't be going whammy wild with this guitar, 2 additional springs were installed at the rear cavity to make sure the bridge stays put when string bending are in action. The screws are then tightened accordingly. How much tightening should you employ? Tighten until the bridge doesn't move when you bend those strings.

Since Davis GMC has some Fender spares in store...

...the default bolt plate was replaced with the Fender 'F' engraved version.