It is very easy to miss a developing fault/faults in your acoustic guitar if you’re not well acquainted with it. How do you get well acquainted with it? By cleaning it thoroughly each time you pick it up to play and once again when you keep it back after playing. Sound a bit excessive? Remember, […]
A quick announcement
Just dropping a line to whoever might be interested: the Lucknow Guitar Garage will remain closed from Oct 7, 2026 (Wednesday) to Oct 17, 2026 (Saturday). If you were planning to bring in your instrument for repair/maintenance, delay no further!
Guitar repair – A #fender Sonoran gets some TLC!
I think I have said this before but I will reiterate the point: it is always a pleasure to improve something good! This nice-sounding Fender came to me with some simple enough problems. It’s action had crept up to a point to make playing difficult, it had managed to lose three tuner buttons somewhere along […]
Guitar repair – Rescuing #Santana mangled & chewed!
And that – look at the photograph – my friends, is enough to raise the action appreciably. It’s another thing that on this guitar, the bridge was lifting and the instrument had a healthy belly too: the three big reasons for high action on an acoustic instrument!!! But we’ll come to that in time. The […]
Guitar repair – A #Taylor with a tailor-made problem for me!
This Taylor came to me with a simple enough problem of the bridge lifting. However, from the looks of it, the instrument seemed to have been left standing somewhere with dust, grime and their entire clan having made their home on it! In addition to all that it seemed that the instrument was very dry […]
Guitar repair – It’s all about the (#Hertz) bass!
AND…I AM BACK!!!!!!! I’ve been unable to connect with you, my dear readers, for a few months now, and all because the blogsite has been playing up and refusing to let me sign in.Then when it let me, it wouldn’t let me upload the photographs! If you are reading this, know that it is finally […]
Guitar repair – Stowed instruments mean extra work #Westwood!
One can always make out the difference between an instrument that is in play and one which was stood up in a corner and forgotten about. For me, it’s always a joy when stood-up-and-forgotten instruments land up on my work table. It shows that somewhere, something sparked the desire to pick up the instrument and […]
Guitar repair – Humidify your guitar, now!!!
I’ve said this many times before, but I will say it again. You want your guitar (more so an acoustic guitar) to stay in an environment where the humidity is 45 – 55% all the year around. If not, you can be assured of some not very good things happening to your guitar. The centre […]
Guitar repair – #martinguitars: Always a joy to improve something good!
I don’t make a distinction when I’m taking in guitars for repairs, brand names and model numbers mean little to me. Yet, I will rarely touch a Rs 3.5 – 4K toy with a barge pole – too much effort, results unsure and the owner dithering on the cost of repairs. But, if the owner […]
Guitar repair – This #hertz: after broken headstock, lifting bridge!
You might remember this one from some months ago. The Black Beauty which became Humpty Dumpty! If you don’t and would like to acquaint yourself with it, here it is Guitar repair – It hurts to be this Humpty Dumpty #hertz! This time, the young lady brought in the guitar for high action and a […]
Guitar repair – An unidentifiable thingy with indeterminate colour!
For the last couple of weeks, I have been unable to post because the website refused to open. I had to contact the hosting site and they worked on it, and now it seems to be ok. But I’m keeping my fingers crossed till this post actually makes an appearance on the internet. This guitar […]
Guitar repair – A #yamaha with unique problems!
This #yamaha FS80C came to me with simple problems (and, of course, in a very dirty state) but as I got into it, the problems began unravelling one after another. But as always, it was a pleasure! As I was taking off the strings, I noticed that each tuning peg was crammed with string winds […]
Guitar repair – This #Hertz: abuzz with bone!!
Just a quick one this Sunday to keep all you loyal readers of this blog in good humour. But I promise you there is big one coming. This Hertz came to my work table with a simple request of a change of strings and the regular cleaning and oiling. Assessing the instrument, I am happy […]
Guitar repair – Deja poo: same sh*t, all over again!
Remember how I say that the same kind of guitars, or, guitars with the same kind of problems seem to follow each other to my work table? Well, here is another prime example. Some weeks back, this instrument came back to me Those of you who are regular readers of my blog, will remember this […]
Guitar repair – #ashton: when a repair just isn’t possible!
A while back this #ashton came to me in this state Not only was the bridge split through the line of the bridgepin holes, a (possibly) leaning saddle had also split it open in line with the saddle slot. See? If that was not enough, the bridge was lifting so much, I had to probe […]
Guitar repair – If only there weren’t any #yamaha F310s!
And I’m back after a break! HAPPY NEW YEAR, FOLKS!!! May the year be one of fulfilment, peace, happiness and prosperity! Some time ago, this older #Yamaha F310 came to me with a complaint of action so high that it was unplayable beyond the 5th, 6th fret. It had a rising bridge, which in the […]
Guitar repair – A #seagull gets wings!!
To those unfamiliar with the brand name, Seagull Guitars and Simon & Patrick are sister brands under the Godin company, a Canadian giant (To know its worth just check out its selling price in India). I received this model to work on, recently. The owner, a knowledgeable young man, brought in the instrument after he […]
Guitar repair – A litany of woes but remedies found nevertheless!
This landed on the workbench recently, and I still haven’t been able to figure out its name. The label read one name and the headstock quite something else but quite illegible. A completely laminated instrument, it had some years on it and the job card was a litany of woes. A probable reason for that […]
Guitar repair – #Fender belly cured, bridge reglued…finally!
This Fender FA 125-CE which came to me recently – was, in many ways – a mixture of opposites. Quite clean otherwise, its headstock and the portion between the soundhole and the bridge, under the strings, was proof that dust was never removed from those portions of the instrument. Though it seemed like quite the […]
Guitar repair – The return of The Yamaha!!
I say ‘The return…’ because it is after a long-long time that a Yamaha, and that too a F310, came visiting me! I had started to think that going by my consternation – which I have seldom tried to hide – for this particular model (sold in India), owners had shied from approaching me. For […]
Guitar repair – It hurts to be this Humpty Dumpty #hertz!
And the run of black dreadnoughts continues!! This time it was a #hertz with not just a cracked but a lopped off headstock Thankfully, the owner, a sensible young lady, did not try and get adventurous with glue, but instead, brought it to me. Even if the headstock had not fallen off, the guitar seemed […]
Guitar repair – Getting this #Squier to ask its Bridge to sit down!
I have often commented on the strange coincidence that similar instruments or those with similar problems seemingly find their way onto my workbench. If you’ve been a regular reader of my posts, this is the third consecutive black dreadnought to stumble into the Lucknow Guitar Garage, and who’s to know that there are no more […]
Guitar repair – Stopping this #Cort from courting trouble further!
This Cort was brought to me only for a change of strings. As I quickly examined it, I realised that there was much more than dust and grime that needed to be cleaned off it. There was a jagged crack that ran almost the entire length of the bridge. A crack like this begins (almost […]
Guitar repair – When Humpty Dumpty (#Ashton) regained his crown!!!!
I think I have worked on this instrument before – a set-up, bone nut and saddle – but I’m not very sure. But it recently came to me in this state, with the owner naturally none too happy. He said that the instrument was in its case and when he took it out to play, […]
Guitar repair – Without some basic instrument knowledge, you’re sure to be fooled!
Just a small, quick one this Sunday but about a very disconcerting trend among the youth today. There is a shocking lack of basic information – about the acoustic guitars that people own, and just about everything that concerns them (the youth). Day in and day out people (primarily youngsters) come to me and call […]