Getting my Les Paul Setup Part 2
March 13th, 2006
I took my guitar into Guitar Works today for a setup. Here’s what I asked the tech to look at:
The Neck
Bridge height
Intonation
My Pickups
First off, I stared down the neck of my guitar for a good 5 minutes one day trying to tell if it was bowed and I couldn’t tell. I wasn’t really sure what I was looking for though. When I took it into the shop the guy took all of 5 seconds looking at it to tell it was off. My girlfriend thinks he was playing on my ignorance to squeeze some money out of me, but he was obviously not short on business. So I don’t think that was the case.
I have Zakk Wylde EMG pickups in my guitar and I installed them myself. At the time I purchased them I didn’t have the funds to pay for them and have them installed professionally, so I did it myself. Now that I can afford it I have asked him to make sure I installed them properly. I have a feeling I didn’t do a very good job of installing them.
Finally, since I know the bridge adjustment went out when I installed my pickups, I have asked him to check the bridge height and set the intonation.
He told me he should have it done by the end of the week, so we’ll see how it goes.
tagged guitar maintenance, intonation and tuning
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June 19th, 2007 07:39
Is that Guitar Works the one in Evanston? (Suburb of chicago). If it is, i get my guitars set up there too! It’s a great place! I even bought my amp there.
Unless, of course, your talking about a diferent one…
June 19th, 2007 10:17
No, it’s in Calgary Alberta. Heh, I guess Guitar Works probably isnt the most unique name for a guitar store eh?