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Have you asked the chaps running Gallaghers in Freeman st?
Tone Zone,that takes me back @grungebob I remember taking my old Charvette there for a set up back in the days when I didn't know how to do it myself.Nice guy.
@Megii I wasn't even aware of Gallaghers until it came up on an internet search I did last week.Is it any good in there?
Ah yes @Megii I remember the guy off the market.Just thought he'd closed down and disappeared.Glad to see he's still making a go of it and hopefully succeeds.I'll have to pop in and have a look.There used to be so many great shops in Grimsby when I was a teenager.I especially remember going down Abbeygate most weekends and gazing in wonder at the red semi acoustic they had in the window. Forgotten the name of the shop now.
Back on subject the guitar is an Orville Les Paul Custom that's got a couple of slightly low frets around the middle of the board.Not a biggy,but hampering bends around the twelfth fret.
I'm pretty handy at most things and have thought about having a go myself.I've got a couple of old,knackered Strat necks that I could practice on,but don't have the tools.
I may just try setting the action a little higher first as it is quite low,and see if that makes much of a difference.
I'm at work at the minute so I'll try when I get up tomorrow afternoon.
There used to be a guitar shop there years ago as well. Good to see there’s another one.
It’s a shame Pooles closed down years ago as they were a proper music shop not just guitars...
Freemo...that was the tobacco-stained Music Bar. Lusted after a Charvel...had to come home with a Marlin. Fond memories but your brand new Peavey Bandit stunk of smoke for years
While we're in sepia, honourable mentions of course to Pooles, but also Citadel Music on Cleethorpes High Street and someplace down Corporation Road which had something to do with Pete (from PSS).
Also, the chaps at Old Hat (Horncastle) may be able to recommend someone.
I actually ordered my very first Musicman Stingray bass from Citadel as well. Custom order, and the guys at Citadel were fantastic and matched the cheapest price. Shame I sold that bass...
https://www.jazzguitar.be/forum/guitar-amps-gizmos/68785-gold-strat-partscaster-build-2.html
you should find it.
Great work @Megii that certainly gives me a bit more confidence that I could probably do the job myself. Obviously I'd need practice first so I'll dig my two old Strat necks out.
I've just bought a neck from China and had to sort the fret ends as they where very angular,very much like the Allparts ones (I've previously sorted one of those before too).I used a small file and wet and dry and think I did an pretty good job.I rolled the fretboard edges while I was at it which vastly improved the feel.
@digitalkettle thanks for refreshing my memory on Central Music down Abbeygate.I couldn't for the life of me remember what it was called.I didn't ever recal actually going in the place as I was always too nervous as a young kid,but just remember being totally transfixed by that red semi in the window.
Thanks for the suggestion @guitars4you but a little too far for me.John Me Voi is only around twenty miles from me so no big hassle to go there really,but it would be nice to find someone in Grimsby if there is such a person.
I never knew a music shop used to be down Abbeygate!