by Hank | Jul 3, 2020 | Blog
You’ve probably seen these guitars – from about $79 to just a tad over $100. They look beautiful! But are they any good? If you check out the YouTube channels, you’ll find several “guitar gurus”, who unbox these, squint and look closely;...
by Hank | Jun 8, 2020 | Blog
I buy guitars. I refurbish, setup and resell them. So this morning, I got an email – I have a very nice guitar you may want. It is essentually new, almost unused, a couple years old, Black, Hard Rock, model, Fender Strat, with case. I don’t play, I got it...
by Hank | Jun 3, 2020 | Blog
People often talk like a guitar “setup” is almost a commodity. Like a setup at “Bubba’s Guitar Shop” is the same as a guitar setup at “Hank’s Guitar Shop” or any other place. Yesterday, a customer brought me a guitar...
by Hank | May 31, 2020 | Blog, Setup Adventures
I got a customer’s guitar the other day, for a setup. Can you tell from this photo, one of the likely problems you’d encounter while playing this guitar? No fair reading further until you study the photo!) Other than looking a bit loose, can you spot a...
by Hank | May 24, 2020 | Blog, Guitar News
Even if it weren’t so beautiful, the Colt Bigsby would be worth trying out just to see how those magnetic pickups sound with the piezo kicked in, through the dual output jacks! Three knobs give you separate volumes for piezo and magnetic (passive) and apparently...
