NelsonTek Technical Help

One of the things I have been doing for years is guitar repair and maintenance. My very first electric was an old Telecaster-copy body married to a Vox Stratocaster neck. Truly a Frankenguitar. Nevertheless, I cut my guitar-tech teeth on that axe. I replaced the neck, bridge, pickup, and eventually the pickguard. That guitar took me through grade school and a few years beyond. Wish I still had it.

Nevertheless, this kind of work is something that I love. It’s for that reason I am adding it to my repertoire of services that NelsonTek offers. If you have a guitar that needs TLC, or perhaps some improvements…I am your man.

One small example of what I can do for you is illustrated by the following scenario.

Most guitars and basses come from the factory with only a basic setup. They very often do not play in tune all up and down the neck. This is often the result of incorrect intonation. What that means is that each individual string is either slightly long (flat) or slightly short (sharp). If you use a digital tuner with open strings, that only takes care of the string tuning at its full length. What if the string is slightly long or short (wrong intonation)? In the upper registers of the neck, notes will be increasingly sharper or flatter as you go up. Also take into account the action (height of the strings above the neck). The higher the action, the more the string is going to be sharp as it is pressed down. A proper bridge setup takes care of these problems.

There you go. A prime example of what can keep a good guitar from sounding great and a nice guitar from sounding spectacular…and I can fix it for you for a small amount of money. Unleash the guitar beast within! Let NelsonTek help your guitar sound like it was meant to!

Please see my new Guitar/Bass Service & Maintenance page where you can see more of what I can do and what it might typically cost you.