CA Guitar Repair Blog

Sunday, November 08, 2026

It's a hot and sunny day, and we're happy to report that this Ibanez GSR200 is good to go. After taking care of wiring and electronics, there was still hardware to deal with. This time around, we decided to give everything two 20-minute sessions in a warm ultrasonic bath. Although this did a world of good in dislodging assorted crud and grime, there still was tarnish to contend with. No worries, though, as a few spritzes of Gibson Guitar Polish followed by vigorous rubbing did the trick. This left the final issue, namely, sunken pickups. Unscrewing both pickups revealed rather inadequate pickup height foam which was too compressed to be of any use. After replacing the foam, we proceeded to lubricate and reassemble the bridge components, and set the bass up with Olympia PF-B45105 strings. CA Guitar Repair. Taman Impian Ku, 25200 Kuantan.

Hardware After Ultrasonic Bath

Existing P Pickup Height Foam

Replacement Foam Installed

Existing J Pickup Height Foam

Replacement Foam Installed

Thursday, November 05, 2026

A&K Acoustic Needs Some TLC

Here's an A&K 510CEQM that's been out of its gig bag and gathering dust for quite a while. The owner would like it restrung with Elixir 11-52s, and has been kind enough to provide them. However, before dealing with that, we'll need to clean and polish the body, condition the fretboard, polish the frets, and do something about that rather dry-looking bridge. Recorded at 16:21 on November 5, 2026. CA Guitar Repair. Taman Impian Ku, 25200 Kuantan.

Blues Gang at Space08000 Sungai Petani

Blues Gang rocked Sungai Petani on October 30, 2026. The lineup comprised frontman Ito Mohd, Kid Afero (guitar), Shah Shariff (bass), Hafiz Shah (drums), and Julian Mokhtar (guitar). Here are six videos for your listening pleasure, all courtesy of good ol' Soundflower.

Tuesday, November 03, 2026

Greco EB-270 Bass - October 28, 2026 Update

Greco EB-270 Bass Needs Some Help

Right then, folks. Here's what we've discovered so far about this vintage MIJ bass. For starters, both the volume and tone pots, as well as the bridge ground, are working fine. Meanwhile, the generic output jack, despite some careful bending of the "hot" flange, still feels loose. We will not be retaining it. Now, some welcome news. The broken mute pad mounting post has been welded back onto the base plate. A fine job indeed, for the repair is virtually invisible. The not-so-good news is that one of the three base plate mounting screws has broken off, leaving half of it embedded in the body. Sure looks like a drill, dig, plug, and redrill job. Then there's the mangled nut, the slots of which have been crudely gouged out to accommodate the wider girth of nylon tapewound strings. Perhaps the saddest discovery is that the truss rod adjustment socket is frozen. This means that we can't straighten the neck yet, which also means that there's no way to check if the frets are level right now. Let's keep our fingers crossed, and look forward to better news in the next update.

Greco EB-270 Control Cavity

Volume and Tone Pots

Nichion B500K Volume Pot

Nichion A500K Tone Pot

Yamato 0.05uF Tone Cap

Generic Output Jack

Bolt-On Neck Joint

Neck Heel

Mangled Nut

Truss Rod Adjustment Socket - Frozen

Bridge Post (Lower)

Bridge Ground

Broken Mute Pad Mounting Post

Mounting Post Welded Back On

Closer View of Repair

Broken Base Plate Mounting Screw

Custom Prazzecio PJ Bass - October 31, 2026 Update

2018 Custom Prazzecio PJ Bass Revisited

In this post, we begin by dealing with the fret sprout (sharp fret ends) issue. This involves flush filing the fret ends, beveling, and fret end dressing. Next, having straightened the neck, checks reveal seven high frets (5, 6, 13, 15, 16, 18 and 19). This might very well be the cause of the fret buzz the owner complained about earlier. We're glad to report that after fret dressing, all the frets are now level and much smoother to the touch. Oh yes, we've also cleaned and conditioned the fretboard. Stay tuned for future updates.