Bite The Bullet

14/08/2024

Orchestral arrangements, recordings (except vocals), mixing and mastering made in the BtB Studio.

More to come 🤘

17/03/2024

Harley Benton JB-62CC OW
- Basswood body
- Caramelised Maple neck
- Indian Laurel fretboard
- 864mm scale
- 20 medium frets
- Alnico single pickups - Roswell
- 2 volume, 1 tone

This guitar came into the shop for regular cleanup and setup. Surprisingly well made instrument - very good value for the price paid (under 200 eur, new).

03/02/2024

Ernie Ball Music Man Sabre HT Guitar - Duello

- Black Limba body
- 3/8" spalted Maple top
- Roasted figured Maple neck
- Roasted flame maple fingerboard
- Abalone Atalnte Block inlays
- High Gloss poly finish for both body and neck
- Music Man modern tremolo
- 10" radius
- 2 Music Man HT Sabre Humbuckers
- Active boost circuit
- Schaller locking tuners

This guitar came into the shop with a malfunctioning volume pot. The problem was that the pot was soldered to the active circuit PCB, so the only solution provided by Music Man was to replace also the PCB. After about 3 months, the replacement parts arrived and the guitar is ready to be played again 🤘.
Awesome guitar by the way 🙂.

23/01/2024

Alhambra 8 Fc Flamenco

- Solid cypress back and sides
- Solid spruce top
- Cedar neck
- Ebony fretboard
- Bone bridge and nut
- 52mm nut width
- 18 frets

This guitar came into the shop for a proper flamenco setup - the bridge was to high therefore the action was significantly higher than the flamenco standard. After a proper adjustment of the bridge and a full cleanup of the fretboard and body, the guitar was ready to be played. Awesome guitar 🤘

07/01/2024

Epiphone Slash Les Paul Standard - Anaconda Burst

- Mahogany body
- Carved Hard Maple Cap with AAA Flame Maple Veneer
- Mahogany neck with Indian Laurel fretboard
- Graph Tech nut
- 2 Volume, 2 Tone, CTS Potentiometers, Orange Drop Capacitors
- Custom ProBucker Alnico 2 pickups

This guitar arrived to the shop with faultly pots and switch, fretbuzz, intonation problems and rather high action. All four pots were replaced with brand new audio taper CTS pots, new Goldo WL002 toggle switch was installed, 50s wiring, fret dressing and leveling, full cleanup, new strings and setup for low action.

02/12/2023

Gibson Les Paul Tribute T GoldTop 2017
- Mahogany body w maple cap (w weight relief)
- Mahogany slim taper neck w rosewood feetboard
- 12" radius
- Gibson 490R and T humbuckers

This guitar came into the shop with some electronics problems, most probably a faultly PCB from the factory since the guitar was not abused in any way. New Vintage CST pots were installed, along with orange caps and a 50s wiring. Also, full setup and cleaning was performed.

19/11/2023

Yamaha Pacifica 112V 2003
- Alder body
- Maple neck
- Rosewood fretboard
- 1 x Alnico humbucker, 2 x Alnico single coil pickups
- Vintage tremolo

This guitar was bought online and came with the push-pull pot broken, faultly filed nut, corroded hardware. New electronics were fitted (push pull pot, cts volume pot, orange drop capacitor, coper shielding), new Graphtech string tree and nut, new jackplate, new tremolo arm. Also a full cleanup of the body, frets and fretboard was made. Now it's ready for live action.

04/11/2023

Fender CN-140SCE Thinline Natural

- Solid Cedar top
- Laminated Ovangkol back and sides
- Mahogany neck
- Wallnut fretboard
- 643mm scale
- 18 frets
- 43mm nut width
- Fishman Classic Design electeonics

This guitar was having issues with the piezzo pickup as the E and B strings were having a significant lower volume than the other strings. The owner changed the pickup but no improvement was observed so the guitar was brought to the shop.
As the problem was generated by the bridge, after a proper leveling for optimal pressure and string height, original pickup reinstalled, full cleanup of body, neck and fretboard, frets polishing and set-up, the guitar was ready to be played.

01/11/2023

A very interesting behind the scenes tour in the Gibson USA factory. Worth every minute 🤘🤘🤘

As part of our tour of the USA this year, we visited the Gibson factory to find out just how they make all their guitars! | https://tinyurl.com/ymjsf69u» Che...