Heywood Guitar Doctor

16/08/2026

Derry's Spear les Paul style guitar on the bench. Fingerboard edges rolled and polished, back of neck deglossed, fret edges rounded and polished, nut profile improved, 3 ways switch tightened, electrics checked, re-strung with Elixir 10s, clean and polish.

14/08/2026

Andy's (from band Middletones) Ricky on the bench for a setup and electrics check, plus restring ahead of forthcoming gig at The Middleton Arena 15/8/26. (always a cracking night)

13/08/2026

Marks lovely Made in Japan Fender Jazz bass on the bench. Fingerboard edges rolled, frets ends smoothed and polished, fret tops leveled, dressed and pol;ished, intonation adjusted, truss rod adjusted, electric checked and pots tighted, pickup heights optimised, final setup made to suit 45-105 strings tuned E standard, and a clean and polish. Cracking example.

08/08/2026

05/08/2026

David's Epiphone 335 on the bench for a restring, full setup, fingerboard edges rolled, and input jack fished out, upgraded and re-installed. Very nice!

29/07/2026

Peter's 1977 Kay dreadnought acoustic rescued from the loft and restored. The bridgeplate was shaved down and the saddle reduced to lower the 10mm action to something playable, nut reprofiled, knackered old tuners replaced with a set of Mini Groovers, whole body cleaned and polished, sharp fret ends dressed and polished, high frets levelled, fingerboard scraped and waxed, setup with a set of 11's Elixirs for E standard tuning.

27/07/2026

Derry's custom built Strat style guitar on the bench. Neck shimmed to give correct neck angle, sharp fret ends smoothed and fingerboard rolled, fret tops leveled and polished, electrics checked and tidied up, volume pot replaced with a CTS one of correct value, neck deglossed, uprated multi-contact jack socket installed, nut slots re-cut, tremolo adjust to be hardtailed but with down motion, restrung with Elixir 10's and setup for E standard tuning.

23/07/2026

Derry's Gibson Les Paul on the bench for a light fettle. Fingerboard edges smoothed and polished, frets polished, nut slots tickled, restrung with Elixir 10's and setup for E standard tuning. Gorgeous!
Derry is selling this by the way if anyone is interested.

23/07/2026

Harry's Fender parlour style electro-acoutic guitar on the bench. New battery installed, end pin jack wiring resoldered and jack socket re-installed, fret ends dressed and smoothed, fret tops levelled, action lowered, restrung with Elixir 11's and setup for E standard tuning.

19/07/2026

Derry's MIJ Fender Tele on the bench. Fret ends dressed and smoothed, frets levelled and polished, new nut installed and shimmed, uprated pro quality jack socket installed, restrung with Elixir 10's and setup for concert tuning.