Dave Ross "The Guitar Doctor"

Dave Ross "The Guitar Doctor" Former owner of Ross Music Stores with Over 50 years experience in Guitar and all stringed instrument repair FREE PICKUP & DELIVERY

Formerly of Ross Music now Specializing in Guitar repair, setups, re-strings, fret work, bridges, nuts, tuning gears, pickups and electronics etc. All stringed instrument repairs Guitar, Bass, Banjo, Mandolin, Violin, Cello, Ukulele and anything that has strings on it!

This Weeks "On The Bench" This week I will address the Bigsby Vibrato. Yes; vibrato, not tremolo. The vibrato bar was de...
06/20/2026

This Weeks "On The Bench" This week I will address the Bigsby Vibrato. Yes; vibrato, not tremolo. The vibrato bar was designed for very subtle vibrato use, not dive bombing like a tremolo is used for. If you go out of tune with a Bigsby vibrato, you are pressing too hard. These were used by many famous musicians like Tom Petty, George Harrison, Chet Atkins, Danny Gatton and many more. I will comment on the photos as usual. Thank You for reading. Dave Ross "The Guitar Doctor"

This Week's "On The Bench" This late 60's Hofner Beatle Bass (part of the Kalifornia Karl collection) came in with some ...
06/14/2026

This Week's "On The Bench" This late 60's Hofner Beatle Bass (part of the Kalifornia Karl collection) came in with some intonation issues. Here's a fact you all should keep in mind; As your strings age, your guitar or bass goes further and further out of intonation. Don't move the bridge or saddles, just put a new set of strings on and your instrument should play in tune again. In fact, the bridge saddles hardly ever require movement; usually, only if you change string gauge or tuning. I will comment on the photos as usual. Thank you for reading. Dave Ross "The Guitar Doctor"

This Week's "On The Bench" This 2021 Gibson SG Standard guitar came into the shop in need of a new nut. I have to say t...
06/06/2026

This Week's "On The Bench" This 2021 Gibson SG Standard guitar came into the shop in need of a new nut. I have to say that in all my 25 years as a Gibson dealer and Service Center, I have never seen a screw up this bad make it out of the factory. I will comment on the photos as usual. Thank you for reading. Dave Ross "The Guitar Doctor"

This Week's "On The Bench" How much relicing do you like your guitar to have? I show three levels of relicing in this ...
05/30/2026

This Week's "On The Bench" How much relicing do you like your guitar to have? I show three levels of relicing in this post. The fourth level is brand new and shiny without any relicing at all. My question is: Do you like relic and dirty? Relic with wear marks and no dirt? Slight relic with oxidation and no scratches at all? Or brand new and shiny? So please feel free to comment and share your thoughts. Thank you for reading. Dave Ross "The Guitar Doctor"

This Week's "On The Bench" This Goya G-20 classical guitar Circa 1957 - 1958 came into my shop in real rough condition. ...
05/23/2026

This Week's "On The Bench" This Goya G-20 classical guitar Circa 1957 - 1958 came into my shop in real rough condition. I will explain how I went about restoring it in my comments. Thank You for reading. Dave Ross "The Guitar Doctor"

This Weeks "On The Bench" This 1993 Gibson Les Paul Classic came to me with several issues. I will comment on the photos...
05/16/2026

This Weeks "On The Bench" This 1993 Gibson Les Paul Classic came to me with several issues. I will comment on the photos on what I found and how I fixed the issues. Thank you for reading. Dave Ross "The Guitar Doctor"

If your having a hard time keeping your guitar in tune try this method of stringing. This is the method that I use.
05/09/2026

If your having a hard time keeping your guitar in tune try this method of stringing. This is the method that I use.

This Weeks "On The Bench" This Westbury Custom S Circa 1978 - 80 that was purchased new in my store came back to see me ...
05/08/2026

This Weeks "On The Bench" This Westbury Custom S Circa 1978 - 80 that was purchased new in my store came back to see me for a setup. The frets were worn down so bad I had to replace them all ! I will comment on the photos as usual. Thank You for reading. Dave Ross "The Guitar Doctor"

This Week's "On The Bench" This week I had a chance to setup and restring a 7 String bass guitar which is part of the K...
05/02/2026

This Week's "On The Bench" This week I had a chance to setup and restring a 7 String bass guitar which is part of the Kalifornia Karl collection. This is one unique instrument! I will comment on the photos as usual. Thank you for reading. Dave Ross "The Guitar Doctor"

This Week's "On The Bench" I've seen a lot of old Gibson guitars from the '50s era over the last month or two. This old...
04/19/2026

This Week's "On The Bench" I've seen a lot of old Gibson guitars from the '50s era over the last month or two. This old late '50s Gibson Les Paul Professional was presented to me as a pile of parts in a body bag. Actually, it's in a Moden case that was made by the Moden case company owned and operated by Bob Moden in Warren, RI back in the early '80s. I will comment on the photos as usual. Thank you for reading. Dave Ross "The Guitar Doctor"

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