For the guitar geeks among us...

The wolfgang is a very nice guitar. When I got it I thought it was amazing (I'd had a yamaha pacifica before)

Now, I've got it setup more how I like it, I only have two springs in the floyd rose (comes with 3 in)

Action has been changed slightly, and has been refretted once (but needs again after my cousin pushed it off the stand onto my weights and its dented 2 of the frets)

where abouts are you based donal?

Can`t you use a Diamond stone on the Frets to tidy them up a bit ?

Not sure badger, not really my thing trying to rebuild my friends. I can't just file them down because I wouldn't have any frets left at all lol.

Its not too bad its fret 13/14 on 1st/2nd string - horrible and bends and if i falls in the grove when you play that fret then it sounds 1 tone higher pitch, but its not the end of the world.

I play my acoustic a lot more now though.

You can put some tape over the fretboard , Low-Tac masking tape first then wind some insulating tape over it and use a Diamond File to polish the worst/sharpest bits out . If you slip or miss then you won`t gouge the Fretboard then . File a little away and don`t go mad with it , remove the tape and give it a whirl , your looking at softening the profile a bit so that the tone doesn`t change . It may help for the time being

Ok cheers, i'll have a look into it.

You need to be damn careful when working on frets. That's how I messed up the Strat Plus. I did an OKish job on the Epiphone, but it still chokes out in places.

Even pressure with a carborundum milling stone across the lot and then fine smoothing work with fine grade wire wool or a needle file. Generally, I would pay someone to do it now. Some guitar shops have a Plek machine- it reads the fretboard with a laser and then shaves only exactly what's needed to something like 1/1000th of a millimetre. It costs though- about £130-140.

I tend only to use Charlie Chandler's Guitar Experience for repair work. Took my guitars to Chandler guitars, before Charlie broke away on his own. He's based in Hampton Wick (just outside Kingston-Upon-Thames). A bit pricier than your local shop, but they really do a great job there.

Dave- I'm based in Surbiton, Surrey...

Oh, very nice! Liking your Strat. Looks like a Dulux Plus, am I right?

I tried one when purchasing mine, though it must have been a duff one as the neck had a horrid finish. Ended up with a Lonestar Strat. With that I speak highly of the Texas Special pickups.

Cheers. It's just a Plus.

It's my workout guitar- it's got 11 gauge strings on it- makes the Ibanez feel like a toy when I get back to it and both are like that, the day after a serious bass session.

The lace sensors are fairly weak- I'm going to get some Hot Noiseless pickups in it at some point- hearing Jeff Beck swung that one! Plus I need to get the frets sorted and the strings aligned properly. Then it'll be ace.

Ah, I thought with the LSR roller nut, it was a Dulux Plus. Oops!

11 gauge, jesus! I tried tens on mine and found it a nightmare! I've a Charvel-Jackson for my toy, as have you with your Ibanez. It's so soft with 09's and the Floydrose I'm a sucker for a Strat though and can't put it down

I'll post a photo of my collection sometime. Guitars are fantastic, and one of my addictions.

I have a mexican strat with gold lace sensors in, I find it too bright for normal use, unless i start to roll a fair bit of tone off.

In my main strat (an ebay parts-o-caster)I have fender 57/62 pickups, a lovely low output clear pickup. Awesome for cleans, and ideal for boosting up with a tubescreamer.

I also have one with Texas specials in, thats great for some SRV action too, although playing it back to back with the 57/62's I pefere the 57/62's as I can get the loverly cleans, and then kick in the tubescreamer for that bit of extra kick.

11's are great strings, I tend to use them on all mine. Although I recently put some 10's and 9's on my guitars to try them. I might stick with 10's and 11's, but the 9's are too light for me .

My only regret is sending back the ES335 I had before christmas because it was the wrong finish on it. They have gone up in price by about 30% since, and it played loverly. D'oh!