Fifth Fret Guitar Services

04/07/2025

Quick last minute repair on this EHX Small Clone belonging to Mick from Burvana.
Pedal wasn't applying the (verse) chorus (verse) effect when engaged but all sorted now and ready for this tomorrow!
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28/02/2025

Another one from last year, this lovely Taylor belonging to Howard Connell from NHK Live was in for a clean, setup and fret polish 👌

24/01/2025

Gibson SG belonging to one Mr.José Birdman of Birdland Recording Nascent and Kombucha Mushroom People
(Busy fella!)
This guitar was in with a collapsed pickup and some electrical issues
We corrected these issues as well as giving it a full setup and clean and fret polish 👌

22/01/2025

Going to be working through my backlog and posting some of the guitars I had the pleasure of working on in 2024
Had a blast of a year getting the business going and can't wait for what 2025 will bring

Starting with this delightful Vintage V6 Icon Strat belonging to Stephen Craddock that was in for a setup and some electrical work
Electronics were cleaned and serviced and guitar was given a full setup and fret polish 👌

24/12/2024

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Rob and family at Fifth Fret Guitars!

Hope you all find a nice new axe, pedal or packet of plectrums in your stockings!

It's been a pleasure getting to know some of you and your guitars this year, here's to the years to come 😊

Rob x

29/11/2024

Lovely Christmas present idea for the aspiring recording artist in your life courtesy of friend of Fifth Fret José Birdman at Birdland Recording

Hiya folks! 🦚

The holiday season is approaching fast! 🦌🎄
Would you like to gift 🎁 someone the experience of recording in a professional studio environment, with top of the range audio equipment?

Since last year we've had an upgrade with new mics and equipment ready to use for your sessions! 🎶

Give someone the chance to record and release their own music, whether they're an aspiring musician, performer or even podcaster 🎚🎧

🌟 Contact us today for more info and a full list of what's on offer! 🌟

17/10/2024

Fender Telecaster that was in recently for some work. Guitar has been set up and the frets have been dressed and polished. The input jack was also loose and causing the signal to cut out, this has now been adjusted and is behaving itself again.

08/01/2024

Nice Starsound Stat copy in for a setup

This guitar has had a full setup, custom wooden shim placed in the neck to correct the angle and a fret polish 👌

21/12/2023

My partner recently won this Martin Smith acoustic guitar in a singing competition.
For obvious reasons we have quite a few guitars at home already so she decided to give it to one of the pupils taking guitar lessons at the school where she works.

This guitar is perfect for a beginner; decent quality and sound but I wanted to make it play and feel like a guitar worth 5 times the price of this one.

The best way to do this is with a quality setup and a full fret dress, honestly it's shocking how much of a difference this can make to the playability and is often the main difference between a budget and more high end guitar.

All set up, frets sparkling and comfortable and ready to go to its new owner 👌

08/12/2023

Nevada Strat in with high action, fret wear and crackly pots.

Guitar has been given a full deluxe setup which includes a fret level crown and polish and the electrics have been given the once over and now function smoothly. Guitar now plays and sounds great👌

17/11/2023

Had this lovely late 1963/ late 1964 Hofner Congressman in recently for a full service to get it playing again.

Guitar has had a fret level crown and polish followed by a full setup and clean.

Customer wanted this guitar converting for a left handed player so the nut and saddle have both been reslotted to accommodate for that. The rear strap button was also missing so has also been replaced.

The headstock decal on this guitar was missing some pieces so I decided to create some donor decal additions to restore it to its former glory while keeping as much of the original decal intact as possible. Customer and myself were both very pleased with the results.

Always a pleasure to work on something like this, there really is something special about these old guitars 👌