Guitar Upgrades Cheltenham

Upgrades

AxeKool Guitars offer guitar upgrades on all types of electric solid body, Hollowbody and bass guitars. We can recommend and advise on various specifications and provide new and vintage parts as required. We have worked on many guitar models from new to old and to custom builds.

There are many upgrade options available including, tuners, bridges, pickguard and control plates, bone and graphite nuts, pickups and wiring harnesses. The difference upgrading quality parts like a Wiring Harness or upgrading pickups can make to a guitar, can be heard immediately.

Its not all about tone. Alright it is a lot about tone, but having tuners that do not keep your guitar in tune and a nut and bridge that the strings stick to when using the tremolo bridge and crackling pots has got to contribute to playability. A guitar having bad playability from poorly functioning components is not going to help you bring out the great tone when its a pig to keep in tune and sound correct.

Having a guitar with a balance of delivering a chosen tone and playability is what upgrading is all about.

Customisation

At AxeKool Guitars we offer a large choice of colours and finishing options from the vast creative possibilities available, there are no limits when it comes to personalising your guitar. When it comes to paintwork we will advise and discuss all the details including preparation work involved, stains and lacquers used, an estimated turnover time. The highest levels of craftsmanship and care go into all our customisation procedures.

Restoration

We offer a full restoration service and this includes restoring an instrument to its original or similar state. On vintage instruments components can be hard to come by and we often repair various parts in order to maintain authenticity and sale-able value. We have restored many guitars including vintage Fenders, Gretsch and Gibson’s. More Here

For more information on our guitar upgrades customisation, refinishing and restoration, please call us on 07483 167155 or Email us

A Few Projects

Fender Stratocaster Mexican 2002
Pickups changed to Fender 57/62, Vintage Wiring Harness, Upgraded Bridge, Strings, Setup etc

Watch the video clip – I think he is a happy customer!

Epiphone ES-355
Upgraded pickups to Bare Knuckle Stormy Mondays, vintage style wiring harness, setup, roller bridge, control knobs, truss cover etc

Fender Stratocaster Mexican 2002
On this project everything was replaced that was not made of wood! A complete upgrade of all parts…

Fender Telecaster Thinline Mexican
Bare Knuckle Flat 50’s pickups, Fitted a Vintage Wiring Harness, Setup, Fret level etc
Customer Review – “Just a note to say how great the Tele is sounding.
Thank you. It’s crisper and warmer in tone, but with grunt, sparkle and twang in just the right places.
It also has better sustain. You’re a legend!“

Fernandes Les Paul 1979
On this project we fitted Bare Knuckle Stormy Monday Pickups, Vintage Wiring Harness, Setup, Fret level etc
The client had owned this guitar from new and wanted to make better use of it. Its now better than new!

Tokai ES60
Upgraded pickups to Bare Knuckle Stormy Mondays,
vintage style wiring harness, fret level and setup.

Fender Jaguar Mex
Upgraded bridge pickup to a Dimarzio Gravity Storm Humbucker,
vintage style wiring harness and setup.

Hagstrom Viking
Bare Knuckle Pickups, Vintage Wiring Harness and Setup

Epiphone Les Paul Custom
Upgraded pickups to Bare Knuckle Stormy Mondays, vintage style wiring harness, Fret Level and setup.

Guitar Wiring Harnesses, Guitar Electrical Repairs Cheltenham — Custom Electrics

Gibson Sonex Wiring Harness Before & After

Gibson & Epiphone Les Paul "Bumble Bee" Vintage Wiring Harness — Les Paul “Bumble Bee” Vintage Wiring Harness

“I believe every guitar player inherently has something unique about their playing.
They just have to identify what makes them different and develop it” Jimmy Page