Wooden cleat, to reinforce underneath a crack repair. Creating the angled/beveled the sides can make the difference between an amateur repair and professional work.
1950 Martin D-18
Brace re-glue, 1970’s Yamaha acoustic
Guitars
1950s Martin acoustics in for restorations: D-18 and 000 models.
Repairing the worn out bridge plate holes, using the wonderful Bridge Saver tool from Stewmac.
Rosewood fretboard before and after. Cleaning, conditioning , and some fret work.
Acoustic brace repairs
Brace re-glue, internal shot.
Loose acoustic bridge removal / re-glue
Hagstrom refret
Acoustic structural repairs
Repairing and plugging the damaged sides of this 1950s Martin 00-18. Someone thought it was a good idea to drive a hole into the side.
Severed Headstock repair on this Epiphone Dot.
Ebony fingerboard crack repairs and fret dress.
Just in for a setup, but I had to photo this beauty.
Larrivée crack and brace repairs.
Making a replacement pickguard.
Repair of a nasty side split on this all Mahogany Martin.
Original vintage Fender 1962 Jazzmaster in for a setup – not a reissue.
Martin loose brace and cracked mahogany back repair.
This acoustic guitar (the maker will not be outed here) left the factory with a mess of epoxy and very poor top to bridge contact. It came in for a typical lifting bridge repair, but we found a mess inside. Ended up removing all the epoxy, clearing and leveling the spruce top for inlay of a new flat matching spruce patch. Then finally reglued the bridge with hide glue. Better than ever now.
Gibson Les Paul broken headstock repair, with backstrap overlay of new Mahogany wood and lacquer finish touch up.
Wiring mod, coil tap options added to this Fender Jazzmaster with Humbuckers
Refretting with the Stewmac Jaws Fret Pres
Plugging and touching up a tiny drilled hole on this Mandolin back
Grafting new spruce (and touch up blend) on the sound hole of this old Larrivée acoustic.
Original vintage 1963 Fender Strat in for some repair work
1963 original vintage Fender Stratocaster and Jaguar necks in for repairs.
Just some cool guitars in for maintenance
Original pre CBS Fender 1962 Stratocaster – the real ’62 Strat
Repair of a badly damaged Gibson acoustic top. The break here was particularly nasty. It was repaired with a new tecnique I’ve been using in my recent work involving CNC technology in addition to more traditional luthier techniques.
Repair of a badly damaged Martin acoustic back. It was repaired with a new tecnique I’ve been using in my recent work involving CNC technology in addition to more traditional luthier techniques.
Probably the only step I actually look forward to in an acoustic guitar neck reset is covering my tracks and hiding the tiny hole I drilled to steam apart the neck for repair. The original bridge was toast so it made perfect donor wood.
Customer wanted a handmade bone copy of his original machined saddle. Mine is the one in front, made to 0.001″ tolerance length and thickness of original, but corrected height for better action and intonation on mine.
Yet another broken Gibson headstock repair
Vintage acoustic guitar restoration. A ton of work goes into the parts no one will ever see
We will restore your new or vintage guitar with extreme care
Filing a new bone string nut
Cracked ebony bridge repair
New bone string nut for a Gibson bass guitar
In house wound FSC vintage spec pickups and wiring harness
Martin acoustic top crack repair
Gibson truss rod rescue
Vintage Strat maintenance
Fender hand made bone string nut
Gibson broken headstock repair
Custom Jazzmaster wiring mods
Gibson refret and new bone nut
These vintage tuners were long due for a retirement. Time for a update with a Kluson vintage repro set. The originals will be kept in the guitar case for posterity.
Damaged fretboard repair
Bass top damage repair and graining touchup
70s Fender Jazz bass twins
Acoustic structural repairs
Les Paul setup and wiring
We like to know exact numbers when discussing guitar setup and action heights. “High” and “Low” can be subjective terms
Checking the setup requires a lot of measuring and precise adjustments.
Archtop repair
A little repair magic
Nylon string classical acoustic maintenance and repair
Gold top Les Paul setup
Collings 335 style, excellent build quality
We like to know exact numbers when discussing guitar setup and action heights. “High” and “Low” can be subjective terms
3 p90 pickups are better than 1
Regular seasonal setups and maintenance are crucial to your guitar’s playability and long term stability.