by Steve | Apr 24, 2010 | bass, Complete refinish, Customization, finish, gibson, Refinish, Uncategorized, vintage |
Sometimes we have to get a little creative with refinishing. Here’s what happens when someone wants an unusual color for their guitar. We had a couple of unusual projects recently that required some creative work with color. The owners of both this 70’s...
by Steve | Apr 13, 2010 | finish, gibson, headstock, neck reset, refret, Relic Service, Repairs, touch up, vintage |
In this post, see how we made some ugly previous “repairs” look right and brought a great vintage Gibson back to life. This 1960 Gibson Les Paul Jr. is a terrific playing and sounding specimen. But it sure didn’t come in looking this great. After the...
by Steve | Nov 12, 2009 | acoustic, gibson, Repairs, top crack, touch up, vintage |
A family heirloom gets a new life for the next generation of strummers. We weren’t sure we believed a phone caller who said his vintage Gibson acoustic guitar had a crack in the top that was open more than a quarter inch. But when he brought it in, sure enough...
by Steve | Oct 27, 2009 | Complete refinish, Customization, finish, gibson, Relic Service, vintage |
Here’s an early 1980’s Greco Super Real Goldtop as it arrived in our shop. Take a look at how we gave it a more authentic and vintage appearance. The Greco Super Real is one of the more sought-after copies of the Gibson Les Paul. They consistently fetch...
by Steve | Jul 28, 2009 | Complete refinish, Customization, electronics, finish, gibson, touch up, vintage |
Hold on there! Refinish a vintage Gibson? In candy apple red?? There better be a darn good reason to do something like that… and there was. As mentioned in previous posts, the guitar repairman’s rule of thumb with vintage instruments is to leave it in as...
by Steve | Jan 17, 2009 | electronics, gibson, vintage |
Rewiring a jack on a vintage Gibson hollow body isn’t always as easy as it sounds. A good customer of ours recently purchased this Gibson ES345, a beautiful and rare guitar, but one that just wasn’t sounding right. When it came to us, there was so much...
