by Steve | Oct 23, 2012 | acoustic, bridge reglue, neck reset, Side crack, top crack, Uncategorized |
“An ounce of prevention beats a pound of cure.” In this post, we’ll break down the best way to protect your guitar in the cool months ahead. Chicago winters kill guitars. The weather gets dry and cold, so we turn on our furnaces – drying out...
by Steve | Sep 11, 2012 | Complete refinish, Customization, Refinish, Uncategorized, vintage |
We improved on some poor modifications to this Italian-made EKO Rocket. The Rokes were a mid-1960’s English band that found their greatest success when they relocated to Italy. There, the Italian guitar maker EKO developed this awesome, futuristic design for The...
by Steve | Jul 18, 2012 | Archtop, Refinish, Relic Service, Vintage Restoration |
Here’s how we gave a modern Epi Casino a vintage look. The owner of a modern “natural” finished Epiphone casino wanted it to look and feel like a vintage 60’s Casino with a sunburst and lacquer finish.Epiphone uses a polyurethane top finish...
by Steve | Jun 2, 2012 | acoustic, acoustic pickups, gibson, Vintage Restoration
We recommend removing the midi pickups from your vintage acoustic guitars. Just saying. Okay, unless you want it to sound like a trombone or a piano, you’re probably not thinking of putting six midi sensors in the bridge of your vintage guitar. But if you...
by Steve | May 22, 2012 | Fender, fret work / fretwork, refret, Repairs, Uncategorized, vintage, Vintage Restoration |
This is no “relic;” it’s a 1964 Strat that just oozes character and … I don’t know… music. This guitar had everyone in our shop drooling. It’s just beautiful. Candy apple red, rosewood fretboard, and beat to hell over the last...
by Steve | May 1, 2012 | fret work / fretwork, refret |
A word that has crept into the guitar player lexicon: but what is it? We get phone calls from time to time asking if we have a Plek machine. The answer is that no, we don’t (They are extremely expensive pieces of equipment that we simply couldn’t afford...
