by Steve | Apr 19, 2017 | Airline, Customization, finish, headstock, inlay, National, reso-glass, vintage, Vintage Restoration |
A beloved long-time friend had been sitting for too long with a broken neck. It was time to bring it back to life. I’ve been meaning to share this crazy repair for a while. It’s a 1960’s National Glenwood 95 – one of National’s...
by Steve | Mar 1, 2016 | Complete refinish, Fender, Refinish, refret, Vintage Restoration, Wilco
A look at restoring one of the earliest Fender electrics for Pat Sansone of Wilco and The Autumn Defense The members of Wilco make their music in our neighborhood and we’re lucky to see lots of beautiful instruments from their vast collections. When...
by Steve | Aug 13, 2015 | Complete refinish, Fender, finish, fret work / fretwork, Refinish, refret, Relic Service, vintage, Vintage Restoration |
First repair blog in a long time! This one was just too juicy to not write about. We brought a vintage Jazzmaster back to what it should look like after all these years. There was a time when lots of folks were stripping the finish off their 50’s and 60’s...
by Steve | Aug 7, 2013 | acoustic, acoustic pickups, Martin, neck reset, refret, Vintage Restoration |
Coming soon to a Wilco concert near you! This Martin OOO-28 needed the standard work-over for a guitar of that age and man, was it worth the trouble! We love working on old Martins here. They are repairman-friendly and always satisfying when they’re finished....
by Steve | May 22, 2013 | Amplifier Repair, Fender, Fender Amp, Pickups, Vintage Restoration
Last fall we received a donation to our Guitar Recycling program – benefitting Intonation Music Workshop – that blew us away. It will ultimately raise nearly $3000 for the kids learning to play music through IMW. It was this vintage 1974 Fender Strat with...
by Steve | Feb 20, 2013 | headstock, Uncategorized, vintage, Vintage Restoration |
This vintage 360 suffers from a fairly common Rickenbacker ailment. So we used a less common approach to correct the problem, improve the guitar’s performance, and maintain it’s original condition. We see a lot of Rickenbacker basses and guitars in our...
