by Steve | May 27, 2010 | Archtop, finish, gibson, touch up, Uncategorized, vintage |
A great reason to check out estate and garage sales. You never know when you’ll find a 1950’s Epiphone Devon archtop for a song! Here’s a project with humble beginnings that grew into a full vintage restoration. The owner picked up this very old...
by Steve | May 18, 2010 | Customization, electronics, Fender, Uncategorized
Well obviously this is a custom refin (not done here) and obviously it looks more like a Tele Custom than a Tele Deluxe, but it’s pretty cool looking either way! Somewhere along the line, this Tele was modded with a Bigsby and a wide-range humbucker. The current...
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 | Jan 18, 2010 | acoustic, headstock, Martin, Repairs, touch up, Uncategorized |
This Martin guitar took a serious fall, snapping the headstock off completely. See how we made it look like it never happened while keeping every bit of strength it had before. This is never how you want your Martin to look. But if your headstock does break off,...
by Steve | Oct 22, 2009 | 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 | Aug 19, 2009 | Uncategorized |
Lenny Davidson of the Dave Clark Five pays us a visit. A favorite customer and friend of ours came in with his father to get a little work done on dad’s travel guitar. Some of the tuning gears had been stripped to Bits and Pieces so we installed a new set and...
