by Steve | Jul 27, 2009 | headstock, Mandolin, Repairs, Uncategorized, Vintage Restoration |
In this post, you’ll see how we tackle a very difficult neck re-repair on a Chicago-made Lyon and Healy Style-A Mandolin. A new customer brought us a remarkable and beautiful Lyon & Healy mandolin that was made here in Chicago nearly a century ago. This is a...
by Steve | Oct 30, 2008 | finish, gibson, headstock, Relic Service, Repairs, touch up, Uncategorized, vintage |
*Beware: another one of those ‘I found this vintage Les Paul in my dad’s closet’ stories follows. I like to think that if my dad had one of these in his closet I’d have found it by now. This 1956 Les Paul Junior belongs to a friend who, yes,...
by Steve | Oct 27, 2008 | acoustic, finish, touch up, Uncategorized |
See how we improved another shop’s repair gone bad and learn how to prevent this damage to your own guitar. A beautiful Taylor 914CE acoustic guitar came to us with two top cracks that had opened up after being ‘repaired’ by another shop (that shall...
by Steve | Aug 11, 2008 | Customization, electronics, gibson, Uncategorized |
Okay Blueshawk fans, we know what you’re thinking; there’s no such thing as a Blueshawk bass. Well, thanks to a tag-team effort, there is now. This was truly one of the most challenging electronics customization projects we’ve ever done and it turned...
