by Steve | Nov 27, 2013 | acoustic, bridge reglue, Side crack, top crack |
“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 | Apr 18, 2012 | finish, gibson, headstock, Refinish, Relic Service, Repairs, touch up, Uncategorized, vintage, Vintage Restoration |
Here’s a Gibson Les Paul Jr. that suffered a bad headstock break and a repair that was probably worse than the break itself! It took undoing much of those old repairs, but we made it look right again. A client of ours spotted this TV yellow 1959 Les Paul Jr for...
by Steve | Feb 22, 2011 | gibson, headstock, Refinish, Repairs, touch up, Uncategorized, vintage, Vintage Restoration |
Keep looking folks. There are still great old guitars hiding under beds, in closets, and in basements. This one was abandoned in the basement of an apartment building and while it showed up in rough condition, it went home looking and sounding terrific. This is one...
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 | Aug 22, 2008 | finish, Martin, Repairs, Side crack, side smash, touch up |
It’s hard to say how many times we’ve repaired a guitar that was damaged by airline baggage handling. It’s a big number though. This Martin 000-15 had a rough flight and split open like a can of beans. Unfortunately the damage was bad enough that...
